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12 hours ago, luckyinpa said:

this was mine. no one would pay this. some AI gone wild i assumed

Yikes! Must be a mistake?

37 minutes ago, Liao said:

Did you purchase the air with the refundable option?  If so, the ticket cost more.

Of course it cost more--but it cost less than @ $200 to get more than @ $1800 back, kind of like travel insurance but for any reason.  This is $1500 to get $900 back! It's nuts. Esp since they want you to book early--they entice you by saying don't worry your deposit is refundable. This is pretty recent too, used to be all but $100 was refundable, I could live with that. Now fee is MORE than refund.

4 hours ago, cruisestitch said:

Not all cruises have a difference in the refundable and nonrefundable rates.  I just booked two where the price was the same for refundable and nonrefundable deposits.

Interesting--I just looked at one where "nonrefundable" penalty is over $1800! And it's only nonrefundable till midJuly!

2 hours ago, DaisyRose said:

I find the fee for a refundable deposit on Celebrity extremely excessive.  I have never booked a cruise I didn't intend to take, but I like refundable deposits because I like to book far in advance to get the stateroom we love (sunset veranda).  Being seniors, health issues turn up, and we occasionally need to cancel; also an occasional family issue, like a wedding when booking two years in advance, or a very sick furbaby that we wouldn't want to leave with a pet sitter.  I recently found an unusual Celebrity cruise that I don't think anyone else does, so I reluctantly booked it with a non refundable deposit and just hope nothing turns up that will require me to cancel.  But I really feel that the high fees for refundable deposits will stop me from booking any more Celebrity cruises.

Completely agree--we were looking at a cruise in April 25 who knows what might come up before then!

4 hours ago, mahasamatman said:

You can choose to pay the extra or not. They're not forcing you to do anything. It's no different than airlines charging a ridiculous premium for a refundable fare.

Actually it's completely different, the airline fee makes the ENTIRE FARE refundable--and it's much less percentage wise. I know coz i recently had to cancel airline tickets--it was a couple hundred per ticket and we got entire $6000 back. Here you only get deposit back.

I was astounded to realize Celebrity charges $1,500 (!!) to make its $900 deposit "refundable" on 10+ day cruises ($900 for $500 deposit on 7 days)--so if you cancel you get your deposit back but if you don't you're paying an additional $1,500 for your cruise. How is that not "excessive? Who determines if that is excessive? Almost makes me want to put deposits on a whole bunch of cruises and cancel all of them!

On 6/8/2024 at 12:34 PM, ngrund said:

Oh, ok, Just wanted to make sure that wasn't the issue. I can't stand the deposit BS, but we have to deal with it.

"BS" is correct--Celebrity charges $1500 to make $900 deposit refundable ($900 for $500 on short cruises)! How is that legal? And it just makes deposit refundable, not whole cruise. Trying to figure out who to ask about this, Biden has talked a lot about "excessive fees" last few months, this sure is one.

Seems we're going to be in Mykonos on Orthodox Easter--will anything be open? Already know Delos will be closed 😞 but what about restaurants, shops, transportation, etc? Or should we figure on quick walk around and then back on ship?

On 3/3/2023 at 4:26 PM, WI Badger Fan said:

It appears that our ship (NCL Jade) will be in Mykonos on the day of Easter for the Greek Orthodox Church, April 16.  Will much be open on the island?  Our prior visit was approximately 5 years ago and we had a great time renting a 4-wheeler ATV and driving around the island.  We're wondering if businesses like this rental location or other businesses will be open or closed on Easter.  Does anyone have knowledge of this?

Do you remember what was actually open? We're going to be in Mykonos this year on O. Easter Sunday --our excursion to Delos was canceled already but will anything at all be open?