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This is a sick way to spend your vacation
What’s worse than being stricken with stomach flu on vacation? Maybe it’s being quarantined on a cruise ship with hundreds of other passengers suffering from the same illness.
Kicked off my cruise for getting sick
Shortly before her cruise to Mexico sets sail, Regina Hatfield and her family are ushered off the ship. The reason? She’s experiencing sharp pains in her kidney. Now her cruise line wants to keep her money. Is it allowed to do that?
No refund for a sick United passenger?
Susan Fuhrman’s husband is sick, and she can’t get a straight answer from United Airlines about her refund request. One representative agrees to a full refund, but another refuses. Who’s right?
Are cruise lines “dumping” their sick passengers?
Fred and Connie Claussen’s honeymoon cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas ended on a tragic note. During the voyage, Fred suffered a massive heart attack. The Serenade’s medical staff treated him and then diverted the ship to St. Kitts, where he was transferred to a hospital.
TSA watch: Are screeners preying on sick passengers?
The latest TSA horror story comes by way of Lori Dorn, a human resources consultant in New York.
Sick in Puerto Vallarta — does my hotel owe me anything?
Daniel Vosburgh is afflicted by a mysterious illness while he’s in Mexico. His hotel isn’t answering his complaints, but he thinks he’s entitled to either a refund or credit. Is he?