If Canada stays closed, they can't do that. - Tom
What is this “satisfy U.S. cabotage laws like the Passenger Vessel Services Act.”? Does it require passengers to disembark or can they remain on the vessel?
I’m supposed to go to Alaska in July. We have not called the travel agent to see if it is still on.
That's interesting. Why don't they just pre-station the boat at the port of call, Nome whatever, and put people on the stationary boat and simply don't cruise? You can still have the parties and the food and the mood.
Then offer the usual panolpy of glacier trips and sightseeing by air/land transport.
The other thing is, if you’re Holland America, why not flag your Alaskan fleet under the US for one year?
I guess they are investing it in bitcoin till they have to refund it to you?-)
We keep getting brochures from Carnival.
Straight to the round file.
Carnival has... they have no cruises to Alaska until 2022...
Carnival has Just a couple of cruises in Aug and Nov 2021 and none out of Boston all the way to 2023...
“While Canada is unlikely to rescind the ban, wording in the order gives Canadian Minster of Transport Omar Alghabra...”
...and the Republicans STILL cannot figure out why Trump is so popular with the base.
Talk about tone deaf...
The answer is simple: cash flow and float.
Cruise lines know that if you cancel before they do, then you forfeit non-refundable deposits.
If they wait until after the final payment date to cancel, then you either have to cancel and give up the deposit, or make your final payment and tie up the money.
Once the cruise line eventually cancels the cruise, it could take up to six weeks to get a refund.
Bottom line: they get an interest-free two month loan from you, the customer, by not canceling the cruise until after the final payment date.
-PJ
The “foreign port” requirement is superfluous, antiquated, protectionism, and must be canceled or at least suspended until the China virus is doing it’s naked dance.
Capt. Tom
Have you seen the results of this Cruise Critic survey? Seems like the majority of respondents are all-in on the COVID restrictions. “In general, the survey respondents embraced the safety measures that cruise lines have already put in place, with the majority saying there were no “deal breakers” for them to return to the seas.”
“Only 24 percent said that a mask requirement would keep them from boarding. The vast majority of cruisers were fine with mandated vaccines, pre-boarding COVID testing, contact tracing and reduced-capacity sailings.”
https://www.cruisecritic.com/news/5849/