What is the latest you can cancel a cruise and get a refund?

Question

Going on a Carnival cruise and not postive I'll get the vacation time.......what is the latest date one can cancel and recieve a refund?

Answer 1

Most have set times to cancel for a full then partial refund. You best bet is to call the cruise line or who ever you booked your cruise threw  either can give you a breakdown of the policy.

Answer 2

Questionable gave you the sure answer. Been on many and that's Carnival's cancel policy right in their ticketing. If the reason you might not make it is due to an ilness or a reason other than "couldn't get off work", insurance won't do you any good. Has to be a legitimate reason beyond your control. "Didn't get the vacation time" isn't legit under their rules.

Answer 3

I think (I'm not sure about Carnival) that you can cancel with a full refund six months in advanced.  You get half of your money back when you cancel between six and three months, and then nothing back after three months.

Answer 4

Now why would you ask there. Contact Carnival, you need to have your vacation approved before you go.  They never give you all your money back.

Answer 5

Lot of times you can cancel three days before the actual cruise and get a 100% refund. but you have to be check the tickets if it has options that you can get a refund. (It could be non-refundable tickets)

Answer 6

Depends on if you have insurance. You should call your insurance provider and the cruise company.

If they are similar to Royal, you would have to cancel within 70 days for up to a 7 night cruise, 90 days if a longer cruise I believe and this is WITHOUT A REFUND.

Answer 7

it depends on the cruise you've got because some you can't get refunds sorry.

Answer 8

Most cruise lines will allow you to cancel w/o penalties up to your final payment date.  Carnivals cancellation policy is...

depending on the length of the cruise

2-5 days 61 days or more before sailing (none)

2-5 days 60-30 days before sailing(deposit amount)

2-5 days 29-8 days before sailing (50% of enitre fare)

2-5 days 7 days or less before sailing (100% penalty)

6-8 days 71 days or more before sailing (none)

6-8 days 70-30 days before sailing (deposit)

6-8 days 29-8 days before sailing (50% of enitre fare)

6-8 days 7 days or less before sailing (100% penalty)

Answer 9

This is going to vary depending on if you bought travel insurance or not.  If you have paid in full you most likely will end up losing some money.  I would call them directly and see what their cancellation policy is.  You are going to get to many different answers on that unless a Carnival Employee answers on here for you.  I work for Holland and our policy is the following.

Bookings without Insurance -

Cancel before final payment date no penalty

Cancel After final it is anywhere from deposit amount to 100%.  The closer to the sailing the more you lose.

With insurance -

No refund on insurance amount, but you can cancel up to 24 hours prior to sailing and get 80-90% refund.

Answer 10

Call the cruise line.  Each cruise and each cruise line has different policies, but usually 90-120 days from departure without penalties.