Tuesday, April 28, 2009

cruises and swine flu

This information just in from Carnival. Also note, many other cruise lines are also changing itineraries for the next couple of weeks.
I know many of you who are traveling soon, are getting nervous. But the good thing is, the travel industry is doing a really great job at accommodating people by offering to reschedule without any penalties and so on. This is great news.

Carnival Cruise Lines has decided to cancel all calls at Mexican ports for all current sailings and all voyages departing on Thursday, April 30th through Monday, May 4th. In many cases, we will be able to substitute the cancelled call with an alternative port. Additionally, we are working on alternatives for those itineraries impacted by this decision. Full details will be available by 5pm Wednesday, April 29th. Once final details are confirmed for these itinerary changes, we will send you an automated message listing your impacted bookings for each affected voyage.

In the unlikely event that our new itinerary options are not to your clients liking, we will give them the opportunity to reschedule their cruise at a later date. Those details will also be made available tomorrow.

Our primary concern is your client’s safety. We will continue to monitor the situation and will keep you updated if and when changes are made. The best place to get up to the minute information about these and any further changes is at our web sites, www.BookCCL.com and www.carnival.com.

We thank you very much for your understanding and want to make sure safety is the number one priority.


Thankfully we do not have any cruises to Mexico scheduled until October, in which time, we can reschedule or change itinerary if necessary. As many have noted, it's not just Mexico anymore, so you do need to be careful where ever you are, just make sure you're doing the right things, washing hands, trying not to touch anything without a tissue (think of when you get a shopping trolley and how many have used them before you!) and avoiding being around anyone who has recently come back from Mexico if you can.

Will keep you updated.


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