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Cruise Shutdown Questions #1: What To Do About Cruise Bookings And Plans?

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👁️ 45K views📅 6 years ago⏱️ 10:31
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Veteran Cruiser

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Creator's Key Takeaways

I've decided I'm not going to post any regular cruising content until the shutdown ends and life starts to come back to normal

I have lots of cruise bookings for April May June and in fact for the rest of the years so this is a very live issue for me

what I'm actually doing is I'm not doing anything about my bookings in April and May I'm just letting them sit there and wait to see what happens

I would actually hold back particularly because travel insurance could be a real challenge it's quite hard to get travel insurance at this period of time

Creator's Tips & Advice

Hold back on booking new cruises for this year due to uncertainty
Consider booking for next year to support the industry with more flexibility
If over 70 or have financial concerns, cancel bookings now for reassurance
Set a decision date a week to ten days before your cruise to make a final call

Questions This Creator Answers

QHow soon can people go back cruising?
QWhat should travelers do about their bookings for April, May, June?
QShould they pay final deposits for upcoming cruises?
QShould they book new cruises now with current deals?

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YouTube Video Description

With the developments we are facing, I will not be posting regular cruise tips and cruising videos until it looks like life and the way we live is returning back to more normal, and the cruise shutdown is able to be lifted safely. However, as I am getting many questions and asking for my opinion about what travellers should be doing or thinking about related to the cruising shutdown which I have been answering by email and online, I am going to post videos occasionally which includes these answers as long as people find these helpful. If you have questions you would like me to try and answer please leave a comment or email me gary (at) tipsfortravellers.com In this I cover the main questions I am getting about booking and cruise plans including (1) what about April, May and June cruising where final balance has been paid, (2) what should you do if final balances for cruises become due over the coming weeks and (3) should travellers be booking cruises for this year with the many deals and offers available. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL BY: Buying my Cruise T-shirts: http://bit.ly/TFTStore Booking your next cruise with CRUISEDIRECT.COM: http://bit.ly/TFTBookCruise Gary Bembridge's Tips For Travellers aims to help you make more of your precious travel time and money on land and when cruising the oceans or rivers of the world. To help you, in every video I draw on my first-hand tips and advice from travelling every month for over 20 years and 77 cruises at time of making this video. Follow Tips For Travellers on: - Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/garybembridge - Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tipsfortravellers - Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge #CruiseShutdown #CruiseTips #CruisingTips