TUI Cruises announced today that guests can rebook all trips free of charge until March 31, 2020. At the same time, however, it was also mentioned that the upcoming trips of Mein Schiff 1 in Central America and the Caribbean trip of Mein Schiff 2 will take place in the Caribbean. In plain language means that every booked guest who should actually start a trip with the Mein Schiff 1 or Mein Schiff 2 in the next few days can now rebook free of charge and will not get his travel price paid back in the event of a possible shutdown, as he is no longer active on the Travel is booked, this saves your cash flow extremely and secures the booking for the follow-up, basically a clever move. I would be interested to know how many guests still changed their bookings during the afternoon.
This afternoon, the parent company Royal Caribbean Limited, which holds 50% of TUI Cruises GmbH, pronounced the worldwide and complete shutdown for “their fleet” – now the question arises, at least for me, if TUI Cruises is a full fleet member and therefore has to also support the shutdown or does the operational cruise business of TUI Cruises continue to operate autonomously while all other brands are being put to sleep? The answer is, TUI Cruises is one of them and does a shutdown!
When boarding Mein Schiff 1 from and to Montego Bay, I personally see massive problems and no way to carry them out due to two very simple points. The first point is the closure of the port, the ship must not enter at all. The second point is that guests are not allowed to enter Jamaica, which the government has prohibited through its entry regulations. In my eyes it has been totally clear for some time that this could not work.
TUI Cruises has now announced the shutdown on the website at 11:30 p.m. This will cancel various trips and the guests will get their money back unless they want to rebook with a 10% price advantage. Attention: TUI Cruises will only reimburse the paid travel prices at the end of April 30th, 2020, provided you do not rebook on another trip in advance or actively declare to TUI Cruises that you do not want to rebook!
TUI Cruises reports shutdown! Trips are canceled
The current situation, caused by the spread of the corona virus, presents us all with unprecedented challenges.
We do not want to expose you to the uncertain development of the coming days, restrictions on entry and exit or quarantine measures due to official requirements.Therefore, the Mein Schiff 1 and Mein Schiff 2 prematurely end their Caribbean and Central America season. The return trip of the guests who are currently on board is currently being organized. All subsequent cruises in the Caribbean and Central America, as well as the crossings to Europe are canceled.
Against the background of the current situation in the Mediterranean, especially in Spain, the trips to the Canary Islands and the crossing from Dubai to Crete are canceled.An overview of all canceled trips can be found below. We gradually inform all guests and travel agency partners.
Why did we only decide to do this now? We hoped the situation would stabilize. We can understand your disappointment and annoyance well. We are really very sorry for this.We therefore offer all guests a rebooking by April 30th, 2020 on an alternative trip of your choice, with a 10% discount on the entire trip including the arrival and departure package. This applies to all trips from our current catalogs (no time limit).
We would be happy if one of our diverse routes is an alternative for you. A rebooking is out of the question for you? Then we will automatically cancel your booking after April 30th, 2020 free of charge.
Your advising travel agency will be happy to advise and rebook you.
All canceled trips
- 20.03.-03.04. Central America I
- 23.03.-06.04. Central America II
- April 3 – April 17 Dominican Republic to New York
- April 6th to April 17th Jamaica to New York
- April 17th-April 27th New York to Bahamas
- April 27th – May 13th New York to Hamburg
- Ship operations are expected to resume on May 13, 2020
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- 16.03.-30.03. Caribbean Islands II
- 27.03.-10.04. Caribbean Islands I
- 30.03.-13.04. Caribbean Islands II
- April 10th to April 27th Dominican Republic to Mallorca
- April 13-27 Barbados to Mallorca
- Ship operations are expected to resume on April 27, 2020
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- 15.03.-22.03. Canary Islands with Lanzarote
- 22.03.-29.03. Canary Islands with Madeira
- 29.03.-05.04. Canary Islands with Lanzarote
- Ship operations are expected to resume on April 5, 2020
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- 15.03. – 26.03. Mediterranean with Canaries
- 26.03.-05.04. Mediterranean with Andalusia
- Ship operations are expected to resume on April 5, 2020.
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- 3/16 – 23.03. Dubai with Oman
- 23.03. – 08.04. Dubai to Crete I
- Ship operations are expected to resume on April 8, 2020
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- 3/18 – 04.04. Singapore to Dubai
- 04/04 – April 19 Dubai to Crete II
- Ship operations are expected to resume on April 19, 2020
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- March 19-26 Azores with Madeira
- 26.03.-02.04. Canary Islands with La Gomera
- Ship operations are expected to resume on 04/02/202
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