What happens if travel companion is a no-show?
Nov 10, 2023, 2:13 pm
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What happens if travel companion is a no-show?
A friend and I have a 16-night LA-Chili cruise planned on Celebrity in a few weeks, leaving on 12/7. There's now a chance that he won't be able to make it. Obviously this close-in everything is fully paid and no longer refundable. I'd still like to take the cruise solo even if he can't go since I don't want to lose that money. Is there any risk of me being denied embarkation or having to pay any additional money if he can't go?
Nov 11, 2023, 8:01 pm
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A related question - what's the best way to verbalize what happened without making it sound too suspicious like it was planned (it wasn't)? Would something general like "He had some work stuff come up at the last minute that's preventing him from joining me" do the trick? This is the truth, but other people have advised me that it sounds too general and suspicious. Advice?
Nov 11, 2023, 9:00 pm
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A related question - what's the best way to verbalize what happened without making it sound too suspicious like it was planned (it wasn't)? Would something general like "He had some work stuff come up at the last minute that's preventing him from joining me" do the trick? This is the truth, but other people have advised me that it sounds too general and suspicious. Advice?
Nov 12, 2023, 1:48 am
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A related question - what's the best way to verbalize what happened without making it sound too suspicious like it was planned (it wasn't)? Would something general like "He had some work stuff come up at the last minute that's preventing him from joining me" do the trick? This is the truth, but other people have advised me that it sounds too general and suspicious. Advice?
Nov 12, 2023, 5:38 pm
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Since there is no financial benefit to having someone cancel, why would Celebrity care if it sounds "suspicious"? Celebrity comes out ahead since they don't have to provide services for a second guest.
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Nov 12, 2023, 9:36 pm
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There is if they retrospectively charge a "Single Supplement"... I think thats what the OP was worried about.
Nov 14, 2023, 11:57 am
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I think the no show companion has effectively paid the single supplement. I have heard that you can make a substitution prior to sailing as long as one of the original cruisers is still sailing.
