SteveW8002
Earning My Ears
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2012
Well, the wait continues. We're still booked on the 7/4 Norway trip. Our family of 5 is fully paid up ($24K) and they still haven't cancelled our trip. We've cancelled every other part of the trip. So no matter what, we're not going. I'm just waiting on ABD to cancel.
I called yesterday just to see if there was any special offer...of course not. They offered to move us to the same trip next year and since it's the same price there would be no additional payment needed. If ABD had offered something similar to DCL (125% credit) I would have jumped at it, but a straight transfer wasn't interesting to me given that they have all $24K for the next 14 months and I have no options to cancel.
We have 3 kids...one each in high school, middle school, and elementary school...scheduling is a bear. While, in theory, taking the same trip next year wouldn't be a scheduling issue I feel much better knowing I have until next March for final payment rather than going all in right now. As such, my plan is to get the refund in the next week or two and then re-book the same trip for 2021 only paying the deposit for right now.
In my mind, the biggest risk with this plan is potentially missing out on the early booking discount but that's a risk I'm willing to take in order to get for flexibility. Plus, Norway is not one of the top demanded trips.
Hopefully the cancellation comes soon.
We're booked on 7/24 Italy/Switzerland and PIF also. I don't think scheduling will work for us to take the trip next year, so I'm also waiting for a cancellation. I can't imagine any significant travel happening this year.