Greece is keen to welcome international travellers again, and award-winning Celestyal Cruises, which cruises the Greek Islands and the Mediterranean is still hamstrung by port closures in the region. As a result, the cruise line has announced the extension of its sailings until 30 July 2020.
Celestyal Cruises will continue to monitor the phased re-opening of Greece to international tourists, while working closely with the Greek authorities on the development of enhanced health and safety protocols.
“We apologise to our valued guests for the inconvenience this further temporary suspension will cause. I’m confident they understand that we take into consideration all aspects that will ensure the well-being of our guests and crew,” said Leslie Peden, Chief Commercial Officer for Celestyal Cruises. “It’s encouraging to see that Greece is prudently commencing it’s reopening for international tourism in a phased manner following the country’s globally acclaimed best-practice handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the time is right, we look forward to recommencing our operations and welcoming guests back onboard.”
For all named and paid individual guests impacted by this temporary suspension, Celestyal Cruises is offering a Future Cruise Credit (FCC) valued at 120% of original booking value. Guests will have until the end of December 2021 to redeem their Future Cruise Credit against any of Celestyal Cruises’ itineraries through end of December 2022. For additional flexibility should guests choose not to redeem their FCC by end of December 2021, they will automatically receive a full refund equal to the original amount paid to Celestyal upon the voucher’s expiry.
To reduce the inconvenience as much as possible, Celestyal Cruises will automatically send the Future Cruise Credit Voucher directly to guests or their travel advisors, so there will be no need to call the Contact Centre other than to rebook.
Following Celestyal Cruises recent 2021 & 2022 digital brochure launch (which can be downloaded here: Celestyal 21/22 Brochure ) supported by the generous early booking promotional campaign ‘Escape To The Future’, an updated ‘peace of mind’ allows guests to change any cruise that sets sail from now through December 31, 2021. This applies to new bookings made until August 31, 2020. As long as the booking is changed at least 30 days before the sail date, a Future Cruise Credit for 100 percent of the value received by Celestyal will be issued. The credit can be used toward any cruise that sets sail through December 31, 2022.
IMAGE: Celestyal Cruises – New 2021/2022 destination … Agios Nikolaos – Crete, Greece
