Given the occurrence of hurricanes and additional natural weather formations over the past couple of years, most traveler’s wonder what might occur if a scheduled cruise got canceled because of potentially harmful weather conditions. Specifically, potential passengers oftentimes wonder if they’ll receive a refund for the tickets. To figure out whether a refund is possible or not, you ought to consult the terms of your passage agreement which is a portion of the transaction. Many are going to include a segment which specifically outlines what is going to take place if the cruise was canceled due to weather.
Partial or complete refund
Within some instances, a canceled cruise will be subject to a complete or partial refund. Conditions differ from cruise line to cruise line, but, so there isn’t any hard and fast rule of thumb which will apply to every canceled cruise. At Great Escapes Travel, our experienced travel agents are ready to make your family’s vacation dreams a reality. We can help you plan your ideal trip!
Most cruise lines will provide a complete refund if the cruise was canceled due to bad weather, providing the cruise hasn’t already gotten underway. Usually, a full refund is provided by processing a credit to whichever credit card was utilized to arrange the cruise, or by refunding the complete amount through a check within 2 to 3 months of the canceled cruise. Also, the cruise line might provide incentives to utilize the refund to arrange an additional cruise for a future time. Within this case, there might be complimentary upgrades which go with a rebooking, like a bigger room or some type of credit which may be utilized at one of their onboard shops. Getting passengers to utilize cruise refunds to arrange future trips assists in retaining a customer, will make it unnecessary to process credits, as well as eliminates the necessity to process and then cut a check.
If a cruise is canceled due to weather after the trip already has started, most cruise lines are going to provide partial credits. It often is based upon the amount of ports of call which were scheduled for a cruise, yet couldn’t be completed because of the weather. It must be noted that, in many passage contracts, a cruise line doesn’t make a solid commitment to do this. Oftentimes, the cruise line utilizes wording which permits it to offer credits as it sees fit following a weather-associated cancellation. Ask about our Danube River Cruises!
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