MASTER Cancel Travel b/c of COVID-19 Questions Thread

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Anonymous wrote:Going to present at a giant health conference in Orlando next week (40,000+ attendees). Scheduled to leave on Saturday, conference lasts a week. A bunch of major vendors have backed out, but apparently it's still on. Boss says I can back out if I want.

DH and toddler are supposed to come with and hang with my inlaws, but we're all reconsidering now.

40,000 attendees from all over? I'd cancel....and it's a health conference!

And the decision was made for me! Conference cancelled.

Yet they still haven't cancelled SXSW.

For the same reason most other things have no been cancelled. Corporate greed.

They're about to. Netflix and HBO just pulled out. Once the major vendors leave its lost.

[Anonymous]

Going skiing in Park City this weekend. Think there will be a lot of cancellations?

We are hoping to get upgraded to a suite!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't figured out how to search individual threads, so apologies if this has been addressed, but what would you do if you have already booked a cruise (Disney to be exact) with kids for mid-April.

I'm torn between:

cancelling (right now, I'd only lose my deposit);

holding out and waiting to see if Disney will start canceling and hopefully I'll get a full refund; or

recognizing that we're all healthy, it likely won't be an issue, and enjoying ourselves (at the risk of getting stuck on the boat/quarantined).

Are you sure about this? Per the DCL cancellation policy, to lose only your deposit you have to be 45+ days out on a 1-5 night cruise or 56+ days out on a 6+ night cruise. I leave April 6th and I'm 31 days out, so well into the 50% penalty. I too am on DCL and don't know what we are going to go. I was holding out hope Disney would cancel but I no longer thing that is likely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Going skiing in Park City this weekend. Think there will be a lot of cancellations?

We are hoping to get upgraded to a suite!

No, I don't think there will be many cancellations to ski resorts. No outbreaks there yet.

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Anonymous wrote:Going skiing in Park City this weekend. Think there will be a lot of cancellations?

We are hoping to get upgraded to a suite!

No, I don't think there will be many cancellations to ski resorts. No outbreaks there yet.

Dh went to park city last week and it was packed.

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Anonymous wrote:Going to present at a giant health conference in Orlando next week (40,000+ attendees). Scheduled to leave on Saturday, conference lasts a week. A bunch of major vendors have backed out, but apparently it's still on. Boss says I can back out if I want.

DH and toddler are supposed to come with and hang with my inlaws, but we're all reconsidering now.

40,000 attendees from all over? I'd cancel....and it's a health conference!

And the decision was made for me! Conference cancelled.

Yet they still haven't cancelled SXSW.

For the same reason most other things have no been cancelled. Corporate greed.

They're about to. Netflix and HBO just pulled out. Once the major vendors leave its lost.

As of yesterday's press conference they were not cancelling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven't figured out how to search individual threads, so apologies if this has been addressed, but what would you do if you have already booked a cruise (Disney to be exact) with kids for mid-April.

I'm torn between:

cancelling (right now, I'd only lose my deposit);

holding out and waiting to see if Disney will start canceling and hopefully I'll get a full refund; or

recognizing that we're all healthy, it likely won't be an issue, and enjoying ourselves (at the risk of getting stuck on the boat/quarantined).

I love Disney and Disney cruises. I would not get on a cruise right now. I would try to get a credit. I would not want to get stuck on a cruise ship.

That being said, we have plans to go to Florida for spring break and we plan on going. We were going to a theme park but may just hang out at the beach instead.

DP here. They are 100% NOT giving credits. Myself and many others on my cruise board have called. There are no policy changes or exceptions at this time.

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Anonymous wrote:Going to present at a giant health conference in Orlando next week (40,000+ attendees). Scheduled to leave on Saturday, conference lasts a week. A bunch of major vendors have backed out, but apparently it's still on. Boss says I can back out if I want.

DH and toddler are supposed to come with and hang with my inlaws, but we're all reconsidering now.

40,000 attendees from all over? I'd cancel....and it's a health conference!

And the decision was made for me! Conference cancelled.

Yet they still haven't cancelled SXSW.

For the same reason most other things have no been cancelled. Corporate greed.

They're about to. Netflix and HBO just pulled out. Once the major vendors leave its lost.

As of yesterday's press conference they were not cancelling.

