Sweetpea-1959

We were cancelled and offered 10% of another cruise. We needed to go the same dates so asked for refund. The refund doesn't include £250 + we spent on visas and the carry on getting them. We claim that on our holiday insurance or write complaint to TUI.....

Cheers, need to do sooner than later. Was hanging off visas and injections think8ng it might get cancelled

Thank you for that, looks like there are a few required !!!

Well I hope that's the case, and they will cancel......meanwhile, they are clearly holding out for a ceasefire !!

😞 disappointing really, but if so, rather sooner than later....Thinking positively, they hopefully they might come up with some other exciting itinerary.

All sounds great fun!! Looking forward to india and all the chaos! Spoke to one of our bank tellers, whose family visit India a lot, she said don't eat anything and don't touch things without washing your hands after, apparently our stomaches are a bit delicate for dealing with some of the bacteria. Anyone know what injections we need?

If your on Marella Discovery 2, sounds like your on our cruise. Given a previous posting from Izzywizz on how her Fred Olson cruise went ahead with barbed wire and mercenaries, see photos in her post above; I'm not sure our cruise will be cancelled....

I'm completing ours through Marella referred company ..I asked question, they said put cruise ship name.

Oh the cruises are a lovely way to see the world especially as you get older. I hope your have others! I'm really surprised that Fred Olsen was prepared to take the risk with passengers. I'm pretty shocked to say the least. Wishing luck to us all that we get the magic of a cruise !!

Wow ! I'm amazed you would go on such a cruise again in that area! After seeing your photos, I'm really surprised ...what cruise company was barbed wire and mercenaries!!

Thanks for sharing your wonderful photos !

Thank you.

It all sounds very exciting ! I'll look into the website mentioned, thank you. We have a local indian consultate but they dont do consular services, you go through a third party company!! Our ship goes out on 12th April too but it seems Marella is not going to admit the trip to red sea is cancelled until we've paid our full holiday, which is due this week.

I'm with you there. I've been cruising with Marella previously Thompson for 25 yrs, and this is the first time I've had to get my own visa. I've been all over including Russia and Cuba. I don't understand why this is so different

Who did you go to for your indian visas?