We are still awaiting our refund from Princess. They said it would be 60-90 days. I will wait, as they are processing over 300,000 refunds.
“Every time I try to get ahead of the curve, I wake up the next morning and I’m behind the curve,” Steves said. “Things just change. And I don’t think even, quote, experts know how long this is going to go.”
One thing he is sure of is that things won’t get back to a semblance of normal quickly.
“It’s wishful thinking to think we can just raise the curtain and we can rekindle all the tourism,” Steves said. “I think it’s going to be an incremental thing and it’ll take months for normal tourism to get up and running. It’s complex.”
Here's an interesting article on Rick Steves and his plans for 2020. He is going to keep his staff on the payroll despite the high probability he will run no tours in 2020. His guide book sales are down 90%. But, he did figure out how to turn on his oven for the first time in 10 years.
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/apr/24/rick-steves-finds-unexpected-joy-amid-travel-stand/
If I ever start traveling again I am going to remember which airlines, travel companies, etc treated their customers decently and which did not. For example Air BnB is been pretty good about given full refunds, VRBO has not. I will vote with my pocketbook.
If I ever start traveling again I am going to remember which airlines, travel companies, etc treated their customers decently and which did not. For example Air BnB is been pretty good about given full refunds, VRBO has not. I will vote with my pocketbook.
I thought cancellation policies were up to the individual hosts, not Airbnb or VRBO.
Main recourse is just to give them bad reviews to those hosts who are inflexible?
Yeah, that’s my thinking as well. Road trips might be safer sooner, but that might just be wishful thinking.I honestly think it’s going to be 2 years before I’m flying international again.
I thought cancellation policies were up to the individual hosts, not Airbnb.
Main recourse is just to give them bad reviews to those hosts who are inflexible?
I thought cancellation policies were up to the individual hosts, not Airbnb or VRBO.
Main recourse is just to give them bad reviews to those hosts who are inflexible?
Yeah, that’s my thinking as well. Road trips might be safer sooner, but that might just be wishful thinking.
That was nearly 3 weeks ago, and I just looked it up on "https://prefunds.aa.com/refunds" and it still says "pending review".
At the time I was thinking "too easy". We are dealing with American Airlines, after all. I'm probably just being impatient, but I can't help thinking they've got another trick up their sleeve.
The dispute on the credit card is still open.
Exactly the same situation for our trip to Florida 3 weeks ago. And I thought the same thing - "too easy". We didn't go the credit card dispute route; perhaps we should have. Still "Pending Review" on AA's site.
Your case is in the works—we’ve contacted the merchant on 03/30We've contacted the merchant on your behalf and are actively working to resolve your dispute. Please note, the merchant has until 05/24/2020 to respond. Remember to hold on to all supporting documentation for 90 days.