Rare AbbyCruiser45 Posted August 16, 2021 #1 Share Posted August 16, 2021 I'm booked on the Equinox on July 16, 2022. The sailing has not been on the website since about April. I called Celebrity then and they said it was sold out and that they could still see it online. I think it's strange that I haven't seen it online since, normally cabins will open up with cancelations. I think I am just paranoid since a summer 2022 Silhouette was recently chartered. It also doesn't help that no one has joined the roll call that I made, if it's sold out, some of us would be on it, right? 😂 So help ease my mind, is anyone booked on this sailing or has heard anything about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mayleeman Posted August 16, 2021 #2 Share Posted August 16, 2021 (edited) Did you accidentally book all of the cabins? It may have gotten chartered. Doesn’t even show up when I searched, but the other 4 sailing dates in July '22 are listed. Can't imagine the 16th sold out! Maybe that is their internal listing for a charter, kind of a substitute for "unavailable." Possibly holding it in reserve until the charter actually gets paid for? Meanwhile, you are in limbo. Is that date special for you? Perhaps switch before losing selection of cabins on an alternate? Good luck! Edited August 16, 2021 by mayleeman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AbbyCruiser45 Posted August 16, 2021 Author #3 Share Posted August 16, 2021 4 hours ago, mayleeman said: Is that date special for you? Perhaps switch before losing selection of cabins on an alternate? We could definitely do the next date Equinox goes to the eastern Caribbean, so that’s smart to look into that. Still plenty of rooms so I don’t feel a huge pressure. I’ll have my TA try to get an answer from Celebrity tomorrow (I feel bad having her call if it’s going to be the same canned answer of sold out) and then look into the next sailing. We were hoping to be done with the “will it sail” question! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Jim_Iain Posted August 16, 2021 #4 Share Posted August 16, 2021 That is the pat answer that Celebrity Agents tell you when you call. A high percentage of the time it is the first clue that the cruise has either been chartered or cancelled. Many on the first cruises out of Tampa on Summit were seeing this on told the same for weeks before they were notified the cruises had been cancelled. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted August 16, 2021 #5 Share Posted August 16, 2021 As far as roll calls go, They seem to be slow all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AbbyCruiser45 Posted August 23, 2021 Author #6 Share Posted August 23, 2021 There were not a lot of people commenting on this, but for those that were interested we have an update. My TA called and she basically got the run around for an hour and a half being transfered to different people. She ended up speaking to someone who told her that the sailing is down for inventory maintenance. My TA countered and said it had been down a long time and she was concerned it had been chartered. The Celebrity agent said "no, there's only 2 charters for 2022". After that, there was really no more info. My TA is now also convinced it is chartered. We're going to look into booking the following itinerary (that is no where close to sold out). Luckily, the dates work for us and the sailing is about the same cost as what we originally booked it for, as there is no way Celebrity would honor the original rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremiah1212 Posted August 23, 2021 #7 Share Posted August 23, 2021 There is no way that date is sold out. I would bet money it is a charter that is not 100% finalized yet, but Celebrity isn't going to tell anyone that (even TA's) until it's finalized. I'd assume Celebrity would let a charter customer negotiate outside the normal payment schedule too, which will delay booked guests being notified of the cancellation. They typically won't consider a charter less than 12 months out since the charter customer has to pay to accommodate the rebookings. If you can hang on to the original reservation you will probably get some sort of compensation out of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AbbyCruiser45 Posted August 24, 2021 Author #8 Share Posted August 24, 2021 21 hours ago, Jeremiah1212 said: There is no way that date is sold out. I would bet money it is a charter that is not 100% finalized yet, but Celebrity isn't going to tell anyone that (even TA's) until it's finalized. I'd assume Celebrity would let a charter customer negotiate outside the normal payment schedule too, which will delay booked guests being notified of the cancellation. They typically won't consider a charter less than 12 months out since the charter customer has to pay to accommodate the rebookings. If you can hang on to the original reservation you will probably get some sort of compensation out of it. Thank you for the info! We'll hang onto that original booking for sure, in case there is compensation, and on the off chance it does sail because that's our preferred date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrk2cruise Posted August 24, 2021 #9 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Inventory maintenance is the second clue something is going on which will probably not end well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmas gran Posted August 25, 2021 #10 Share Posted August 25, 2021 On the UK website it shows cruises for July 2nd / 10th / 24th and 30th so it is missing some over here ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuvCruzn4Evr Posted August 25, 2021 #11 Share Posted August 25, 2021 19 hours ago, wrk2cruise said: Inventory maintenance is the second clue something is going on which will probably not end well. Yep, have heard 'inventory maintenance' many times and cruise ended up being cancelled due to a charter, or some type of refurbishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ipeeinthepools Posted August 25, 2021 #12 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Are the deals any better now than when you booked? If so maybe you should cancel and switch to another date to avoid the stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AbbyCruiser45 Posted August 25, 2021 Author #13 Share Posted August 25, 2021 7 hours ago, Ipeeinthepools said: Are the deals any better now than when you booked? If so maybe you should cancel and switch to another date to avoid the stress. It's only about $200 cheaper for one room and same price for the other room. We'll probably double book so we can hang onto the original reservation but get preferred locations on the new booking. It's not ideal, but even though we can make both dates work, the 16th really would work better on the seemingly small chance it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare AbbyCruiser45 Posted September 2, 2021 Author #14 Share Posted September 2, 2021 The final update! My TA got the email today that the July 16th sailing has been chartered. We're moving to the next week and got $200 OBC per person. I'm just glad it is all taken care of finally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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