Word: cancellations
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...some students seemed to think that the CEB’s move to cancel Turf was...well, an invasion of their turf...
...could have to wait more than a year before their cars are built. The company has committed to producing cars for the first 100,000 owners, who will be selected through a lottery, by the end of 2010. The rest of the buyers are on indefinite hold. They can cancel their bookings and get their money back. Those who choose to stay in line will be paid interest on their deposits by Tata Motors while they wait...
...hotel groups say there have been no cases of swine flu in their properties, and they're being extra diligent about continuous cleaning and disinfecting. If that doesn't reassure you, some hotels in the U.S., such as the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, will allow anxious guests to cancel. "A vacation shouldn't be spoiled with fears of illness," says general manager Matt Greene, who has amended the hotel's usual policy to allow cancellations with no penalties during the heightened swine flu threat...
...keep in mind that most U.S. hotels, hit hard by 16 months of recession, will not oblige you enthusiastically if you try to cancel. "Right now, they don't have the leverage, or give, they've had in the past," says Lalia Rach, the dean of New York University's Tisch Center for Hospitality and an expert on the global hospitality industry. "I'm sympathetic to travelers, but it is a business. In New York, people are still going to work...
Most insurance plans will not cover cancellations simply because you're afraid to travel - even if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a travel advisory, as it has for Mexico. To be able to cancel for any reason, you'll have to invest in a "cancel for any reason" insurance policy, offered by companies like Travel Guard. But that kind of peace of mind doesn't come cheap - up to an extra 35% to 50% of the policy's price, estimates Linda Kundell of the USTIA - and depends on your age, your itinerary...