DO NOT EVER BOOK A UNIWORLD CRUISE

I agree about the insurance. They are sooooo
hard to negotiate with. How can you be insured on a cruise that doesn't
exist?

The insurers (the ones that offer coverage for financial default) will
generally take the point of view that their money was at risk -- and their
premium fully earned -- the moment you buy the policy even if you are not
subject to any cancellation penalties until a later date. If the cruise line
goes belly-up a week after you make your deposit they're stuck with paying the
claim even though the contracted cancellation penalties may not kick in until
months later.

All of the insurers will allow you to transfer the coverage to any replacement
travel arrangements and some (CSA and Travel Guard come to mind) are generally
willing to at least consider a refund of the premium on a case by case basis
depending on the circumstances. If it's done it's strictly on a customer
relations basis as they are not required to do anything in these circumstances.

If it was a River Cruise you are talking about, then Globus/Comos are now
doing them. They are a reliable company that have been in the industry for many
years. I have booked people to Europe thru them and their vacation has met
their expectations.
Diane Giambalvo
Travel Consultant
GalaxSea Cruises And Tours
East Brunswick, NJ
1-800-357-9393
http://www.galaxseaeb.com

(Diane=A0Giambalvo) wrote:

If it was a River Cruise you are talking about,
then Globus/Comos are now doing them.
They are a reliable company that have been in
the industry for many years. I have booked
people to Europe thru them and their vacation
has met their expectations.

We would consider a river cruise again, but not with Uniworld. My wife
would have settled for them guaranteeing the rate we paid for a similar
cruise to Holland and Belgium in the summer. I don't know if I would
have trusted them.

They instead offered us a cruise in Germany. They probably looked at it
as a more expensive cruise, but it was not one that we were interested
in in all.

Jeff, try Grand Circle. They have all kinds of river cruises. We did a
great one with them (Russia) several years ago.

Arlene

Jeff Gersten wrote:

(Diane Giambalvo) wrote:

If it was a River Cruise you are talking about,
then Globus/Comos are now doing them.
They are a reliable company that have been in
the industry for many years. I have booked
people to Europe thru them and their vacation
has met their expectations.

We would consider a river cruise again, but not with Uniworld. My wife
would have settled for them guaranteeing the rate we paid for a similar
cruise to Holland and Belgium in the summer. I don't know if I would
have trusted them.

They instead offered us a cruise in Germany. They probably looked at it
as a more expensive cruise, but it was not one that we were interested
in in all.

In article ,
ArleneL wrote:
Jeff, try Grand Circle. They have all kinds of river cruises. We did a
great one with them (Russia) several years ago.

Grand Cicle is a travel agency. They use other vendors for "their"
cruises, like Uniworld, NCL, etc.

--
Asya Kamsky

"To forgive is an act of compassion. It is not done because
people deserve it, it's done because they need it." -- Rupert Giles.

So are you trying to tell me that when YOU took YOUR Grand Circle river
cruise in Russia you did it through the auspices of NCL or Uniworld?

Arlene



Asya Kamsky wrote:

In article ,
ArleneL wrote:
Jeff, try Grand Circle. They have all kinds of river cruises. We did a
great one with them (Russia) several years ago.

Grand Cicle is a travel agency. They use other vendors for "their"
cruises, like Uniworld, NCL, etc.

--
Asya Kamsky

"To forgive is an act of compassion. It is not done because
people deserve it, it's done because they need it." -- Rupert Giles.

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:03:46 GMT, ArleneL
wrote:

So are you trying to tell me that when YOU took YOUR Grand Circle river
cruise in Russia you did it through the auspices of NCL or Uniworld?

Hi Arlene,

FWIW, Grand Circle is a travel agency that books cruises for clients
with many cruise lines, just like any other agency.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com

That doesn't answer my question Ray. I was very explicit as to a specific
cruise. I've travelled with GC many times and know all about their
organization. Please go back to the original post on a river cruise;
specifically Russia.

Arlene ---doesn't intend to get involved in "he said, she said."

Ray Goldenberg wrote:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 13:03:46 GMT, ArleneL
wrote:

So are you trying to tell me that when YOU took YOUR Grand Circle river
cruise in Russia you did it through the auspices of NCL or Uniworld?

Hi Arlene,

FWIW, Grand Circle is a travel agency that books cruises for clients
with many cruise lines, just like any other agency.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 15:24:41 GMT, ArleneL
wrote:

That doesn't answer my question Ray. I was very explicit as to a specific
cruise. I've travelled with GC many times and know all about their
organization. Please go back to the original post on a river cruise;
specifically Russia.

Arlene ---doesn't intend to get involved in "he said, she said."

Hi Arlene,

I am not sure what you are asking as I was trying to explain that
Grand Circle is a travel agency, nothing more, nothing less. Sorry if
I did answered a question you were not asking.

Best regards,
Ray
LIGHTHOUSE TRAVEL
800-719-9917 or 805-566-3905
http://www.lighthousetravel.com

In article ,
ArleneL wrote:
So are you trying to tell me that when YOU took YOUR Grand Circle river
cruise in Russia you did it through the auspices of NCL or Uniworld?

I'm not nearly old enough to use GCT myself, however, I've browsed
many of their brochures at my parents' house, they have also booked
group tours with GTC which included cruises (on NCL among others).

Checking their website, it appears that since '99 they claim to operated
seven of their own ships on some itineraries.

However those same ships appear on other travel sites (some based on
Europe) as *their* ships or as ships with no affiliation mentioned to
GTC. I'm guessing it's one of those things where each of the
tour/travel agencies charters these ships (or GTC actually
operates them but charters them out to other groups/agencies)
--
Asya Kamsky

"To forgive is an act of compassion. It is not done because
people deserve it, it's done because they need it." -- Rupert Giles.