rcrabb1513 Posted February 2, 2023 #1 Share Posted February 2, 2023 We booked an RCL cruise with a refundable deposit and have changed our minds. We are outside of any financial penalty dates. If we cancel it and choose a different one do we incur a change fee? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 2, 2023 #2 Share Posted February 2, 2023 (edited) 21 minutes ago, rcrabb1513 said: We booked an RCL cruise with a refundable deposit and have changed our minds. We are outside of any financial penalty dates. If we cancel it and choose a different one do we incur a change fee? No. You can also cancel and get a 100% refund. Edited February 2, 2023 by Ourusualbeach 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcrabb1513 Posted February 2, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted February 2, 2023 22 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: No. You can also cancel and get a 100% refund. Thanks! We still want to cruise, just not on the one we booked. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mum2Mercury Posted February 2, 2023 #4 Share Posted February 2, 2023 5 minutes ago, rcrabb1513 said: Thanks! We still want to cruise, just not on the one we booked. But, if refunded, you could go ahead and book another cruise. It kinda works out the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demongear Posted February 2, 2023 #5 Share Posted February 2, 2023 I just did this not too long ago. I asked to keep the same booking number. The $100 p/p penalty was applied towards my deposit of $500 bringing the total deposit paid on the new cruise to $700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefly333 Posted February 2, 2023 #6 Share Posted February 2, 2023 16 minutes ago, Demongear said: I just did this not too long ago. I asked to keep the same booking number. The $100 p/p penalty was applied towards my deposit of $500 bringing the total deposit paid on the new cruise to $700 The op says he booked refundable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matj2000 Posted February 2, 2023 #7 Share Posted February 2, 2023 You don't change cruises with your deposit. You cancel, they credit you a refund for you deposit and/or payments. Then you just do a new booking on something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted February 3, 2023 #8 Share Posted February 3, 2023 16 minutes ago, matj2000 said: You don't change cruises with your deposit. You cancel, they credit you a refund for you deposit and/or payments. Then you just do a new booking on something else. If you know a different date it's actually easier just having them change the ship and sail date. Then you aren't waiting for your deposit to be refunded 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine3601 Posted February 3, 2023 #9 Share Posted February 3, 2023 22 minutes ago, matj2000 said: You don't change cruises with your deposit. You cancel, they credit you a refund for you deposit and/or payments. Then you just do a new booking on something else. Yes, you definitely can simply move your deposit to a new booking. We have done several times, easy peasy! Most times we have kept the same booking # too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matj2000 Posted February 3, 2023 #10 Share Posted February 3, 2023 1 minute ago, Ourusualbeach said: If you know a different date it's actually easier just having them change the ship and sail date. Then you aren't waiting for your deposit to be refunded I go throught the TA so it's done this way. I don't' need to have the refund before booking voyage. Just as long as I get it back at some point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcrabb1513 Posted February 3, 2023 Author #11 Share Posted February 3, 2023 Thanks for all the replies. I had considered just booking a new cruise and cancelling the current booking as 2 separate operations. Since you have to cancel over the phone I figured if I had to be on hold for a long while (based on previous personal experience) I would do both operations at the same time. Hence the question of a possible additional fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted February 3, 2023 #12 Share Posted February 3, 2023 20 hours ago, matj2000 said: You don't change cruises with your deposit. You cancel, they credit you a refund for you deposit and/or payments. Then you just do a new booking on something else. For us, it is easier to just to change the existing reservation. All of the current information just carries forward. We have done this a lot (.... there is always a "better" cruise on a "better" date... so says the significant other) 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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