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NameThatFunnel

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12 hours ago, garymfreedman said:

Covid cruising prohibitions are now bumping up really close to our October voyages......

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/16/cdc-bans-us-cruises-through-september-citing-expanding-coronavirus-outbreaks.html

After 2 canceled cruises on Scarlet Lady this year (with 3rd scheduled in October), I am fully expecting to have the rest of her 2020 sailings canceled at some time soon. I will likely not rebook until well into 2021.

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Apparently princess has cancelled all cruises for 2020. It will only be a matter of time before all other cruise lines will follow. Unless the US pivot sharply to start bringing down those numbers, I’m afraid that 2021 will also be a year of no cruising.

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2 minutes ago, pcalv said:

Apparently princess has cancelled all cruises for 2020. It will only be a matter of time before all other cruise lines will follow. Unless the US pivot sharply to start bringing down those numbers, I’m afraid that 2021 will also be a year of no cruising.

There will be cruising in 2021.. But not in 2020.  Miami-Dade continues to increase--102,000 cases as of 7-25-20.. That port will unlikely open October..

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garymfreedman

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6 hours ago, panamapd said:

Cruises cancelled through 31 Oct 2020. Will have to wait until 2021 for a Virgin Voyage.  Just hope they can ride this massive wave out!

By now Virgin should have already updated their website-They are,as usual, behind the 8 ball. They knew this was coming and should already have the plans in place for website updating, communicating with passengers (us) and what the FCC would be...

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Virgin Voyages has changed starting month on their website to November..No changes or information on the website. They are the worst communicators ever... I would worry on my cruise that we may be headed to sink, and they will tell us after we are under water...:)

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My final payment for our 12/27 sailing is coming up. I’m very very frustrated that they pushed final payments to 60 days for sailings up to 12/16 - so my sailing misses that cut off and is still at 120 days. 
 

I also don’t want to make my final payment and then have them hold on to my money for who knows how long with a FCC - if it’s canceled.  

 

Anyone else on the holiday sailings with this issue? What have you decided to do? 

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1 hour ago, lyssa13 said:

My final payment for our 12/27 sailing is coming up. I’m very very frustrated that they pushed final payments to 60 days for sailings up to 12/16 - so my sailing misses that cut off and is still at 120 days. 
 

I also don’t want to make my final payment and then have them hold on to my money for who knows how long with a FCC - if it’s canceled.  

 

Anyone else on the holiday sailings with this issue? What have you decided to do? 


not a great way to instill brand loyalty from the get go. I decided to give them a chance, won’t be doing that again.  

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I'm on the same sailing. I am not going to pay the balance if they require it at the end of August. I will cancel right before the due date. Hopefully they change this payment requirement considering it looks like there is a slim chance this cruise will even sail. 

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8 hours ago, westguy99 said:

I'm on the same sailing. I am not going to pay the balance if they require it at the end of August. I will cancel right before the due date. Hopefully they change this payment requirement considering it looks like there is a slim chance this cruise will even sail. 


couldn’t agree more sadly. Did you pay the same $750 deposit?  That will remain as FCC from what I understand, correct? 

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NameThatFunnel

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Been a week since Virgin canceled cruises through October 31st. My cruise was included in this latest round (3rd time so far), so I called to see what options I had. There are no new incentives to rebook, other than reusing the previous 200% FCC I received previously. Also, with their current 30% off "sale", they are no longer offering sailor loot as before, but if you had it previously and rebook, they will honor it.

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7 minutes ago, drewdawg199 said:

I have a cruise booked next September in Europe with deposit paid.  If I moved that to say a November 2020 cruise and that cruise happens to get cancelled, does anyone think I'd be eligible for a cash refund?

Absolutley, when I called today, they offered me a refund of my original booking amount for my April 2020 cruise, that was canceled three times. Still debating what to do. I like the 200% I received based on my original fare, but now looking at moving it to mid 2021 and not sure I want them to hold my money that long.

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30 minutes ago, NameThatFunnel said:

Absolutley, when I called today, they offered me a refund of my original booking amount for my April 2020 cruise, that was canceled three times. Still debating what to do. I like the 200% I received based on my original fare, but now looking at moving it to mid 2021 and not sure I want them to hold my money that long.

The difference in my question is that I'm referring to a September 2021 cruise that has not been cancelled by VV.  Your April 2020 cruise was cancelled by VV so they have to give you options.  I have a feeling if I proactively move to a November 2020 cruise by transferring my deposit, they will only want to give me a voucher and not a cash refund.

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4 hours ago, NameThatFunnel said:

If the end result is VV cancelling your new cruise, then why wouldn't you be eligible for a refund as well. Personally, I would not book a cruise departing in November 2020, it is likely not going to happen.

that's the point.....trying to get my Sept. 2021 deposit back in cash (I'm past the initial 7 day cancel policy).

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1 minute ago, drewdawg199 said:

that's the point.....trying to get my Sept. 2021 deposit back in cash (I'm past the initial 7 day cancel policy).

I see, interesting idea. Problem is, if you switch to the November 2020 itinerary, you'd have to pay the full balance at that time as well.

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