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Re: Cancelling a cruise and trip insurance Posted on: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:07:20 -0500

If your as old as Godie, buy the insurence and pray! haha
"Dick G." wrote in message
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> In decades of travel we, originally my wife and I, and over the 25 years
> since she passed away, never missed a trip, yet we always took the
> insurance.
>
> Then, last October, the unthinkable happened. I got pneumonia and shortly
> after that my daughter got bronchitis, and at the suggestion of our
> doctors, we canceled.
>
> Yes, it took from October until a couple days ago, but we got a check from
> TravelGuard for everything that was due us.
>
> In other words, travel insurance is a waste of money until the one time
> you need it.
> --
> DG in Cherry Hill, NJ
>
> (* _ *)
>
> "rvfulltime" wrote in message
> news:ca2gs15q1sb4r970e1uf8rj75j41rec7fu@4ax.com...
>>I booked a May 2006 Baltic Sea cruise last October, as part of a much
>> longer European vacation. I've made the $100/person cruise deposit
>> along with deposits for lodging in London and Edinburgh. No lodging
>> reservation made yet for Copenhagen, the cruise embarcation port. Final
>> cruise payment due in mid February, a little over a month from now.
>>
>> In decades of travel, I've never cancelled or missed a trip. I've also
>> never bought any kind of trip cancellation insurance. Now, due to a
>> family illness, the odd are quite high I will have to cancel the entire
>> 32 day
>> trip, including the 10 night cruise. Bummer. So now I have some
>> questions.
>>
>> 1. Am I correct to assume that it is too late to buy Trip Cancellation
>> Insurance?
>>
>> 2. If not too late, what else can you tell me about it?
>>
>> 3. Have you ever had trouble cancelling a cruise?
>>
>> 4. Have you ever had your credit card charged on a date earlier than
>> scheduled
>> for final payment?
>
>