Very true - but it’s human nature to worry, especially when you’ve spent so much money. We’re doing A to Budapest, leaving A on 30th August and I’ve been looking anxiously at water levels. We can cancel up to day before and get a full credit, but really don’t want to as this is the rebooking of a Caribbean cruise, that was itself the rebooking of a China trip with Viking. We really want to get away now and as Viking gave us incentives each time the previous cruises got cancelled, we are taking the view that even with some disruption, we have got a good value. Hopefully though the latest forecasts for the Rhine over the next 14 days are accurate and this would mean no ship changes on Rhine. ( It also helps as we are coming from England, so no long expensive transatlantic flights to factor in.)
All the river cruise companies are on a hiding to nothing. If they don’t contact customers, they get asked why, but if they do, a lot of passengers who haven’t been checking will suddenly ask questions and consider cancelling, so the cancellation guarantees such as ours could now cost them a lot, just as they are trying to get back on their feet.