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Want To Cruise In 2021? Why You Going About It The Wrong Way

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πŸ‘οΈ 32K viewsπŸ“… 5 years ago⏱️ 11:33
What This Creator Said
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Creator's Key Takeaways

only book one in october november or december if you want to be pretty secure and certain that you will actually be going

focus any new bookings for 2021 on the final months of the year if you want any high degree of certainty of them happening

retain ultimate flexibility both of your cash and your vacation time

Creator's Tips & Advice

βœ“Only book cruises for October, November, or December 2021 for higher certainty.
βœ“Take cash refunds instead of future cruise credit for cancelled 2021 cruises.
βœ“Avoid paying final balances on 2021 cruises to keep cash flexible.
βœ“Shift bookings to quarter four or beyond if deposits are non-refundable.
βœ“Maintain vacation day flexibility to jump on new cruises when they are announced.

Questions This Creator Answers

QHow to ensure you can cruise in 2021 despite ongoing cancellations and refunds?
QWhat is the best way to book cruises to avoid the booking-cancel-rebook-refund cycle?
QWhen should you book a 2021 cruise for the highest chance of it happening?
QHow can you support cruise lines while being ready for early cruises?

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Do you want to cruise in 2021? I explore why you may be going about it in totally the wrong way. I discuss what I am doing to escape the on-going cycle of cruise booking, cruise cancellations, getting cancelled cruise refunds or cruise future cruise credit, and how you can ensure that you can go cruising in 2021 and be able to guarantee you will be on the first cruises that run when cruising resumes BECOME A TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS MEMBER ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Become a Channel Member to get perks: https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/Join Become a Patron on Patreon and get perks: https://www.patreon.com/tipsfortravellers BUY MY CRUISE-THEMED T-SHIRTs --------------------------------------------------------- Check out my T-Shirt range: http://bit.ly/TFTStore FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL MEDIA --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/garybembridge Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tipsfortravellers Instagram: http://www.instgram.com/garybembridge LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bembridge TikTok: @garybembridge ABOUT TIPS FOR TRAVELLERS -------------------------------------------------- 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. #CruiseTips2021 #BookingACruise #CruiseTips 00:00 Start 00:36 Book Q4 2021 03:22 Build Flexibility 04:05 Ignore what lines saying 05:40 Ignore advertised cruises 08:29 Get Your Cash Back 10:38 Support Lines