617 9 Items in Your Cruise Line Ticket Contract + News
Cruise Radio
Doug Parker
4.8 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 3 December 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Most of us just accept the cruise contract and go on with our cruise vacation. But did you know there are some items buried in the ticket contract, otherwise known as the Contract of Carriage? We break down nine surprises you may find hidden in your long cruise ticket contract.
Sherry has cruise news:
- Royal Caribbean has officially started cruising again
- Carnival gave some good news for cruisers with canceled sailings
- Cruise line gives away drink package to qualified guests
- Royal Caribbean's next ship has floated out
- Viking Cruises has hired a highly-decorated veteran for a new position
Listener Question: We are a family of five and are all booked in the same cabin for late 2021. How involved is it to get our kids their own stateroom? - Lori, SD
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| 0:00.0 | This is Cruise Radio. |
| 0:02.0 | If this whole thing we're going through right now has taught us anything, it is to always have travel insurance. |
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| 0:11.8 | Broadcasting from the tripinsurance.com studios in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 0:17.0 | Cruise Radio. |
| 0:18.3 | Hey, how's it going? |
| 0:19.1 | My name is Doug Parker. |
| 0:19.9 | Thank you so much for checking out this episode of Cruise Radio. Very happy to have you here. Sherry Laskin dropping by with Cruise News and staff writer Richard Sims dropping by. If you talk about nine cruise line ticket contract surprises, some may surprise you, some may not. But regardless, Richard will be here after Sherry, and we'll jump right to her now. |
| 0:39.3 | Hey, Sherry. |
| 0:40.0 | Hi, Doug. |
| 0:40.5 | So Royal Caribbean has officially started cruising again. |
| 0:43.9 | Yeah, so earlier this week, Royal Caribbean's Quantum of the Seas began the first of a four-month series of three and four-night ocean getaways, as they're calling them. |
| 0:55.7 | But they're really just cruises to nowhere. Quantum of the Seas is based in Singapore, one of the best COVID-managed countries in the |
| 1:02.5 | world, and in order to cruise, passengers must be Singapore residents, and the ship's occupancy will not |
| 1:10.1 | exceed 50% to allow for social distancing. |
| 1:14.1 | With so much to do on board with revenue producing attractions and venues, these |
| 1:18.4 | sailings really should add a bit of cash to Royal Caribbean's coffers. Each crew member and guest |
| 1:24.5 | will be required to take a free coronavirus test before boarding. Daily temperature |
| 1:30.3 | checks as well as other onboard medical services will be available. According to Royal Caribbean's |
| 1:37.1 | healthy sale protocols, all guests and crew will be required to wear a mask while on board. |
| 1:44.0 | The cruise line goes on to say that guests |
| 1:46.1 | should wear face masks in nearly all public settings regardless of physical distancing measures, |
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