Minnesota residents Kristen and Joe Wegleitner just wanted to start their October honeymoon off in grand style with a romantic 7-day Mediterranean voyage on Celebrity Cruises. Unfortunately things began to unravel when bad weather and a hodgepodge of missed airline flight connections forced the newlyweds to scuttle their cruise plans. Thankfully the couple had the foresight to purchase travel insurance and thought the claims process with Travel Guard would be hassle free. Or so the Wegleitners thought.
Vega’s City Center concept, big cruise bargains, Ryanair finished at the bottom of another poll.
Is the Jones Act a legitimate reason for a travel insurance company to deny a claim, or a convenient excuse? Depends on your perspective.
British Airways wants JAL to remain part of Oneworld Alliance.
Don’t look now, but the lobbyists appear to be giving up on Washington — at least when it comes to travel.
No one wants to be stricken by a nasty gastrointestinal virus on a cruise. So to keep the traveling public informed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention inspects ships and publishes the results. A score of 85 or lower is consider a “fail.” Some of the ships on this list are obscure charter operators, but others are familiar to anyone who cruises.
“You have atrial fibrillation,” says the doctor. These are not the four words my husband, Terry wants to hear from his cardiologist a few days before we are scheduled to leave the country for a cruise from Southampton, England to the remote Norway fjords on the ultra-luxurious Queen Victoria ocean liner.
Timing is everything when you pull a bait-and-switch. Most of them happen just before or after the purchase – an “oops-the-price-isn’t-available” or a “sorry-did-we-forget-to-mention-a-fee” stunt. But for Mary Hoefs’ Royal Caribbean cruise, she didn’t find out until she tried to board.
Ron Saia has been on over 45 cruises, written several articles about cruising and helped many people who have never cruised before prepare and experience a great cruise vacation. He’s not a travel agent. He’s a do-it-yourself serial cruiser. This post focuses on getting a great deal. His first post for Tripso focuses on the first step, getting a great deal.