As of ONE HOUR AGO HBO and Netflix pulled out. They're making decisions hour-by-hour.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven't figured out how to search individual threads, so apologies if this has been addressed, but what would you do if you have already booked a cruise (Disney to be exact) with kids for mid-April.

I'm torn between:

cancelling (right now, I'd only lose my deposit);

holding out and waiting to see if Disney will start canceling and hopefully I'll get a full refund; or

recognizing that we're all healthy, it likely won't be an issue, and enjoying ourselves (at the risk of getting stuck on the boat/quarantined).

I love Disney and Disney cruises. I would not get on a cruise right now. I would try to get a credit. I would not want to get stuck on a cruise ship.

That being said, we have plans to go to Florida for spring break and we plan on going. We were going to a theme park but may just hang out at the beach instead.

DP here. They are 100% NOT giving credits. Myself and many others on my cruise board have called. There are no policy changes or exceptions at this time.

And why would they? They're losing out buckets of money with people cancelling and not having tourism revenue on the ships. Their cancellation policies are some insurance for this exact reason.

It'd be different if their ships caught fire - then yeah they owe you a refund and credits. But this is out of their hands.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven't figured out how to search individual threads, so apologies if this has been addressed, but what would you do if you have already booked a cruise (Disney to be exact) with kids for mid-April.

I'm torn between:

cancelling (right now, I'd only lose my deposit);

holding out and waiting to see if Disney will start canceling and hopefully I'll get a full refund; or

recognizing that we're all healthy, it likely won't be an issue, and enjoying ourselves (at the risk of getting stuck on the boat/quarantined).

I love Disney and Disney cruises. I would not get on a cruise right now. I would try to get a credit. I would not want to get stuck on a cruise ship.

That being said, we have plans to go to Florida for spring break and we plan on going. We were going to a theme park but may just hang out at the beach instead.

DP here. They are 100% NOT giving credits. Myself and many others on my cruise board have called. There are no policy changes or exceptions at this time.

And why would they? They're losing out buckets of money with people cancelling and not having tourism revenue on the ships. Their cancellation policies are some insurance for this exact reason.

It'd be different if their ships caught fire - then yeah they owe you a refund and credits. But this is out of their hands.

People are asking why others are still traveling and this is why. BUT if you happen to be on a cruise ship that gets a confirmed case on board and/or has to miss a port or two, you get a 100% refund and a huge discount off a future cruise. The people that were supposed to leave out of SF in two days got cancelled, refunded 100% AND given a 100% credit towards a future cruise. Bet those people are glad they didn't cancel on their own!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I haven't figured out how to search individual threads, so apologies if this has been addressed, but what would you do if you have already booked a cruise (Disney to be exact) with kids for mid-April.

I'm torn between:

cancelling (right now, I'd only lose my deposit);

holding out and waiting to see if Disney will start canceling and hopefully I'll get a full refund; or

recognizing that we're all healthy, it likely won't be an issue, and enjoying ourselves (at the risk of getting stuck on the boat/quarantined).

I love Disney and Disney cruises. I would not get on a cruise right now. I would try to get a credit. I would not want to get stuck on a cruise ship.

That being said, we have plans to go to Florida for spring break and we plan on going. We were going to a theme park but may just hang out at the beach instead.

DP here. They are 100% NOT giving credits. Myself and many others on my cruise board have called. There are no policy changes or exceptions at this time.

And why would they? They're losing out buckets of money with people cancelling and not having tourism revenue on the ships. Their cancellation policies are some insurance for this exact reason.

It'd be different if their ships caught fire - then yeah they owe you a refund and credits. But this is out of their hands.

I wondered why the hell people were getting on cruise ships in Asia and this is exactly why.

They couldn’t get a refund. It was probably something they planned far in advance. They thought they would be fine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't figured out how to search individual threads, so apologies if this has been addressed, but what would you do if you have already booked a cruise (Disney to be exact) with kids for mid-April.

I'm torn between:

cancelling (right now, I'd only lose my deposit);

holding out and waiting to see if Disney will start canceling and hopefully I'll get a full refund; or

recognizing that we're all healthy, it likely won't be an issue, and enjoying ourselves (at the risk of getting stuck on the boat/quarantined).

I love Disney and Disney cruises. I would not get on a cruise right now. I would try to get a credit. I would not want to get stuck on a cruise ship.

