Caribbean Cruise Lines Extremely Deceptive and Manipulative Tactics Used by Caribbean Cruise Line Telemarketers! They LIED About What I Was Giving My Card Info For And Then LIED About Giving Me A Refund. Internet

I am sorry. You probably did read the rules. These sharks don't hang around waiting for the perfect time to attack. They debit your card right away as they have done to dozens of people who have written ROR with similar tales. I think that I would have put the guy on hold (if possible) and checked ROR or tell him to call back on Friday. They actually prefer to sell you a land package along with the 'free" cruise. It revolves around a morning or two wasted at a timeshare sales pitch. Next time save your money and take a regular cruise on one of the major cruise lines. The ship operated by CCL is a former North Sea overnight ferry. The other cruise ships are purpose built, are much larger, and offer many more amenities plus an extra day at a private island. Prices are very reasonable and sales occur all the time.

(6) "Offer for sale" means direct or indirect representation, claim, or statement or making an offer or undertaking, by any means or method, to arrange for, provide, or acquire travel reservations or accommodations, tickets for domestic or foreign travel by air, rail, ship, or other medium of transportation, or hotel and motel accommodations or sightseeing tours by a seller of travel who maintains a business location in Florida...

Read it and weep Anon. DO your research!

Once again as I have reported on other complaints where you left this erroneous information. CCL does fall under the FL Sellers of Vacation Act. ONCE AGAIN, CCL is not excluded nor are they above the Laws of the State of Florida. Quit pushing your misinformation! I don't know what BS your employer is feeding you, but you may want to do your research before you are caught up under charges of fraud.

Failure to READ this legislation will make you look like an idiot.  It does not apply to CCL as they are both the seller and the provider.

To their credit, I did eventually receive a refund after a couple of weeks. 

"You problem is not with the cruise line - it is because of your failure to read the small print."

Except for one little thing Karl, there is such a thing as the "Florida Sellers of Travel Act." Failure to read this act will result in people being ripped off.

Okay, that may be hard to swallow, but in this case Visa maybe be the next best thing.

Some time has passed, but you may still be able to call them and dispute the charge made without your express consent.  Visa (and every other major credit card company) has a huge department that handles Security and Fraud reports and if you have a valid claim, they will go to bat for you. 

I'm not saying that they can definitely get your money back for you, but seeing as credit card fraud is one of the most common crimes, it is worth the shot to call them.

Another good thing about calling your credit card company is that if they receive enough complaints about one of their clients (which Caribbean Cruise Line has to be in order for them to collect payment through Visa), then they will investigate that client to determine whether or not they should still be conducting business.

If Caribbean Cruise Line can no longer accept Visa because of too many fraud reports, that could save a lot of Visa customers some grief.

On the "free" website there is a whole half page of restrictions for the 'free" cruise including the fact that everything is non-refundable. Next time read the restrictions for this sort of thing. You don't get anything free. You problem is not with the cruise line - it is because of your failure to read the small print. Who cares about Carmen Electra whoever she is. These people are paid for endorsements.