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Do I pay or cancel?!

LBeebs01
LBeebs01 Posts: 1 Newbie
edited 19 May 2025 at 3:39PM in Coronavirus Board
We have booked to go on a Princess cruise late July however our final payment of £4000 is due at the end of the month. I was going to get travel insurance before we paid the final amount but because we are docking at 4 Italian ports cannot get any. I do realise I made a massive mistake by not getting it when we booked but hindsight is a great thing! The problem is if the holiday is cancelled by the cruise company they will refund us but if we are ill and it’s all going ahead we lose our money. Don’t know whether to risk it and pay hoping this coronavirus has gone or cancel it now??

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  • Westin
    Westin Posts: 6,433 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    The question about whether to pay final deposits on upcoming holidays has been asked and answered multiple times on these threads in the past three days.  You may wish to spend some time reading through this board and relevant threads to see what others have suggested. 
  • bradders1983
    bradders1983 Posts: 5,684 Forumite
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    ^^^^this. Not wasting any more time typing out the reply to it.
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