That being said, we have plans to go to Florida for spring break and we plan on going. We were going to a theme park but may just hang out at the beach instead.

DP here. They are 100% NOT giving credits. Myself and many others on my cruise board have called. There are no policy changes or exceptions at this time.

And why would they? They're losing out buckets of money with people cancelling and not having tourism revenue on the ships. Their cancellation policies are some insurance for this exact reason.

It'd be different if their ships caught fire - then yeah they owe you a refund and credits. But this is out of their hands.

People are asking why others are still traveling and this is why. BUT if you happen to be on a cruise ship that gets a confirmed case on board and/or has to miss a port or two, you get a 100% refund and a huge discount off a future cruise. The people that were supposed to leave out of SF in two days got cancelled, refunded 100% AND given a 100% credit towards a future cruise. Bet those people are glad they didn't cancel on their own!

That's because their ship was quarantined. You're talking about the Grand Princess right? The ship literally isn't at port to pick those people up so YES THEY GET THEIR REFUND. It's the ship's fault.

If you're waiting for every ship to suddenly be scuttled in a bay or ocean, I have some sad news for you...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't figured out how to search individual threads, so apologies if this has been addressed, but what would you do if you have already booked a cruise (Disney to be exact) with kids for mid-April.

I'm torn between:

cancelling (right now, I'd only lose my deposit);

holding out and waiting to see if Disney will start canceling and hopefully I'll get a full refund; or

recognizing that we're all healthy, it likely won't be an issue, and enjoying ourselves (at the risk of getting stuck on the boat/quarantined).

I love Disney and Disney cruises. I would not get on a cruise right now. I would try to get a credit. I would not want to get stuck on a cruise ship.

That being said, we have plans to go to Florida for spring break and we plan on going. We were going to a theme park but may just hang out at the beach instead.

DP here. They are 100% NOT giving credits. Myself and many others on my cruise board have called. There are no policy changes or exceptions at this time.

And why would they? They're losing out buckets of money with people cancelling and not having tourism revenue on the ships. Their cancellation policies are some insurance for this exact reason.

It'd be different if their ships caught fire - then yeah they owe you a refund and credits. But this is out of their hands.

I wondered why the hell people were getting on cruise ships in Asia and this is exactly why.

They couldn’t get a refund. It was probably something they planned far in advance. They thought they would be fine.

There's a whole collective of people who buy cruises a year or even two years out - as soon as the itineraries are released. By doing it that way they can get the cruises at steeper discounts. But then you end up in situations like this where you're risking your health or simply losing out on 1,000s because of the cancellation policies.

[Anonymous]

Man, my spring break tickets were $500/each when I booked in January. Now they are $290. Wish I could cancel/rebook. Should have waited!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't figured out how to search individual threads, so apologies if this has been addressed, but what would you do if you have already booked a cruise (Disney to be exact) with kids for mid-April.

I'm torn between:

cancelling (right now, I'd only lose my deposit);

holding out and waiting to see if Disney will start canceling and hopefully I'll get a full refund; or

recognizing that we're all healthy, it likely won't be an issue, and enjoying ourselves (at the risk of getting stuck on the boat/quarantined).

I love Disney and Disney cruises. I would not get on a cruise right now. I would try to get a credit. I would not want to get stuck on a cruise ship.

That being said, we have plans to go to Florida for spring break and we plan on going. We were going to a theme park but may just hang out at the beach instead.

DP here. They are 100% NOT giving credits. Myself and many others on my cruise board have called. There are no policy changes or exceptions at this time.

And why would they? They're losing out buckets of money with people cancelling and not having tourism revenue on the ships. Their cancellation policies are some insurance for this exact reason.

It'd be different if their ships caught fire - then yeah they owe you a refund and credits. But this is out of their hands.

I wondered why the hell people were getting on cruise ships in Asia and this is exactly why.

They couldn’t get a refund. It was probably something they planned far in advance. They thought they would be fine.

There's a whole collective of people who buy cruises a year or even two years out - as soon as the itineraries are released. By doing it that way they can get the cruises at steeper discounts. But then you end up in situations like this where you're risking your health or simply losing out on 1,000s because of the cancellation policies.

The cancellation policy is the same whether you booked 3 months ago or 18 months ago. Cancellation penalties start kicking in at 90 days out on shorter cruises and 120 days out in longer cruises. It doesn’t matter when you booked.