Canceling a NextCruise Booking - Deposit Question

[oatsxox]

We booked a cruise for next October (2024) while we were on our cruise in December, so we got to take advantage of the reduced deposit - so we paid a $200 deposit rather than $750 (for 3 in a junior suite.

Seems like we sort of jumped the gun on booking that trip, because I'm now pregnant & due in January 2024, so, unfortunately, I need as much vacation time as possible in 2024 to be able actually take leave without it being unpaid.

I know there's a $100/person change fee and if you cancel, you lose your deposit.  But what happens if I cancel a cruise that had the reduced deposit?  Do I luck out and only lose the $200?  Because that would be the cheapest scenario for us.

[deliver42]

Yes, you'd lose the $200.00 if your deposit was non refundable.

[GetToLivin]

If you cancel you'll lose it, however, I had to rebook a cruise where I paid a reduced deposit and got "lucky" when they just let me roll the deposit over into a new booking even though I was outside the window to do that. It was not expected, but a "one-time exception" I lucked out on, you might, too, if you can swing an earlier cruise date (baby-moon?) 🙂 Congrats!

[oatsxox]

5 hours ago, deliver42 said:

Yes, you'd lose the $200.00 if your deposit was non refundable.

Good - that’s what I was hoping. Well, not to lose $200, but that it wasn’t somehow more (but it’s not like they could just randomly charge more). I just had to make it make sense in my head haha 

[oatsxox]

5 hours ago, GetToLivin said:

If you cancel you'll lose it, however, I had to rebook a cruise where I paid a reduced deposit and got "lucky" when they just let me roll the deposit over into a new booking even though I was outside the window to do that. It was not expected, but a "one-time exception" I lucked out on, you might, too, if you can swing an earlier cruise date (baby-moon?) 🙂 Congrats!

No luck on the cruise babymoon, unfortunately. Can’t cruise after 24 weeks, and actually have one planned at 23 weeks with just me and the toddler while my husband does his own thing. Baby-mooning in Iceland a month later though! 
 

I’m planning to try to push it to January 2025, when my PTO replenishes again, and is only a couple months off from the original trip. Plus we always love leaving freezing NJ for a quick trip to the Bahamas in winter! 

[Sianli]

I am trying to remember what is the timeframe that you can change a cruise you booked on board without losing any money? One or two months?

[Ourusualbeach]

42 minutes ago, Sianli said:

I am trying to remember what is the timeframe that you can change a cruise you booked on board without losing any money? One or two months?

60 days 

[orville99]

1 hour ago, Sianli said:

I am trying to remember what is the timeframe that you can change a cruise you booked on board without losing any money? One or two months?

 

30 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

60 days 

I believe after that you will incur a $100/pp change fee.

[Ourusualbeach]

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Edited July 1, 2023 by Ourusualbeach