Revised 8/23/10
This document contains additional contractual terms, conditions, and limitations between you and Premier Christian Cruises, Inc. with respect to this cruise beyond the terms and conditions described in the Ticket Contract between you and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Inc. These documents contain important limitations on your rights. These are legally binding documents. Please read carefully all the terms of these contracts, paying particular attention to sections 1-2 and 9-11 of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Ticket Contract, and the cancellation section of the Premier Christian Cruises’ terms and conditions.
Ticket Contract
By making this reservation, or by acceptance and/or use of the ticket contract issued by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, the person named thereon as Guests, each passenger and guest on the same reservation, acknowledges he or she has read, and understands each and every term, condition, and provision of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Inc. passenger ticket contract and agrees to be bound thereby. Each guest and passenger specifically agrees that, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 2(b) of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Ticket, Premier Christian Cruises, as charterer of the vessel, is included within the term “Royal Caribbean” in the cruise ticket and that Premier Christian Cruises shall be entitled to the benefit of all the rights, terms, conditions, and limitations granted Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Inc., pursuant to its ticket contract as a charterer of the vessel as though Premier Christian Cruises were specifically named therein. In addition, by making this reservation or by the acceptance and/or use of the ticket contract issued by Royal Caribbean by the persons named as Guests, it shall be deemed to be an acceptance and agreement by each and every person to all the additional Terms and Conditions set forth herein.
Passenger acknowledges and expressly agrees Premier (and its affiliates) are acting solely in their capacity as tour operators, brokers and independent contractors arranging this cruise and that Premier has no right or ability to control or direct the operational or navigational activities of the vessel or crew in any manner whatsoever whether aboard the ship or ashore including without limitation persons furnishing services to the vessel or to the passengers including shoreside excursions, personnel, or contractors, embarkation and disembarkation to and from the vessel, the condition of the vessel and its equipment.
Cancellation by Speakers or Artists
Premier shall not be liable for failure of any speaker or other artist or musician to attend on board or to perform during the cruise. Premier shall not be liable to any passenger for any loss to the passenger or others to the extent that such performance is prevented or loss is caused by Acts of God, war, fire, collision, directions of underwriters, arrest, order or restraint by any government agency or official acting under the color of authority, acts of terrorism, labor disturbances or disputes, civil commotion, weather conditions and considerations of the safety of the vessel (for which the Master shall be the sole judge), breakdowns of or damage to the vessel’s hull or machinery, requisition of the vessel by government authority, illness, death of a family member or other cause or circumstance beyond Premier Christian Cruises’ reasonable control. In the event of any failure of any speaker or artist to perform during the cruise Premier Christian Cruises, at its sole discretion, may engage a replacement artist or artists, change, postpone, or terminate any portion of the entertainment program. In such case, Premier Christian Cruises shall have no liability to any passenger for any loss, damage or expense whatsoever by reason of such change.
Changes in Bookings
Any changes in bookings may be made only by the person making the reservation. An accompanying passenger in the same cabin may be changed for an administrative fee of $50. Changes in the lead passenger is a transfer of the registration requiring payment of an administrative fee of $100. Adding a passenger to an existing reservation requires an administrative fee of $100, in addition to the required cruise fare, port taxes, fees, and gratuities. Corrections to name spellings made within 60 days of sailing will incur a $50 administrative fee. A fee of $100 will be charged for each cabin change if the guests elect to move from one cabin to another.
Deposit and Payments
$250 deposit per person. (Amount includes a $175 non-refundable booking fee). Passengers may choose to pay for their cabin in full or to use a payment plan. For payment plans, a deposit will be taken and a $40 convenience fee per payment plan will be added to the total amount due.
Remaining balance paid in equal monthly payments. All payments must be made by automatic credit card draft. The deposit is charged at the time of booking. The first payment starts one month after booking and continues on approximately the same day of the month until the account is paid in full. If an automatic payment is unsuccessful after three attempts in three successive days, the payment plan will have failed and the reservation will be subject to cancellation unless reinstated with payment. It is the sole responsibility of the card holder to contact Premier Christian Cruises and restart the agreed upon payment plan. All delinquent payments are due at that point in time. An administrative fee of $35 will be assessed to the account for the declined charge. A fee of $35 will be charged to change a payment plan after it has begun, as in the case of a passenger requiring that we stop payments from occurring on one card and start payments on a different card.
