One of four has to cancel, what happens?

[kartum9]

Four of us have booked two cabins on a cruise leaving in a few weeks (we have trip cancellation insurance). One, due to illness, will not be able to cruise, will cancel and make at claim at the insurance.

What happens if the companion of that person (booked in the same cabin) still wants to make the trip? Will see have to repay as a single passenger in that cabin and if so at today's pricing or at the original pricing. Or will she be allowed to cruise alone in that cabin at no extra charge?

Thanks for your help

[AZPam]

Four of us have booked two cabins on a cruise leaving in a few weeks (we have trip cancellation insurance). One, due to illness, will not be able to cruise, will cancel and make at claim at the insurance.

What happens if the companion of that person (booked in the same cabin) still wants to make the trip? Will see have to repay as a single passenger in that cabin and if so at today's pricing or at the original pricing. Or will she be allowed to cruise alone in that cabin at no extra charge?

Thanks for your help

 

Have the companion check her cruise insurance and see if this is covered. We had the same thing happen on a river cruise in December, it was covered and she didn't have to pay the single supplement. It was a bit of a hassle, but they did come thru in the end. Good luck!

[kitty9]

As long as the cruise line has the payment from the person who had to cancel, nothing happens to the remaining person and they will just get a cabin alone, UNLESS, the person cancels and is within a cancellation period where they will get a partial refund of their cruise fare. If that is the case, the other person will be charged a single supplement.

[cherylandtk]

Both above answers are correct, and that's because it depends on the particular insurance and the time of cancellation. Presuming the illness is covered (not a pre-existing condition and/or waived), the cancelling pax gets a partial refund from the cruiseline (depending on how far from cruise date) and the remainder from the insurance. The cruiseline re-prices the cabin, and the insurance usually covers the now solo traveller's extra supplement.

[chasetf]

...........What happens if the companion of that person (booked in the same cabin) still wants to make the trip? Will see have to repay as a single passenger in that cabin and if so at today's pricing or at the original pricing. Or will she be allowed to cruise alone in that cabin at no extra charge? .........

After final payment...as long as the cabin is paid for in full then the remaining traveler will not have to pay anything. My brother's wife was unable to travel and he went ahead and sailed solo.

 

What happens with the insurance is a separate question and depends on the policy purchased.

[cherylandtk]

After final payment...as long as the cabin is paid for in full then the remaining traveler will not have to pay anything. My brother's wife was unable to travel and he went ahead and sailed solo.

What happens with the insurance is a separate question and depends on the policy purchased.

This may depend on the specific cruiseline and/or whether or not the cancelling person is a cancellation or just a no show. If a cancellation and they receive some $ back from the cruiseline (100% penalty is not usually until 7 days before the cruise), then the remaining passenger is usually re-fared at a single rate.

 

I know this to have happened recently on Princess and Carnival. There are also posts on the Carnival and HAL board that even though the cabin is paid in full, and within the 100% penalty period, the remaining pax was charged the single supplement--paying essentially triple fare for one person to travel. Thus the advice by many to just have the person be a no-show rather than a cancellation.

 

I understood OP's post to mean that the 4th pax was cancelling for an illness, which would likely trigger the re-faring.