ABD cancelations

[mikeb1982]

I totally agree with you that cancelled tours should be removed from the website immediately. It's not that difficult to do.

However, I don't believe *any* tour is ever guaranteed with ABD. A tour that's full is pretty likely to happen, but if a bunch of people cancelled... ABD reserves the right to cancel any tour up to the day it leaves. Not that I think this is a good policy, but it's what the FAQ on the site states...




Sayhello

Yeah, after talking to our ABD TA, I was told my trip was canceled due to low enrollment, "however there are a multitude of reasons a trip could be canceled..such as fires, civil unrest, etc". It is my understanding that no trip is ever guaranteed and they would not confirm any trip as a guarantee of going of as planned. I pressed to find out which trip had a "higher likelyhood" of not being canceled and was told that upper management had recently done a cleaning out of sorts of the trips and in less words ...it was unlikely that too many more would be canceled. So hopefully after this initial wave of cancellations is done things should settle and hopefully people can adjust their schedules and get rebooked so we can have a good vac! I totally agree that they should update the website so that only the trips still going are shown.

We are currently booked for the 19th of July for Viva Italia. Anyone else on this one?

 

[PatriciaH]

Any news on the South Africa tours? Still on or not?

 

[Ivory]

Mikeb:

We are also booked for July 19 Viva Italia.

My DH and myself, with a daughter that will be 10 when we go, how about you?

 

[dsanti4550]

We are booked on June 29 Viva Italia tour. So far, it's still a go. I was told that ABD would probably consolidate June 28 and June 29 tours in case one of them gets cancelled for any reason.

 

[wolfetoney]

We heard today that our Viva Italia was cancelled for June 8th. Hopefully we will be able to switch to the June 11 date.

 

[mwebsite]

Wolfetoney,
You could come on the June 4 Viva Italia, with us! (Husband and soon to be 13 yo daughter) Still on, as of last week, anyway. Wondering now if they are cancelling every other trip?

 

[mikeb1982]

Mikeb:

We are also booked for July 19 Viva Italia.

My DH and myself, with a daughter that will be 10 when we go, how about you?

It will be just me and DW, no kids yet...

 

[Traveling Tinkerbell]

PatriciaH,

We know as it stands right now that the July 6 South Africa trip is still on.

 

[figmentfan2009]

well... not really a total wash maybe, but there are 2 China trips currently canceled... July 5th and July 19 are both canceled.

The lady said it looked like both the 12th and the 26th of July have sufficient bookings to be probably a go... but the call came in at lunch time today that ours only had 3 rooms booked (our 2 and one other) so was being cancelled..






So... either central Texas is going to take over half of the 12th... or... we will still get to go on my little girl's 15th birthday...

wish me luck.

 

[slg]

Sounds like tours are still being canceled. I thought they had pretty much wrapped up the canceling last week.

Ah well, back to worrying. This is the most nerve-wracking experience ever!

Sigh...I wish I knew what was going on with mine.

 

[Pakey]

I called this morning to request a refund (I had also bought my airfare thru them, thank goodness I did not use my mileage points) and was on hold forever before someone could help me to cancel. They said the specialists handling the cancellations were tied up so I'm assuming they are still overloaded with rebookings, etc.

They again tried to talk me into one of the non adult Costa Rican tours although they stated this is the most popular family tour and there would definitely be many children. When that was not a go, they tried to sell me on Peru for the same month I was going to Costa Rica but I told them I had my heart set on Costa Rica.

 

[Wonders10]

Just had my June 20th Emerald Isles trip cancelled.

Was offered 3 other dates to choose from.

 

[sayhello]

We heard today that our Viva Italia was cancelled for June 8th. Hopefully we will be able to switch to the June 11 date.

Good luck, wolfetoney! I hope it all works out for you! I'm glad there's a trip close to yours you might be able to switch to. You, too Wonders10!

Sayhello

 

[disneytraveler]

ABD left a message yesterday on my phone to give them a call back. I just heard it tonight. It maybe a cancellation and i hope not.

 

[Wonders10]

ABD left a message yesterday on my phone to give them a call back. I just heard it tonight. It maybe a cancellation and i hope not.

Not to burst your bubble, because it could definitely be something else regarding your trip, but that is exactly the same message I got. Fingers crossed that it still works out for you though!

 

[disneytraveler]

Not to burst your bubble, because it could definitely be something else regarding your trip, but that is exactly the same message I got. Fingers crossed that it still works out for you though!

Thanks
I had planned the Germany adventure for sept 11th with a pre-stay night.

 

[Tozzie]

Thanks
I had planned the Germany adventure for sept 11th with a pre-stay night.

If the message went something like, Hi, this is XXXXX from ABD and I have some important information about your trip please call us back atXXXXX they are prolly cancelling the trip. I am so sorry if they are cancelling on you. I hope it works out

 

[DaveO]

Just read this thread last night and what do you know ....

This morning I get the call, I have not called them back but I am 99.9% it is a cancellation. It is the 8/1 Southwest Tour. Not sure if I will rebook ... our summer is VERY tight with kids baseball and family travel.

Dave

 

[disneytraveler]

If the message went something like, Hi, this is XXXXX from ABD and I have some important information about your trip please call us back atXXXXX they are prolly cancelling the trip. I am so sorry if they are cancelling on you. I hope it works out

The ABD specialist i called only works Sunday to Wed. I called today

 

[WeLoveDVC]

We received a call at home yesterday. Our 07/04/09 Glacier National Park and Canadian Rockies (Rocky Trails & Mounty Tails) trip was cancelled. We were offered the week before or the week after.