The recent multi-day weather-based flight cancellations may have cost hundreds or thousands their cruises…If you can’t get to the port, you can’t get on the ship. If you bought your airfare from an airline, you get a refund–but they won’t pay the cost of the cruise you missed.
Travel maven Arthur Frommer addressed the issue in a blog this week, pointing out that while buying your airfare from the cruise company often costs extra, it puts you in a different position. For ideas on what to do, and other precautions, read his BLOG