fairweathertraveller

As I mentioned previously, the longer they delay making a decision the fewer choices will be left, if you wish to take another Viking Cruise this year….booking 6 months ahead nowadays quite ‘short notice’ for a lot of holidays as many people are booking much farther ahead. 125% is an attractive offer, but only if you can find something which appeals! I see that on the UK web site, for this cruise 2025/26 dates there is still a lot of availability showing, which suggests they are still selling staterooms…which seems odd, if, as been commented, these cruises are now no longer running. Who knows…? If I hear anything further I’ll post an update here asap👍

As of today 15/4, Viking are still intending to operate this itinerary for the October, 2024 dates. I find it quite bizarre that next year’s sailings for this itinerary are confirmed as cancelled and, yet this October is deemed ok to run🤔! Also, for those thinking about cancelling, (before the due date for the payment of the final balance), seems like this would cost you 25% of the full payment, according to their T&Cs….unless I’ve read that wrong? Please correct if I’ve misread this information…. a bit of a dilemma then?

I’m also booked on the October 2024 itinerary from Athens to Mumbai. Despite asking the question to Viking a few times, have not been given any direct answer as to whether we are going on the advertised itinerary/a different version of that/not going at all😮! The problem is, if Viking do not communicate their intention with this cruise pretty soon, other 2024 options will be very limited indeed🙁! More chance then that customers will look elsewhere to spend their money, so that’s a risky strategy for them! I find it curious that, having cancelled this itinerary for 2025, why, given the circumstances, would they appear to be going with it this year???🤔 As other contributors have said, it would just be good to know so that alternative options can be considered…