Alex2kMommy
<font color=purple>I'm going a little nutso myself
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- Feb 8, 2006
We had to cancel our trip (which was to begin today) for medical reasons. The travel agency is going to get the necessary insurance paperwork for me, and indicated I could either cancel or change.
According to Disney, the change means they would charge a $75 fee, but cancellation will cost us 1/2 our package cost. Either way, we are out the airfare. The trip insurance supposedly reimburses us for our loss, whether it is airfare + $75, or airfare + 1/2 package cost, so it seems it won't really matter to us either way.
Since I am in the position of having to research a whole new trip (the TA wasn't knowledgeable as I'd expected, so I did all the research, then told the TA what we wanted and she booked it), I am feeling less inclined to book again with the same agent. Now that I have much more information, I'm thinking we'd be better off going with AAA (we are already members.) I think a 'change' means I still work through the TA, a 'cancellation' means the deal is done and I am free to re-book with whomever I choose.
Has anybody done this before and can offer a little guidance? Am I right that, thanks to the trip insurance, it won't matter to us financially whether we cancel or change?
According to Disney, the change means they would charge a $75 fee, but cancellation will cost us 1/2 our package cost. Either way, we are out the airfare. The trip insurance supposedly reimburses us for our loss, whether it is airfare + $75, or airfare + 1/2 package cost, so it seems it won't really matter to us either way.
Since I am in the position of having to research a whole new trip (the TA wasn't knowledgeable as I'd expected, so I did all the research, then told the TA what we wanted and she booked it), I am feeling less inclined to book again with the same agent. Now that I have much more information, I'm thinking we'd be better off going with AAA (we are already members.) I think a 'change' means I still work through the TA, a 'cancellation' means the deal is done and I am free to re-book with whomever I choose.
Has anybody done this before and can offer a little guidance? Am I right that, thanks to the trip insurance, it won't matter to us financially whether we cancel or change?