Plain Sailing GTY by another cruise line..

[Quo Vadis?]

Would this policy prevent you from cancelling your Celebrity cruises during these uncertain times?

 

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/22847-fred-olsen-cruise-lines-launches-new-plain-sailing-guarantee.html

[39august]

Yes, they would. I like the 28 day final pay period. 

[wrk2cruise]

Interesting 5% bonus refund cash after 24 months if you decide not to sail.   Way better than my bank.

[jelayne]

The 28 days for final payment would be great, at least until things settle down.  There are too many unknowns right now to feel comfortable with 90 days, or more if booked with a TA.  

We have sailings for September with final payments coming due in about 6 weeks.  These are outside of CWC, which covers sailing to 9/1 so it’s pay in June or cancel in June.

[Fouremco]

An impressive guarantee package.

[C-Dragons]

Sure it sounds nice, but Fred Olsen Cruise line has 5 small ships, one of which is only for river cruising.

Their new “guarantee policy” will probably work on a smaller scale as they have much lower overhead. Can't see it working for the much larger cruise lines.

[Stem to Stern]

On 4/29/2020 at 10:19 AM, jelayne said:

We have sailings for September with final payments coming due in about 6 weeks.  These are outside of CWC, which covers sailing to 9/1 so it’s pay in June or cancel in June.

What are you going to do if nothing changes before final payment is due?  Is your deposit refundable?

[Marelaine]

Yes, it would help a great deal. In fact, I'm heading to Fred Olsen cruise to take a look.

 

 

 

Edited April 30, 2020 by Marelaine

[wrk2cruise]

41 minutes ago, summit011604 said:

What are you going to do if nothing changes before final payment is due?  Is your deposit refundable?

I expect they will extend the CWC program.  If I had to guess through the end of the year like airlines seem to be doing with waivers.  They may do it in increments like they are doing with suspensions.  They want to encourage people to make final payment and get that cash on the books.