- As Americans take to the seas again, they’re making all kinds of cruise errors.
- Failing to check passports is among the common mistakes.
- As COVID continues to affect cruises in unexpected ways, expect a minefield of potential mistakes.
When Katie Whittington canceled her 14-day transatlantic sailing from New York to London on the Norwegian Getaway, she made one of the most common post-pandemic cruise mistakes: She didn’t read the fine print on her ticket.
Instead, she took a Norwegian Cruise Line representative at his word.
“A customer service representative told me they could cancel my cruise and that I’d receive a future cruise credit for the full amount I paid,” she says.
So Whittington expected a $4,725 future cruise credit. Instead, her cruise line applied a 75% cancellation fee and refunded the other 25%.
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