Cancellation Charges
Each passenger acknowledges that the Premier Christian Cruises Cancellation Policy supersedes the policies of the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line Ticket Contract. To cancel your reservation you must write us at: Premier Christian Cruises, Attn: Cancellations, 707 Westchester Dr, Suite 201, High Point, NC 27262
If you fail to appear for embarkation, regardless of the reason, your reservation will be subject to cancellation. If you do not make payments as agreed upon, your reservation will be subject to cancellation.
Each passenger expressly acknowledges that because of the special nature of partial and full-ship charters and the additional expenses incurred by Premier Christian Cruises related to cancellation, re-booking, potential lost revenue, and finding booking replacements, that Premier Christian Cruises’ damages are difficult if not impossible to calculate at the time of this agreement. In addition the parties agree that the liquidated damages provisions shown in the table below represent a fair, reasonable and agreed upon determination of those damages and expenses.
1. From time of reservation to January 14, 2010 - $175.00 per person booking fee and 100% of any other fees excluding port fees, taxes, and gratuities.
2. From January 15, 2010 to April 13, 2010 - 25% of Cruise Fare, port fees, taxes, and gratuities, and 100% of any other fees.
3. From April 14, 2010 to July 14, 2010 - 50% of Cruise Fare, port fees, taxes, and gratuities, and 100% of any other fees.
4. From July 15, 2010 to October 14, 2010 - 100% of Cruise Fare, port fees, taxes, and gratuities, and 100% of any other fees.
No refunds for no shows or when cancelled after July 14, 2010. Airline ticket cancellation is subject to the cancellation policy of the specific airline. In most cases tickets are non-refundable. Travel/Cancellation Insurance is highly recommended.
Passenger further expressly acknowledges that Premier Christian Cruises offers and highly recommends travel / cancellation insurance for each and every passenger. It is the sole responsibility of each passenger to purchase travel / cancellation insurance.
Who May Sail
Please make sure that everyone in your stateroom is eligible to sail.
1. Infants who are at least 6 months old on the day of departure may sail.
2. Women who will be less than 24 weeks into their pregnancy on the day of departure and for the duration of the cruise, may sail. This policy is due to the risk of premature labor. Pregnant women must have a letter from their doctor stating how far along (in weeks) their pregnancy will be at the beginning of the cruise, that mother and baby are in good health and fit to travel, and that the pregnancy is not high-risk.
3. Adults aged twenty-one or older may sail. The Cruise Line shall refuse boarding to any guest under the age of twenty-one unless the guest is:
a. the Guest is traveling in the same stateroom with an individual twenty-five years or older;
b. traveling in the same stateroom with their spouse (Proof of age and/or proof of marriage are required); or
c. traveling with a parent or guardian in an accompanying stateroom.
Guests not conforming to these policies will be denied boarding and no refund of the cruise fare will be issued. Sorry, there are NO EXCEPTIONS to these policies.
Documentation
Proper travel documentation is required at embarkation and throughout the cruise and is the responsibility of the guest. Any guest traveling without proper documentation will not be allowed to board the vessel and no refund of the cruise fare will be issued. For further information see U.S. Customs and Border protection.
Cruise Fare
Rates are per person based on double occupancy and include the 4 night cruise fare, meals on board ship, entertainment and all concert activities. The cost for third, fourth, and fifth passengers sharing a stateroom with two full fare passengers will be $499 per person. Infants age six to twenty-four months may sail for $199.
Fees Included
Port Charges, Documentation Fees and Gratuities of $225 per person. Port Charges ($85.77) are comprised of U.S. Customs Fees, International Departure Taxes, and Non-Commissionable cruise line charges (government fees are subject to change). Documentation Fees ($100.23) are comprised of postage, materials, and booking fees related to processing the reservation. Gratuities ($39) are prepaid to your cabin steward, waiter, and busboy. This charge will be included on your statement from Premier Christian Cruises. These charges are already shown on your cruise confirmation.
Fee Increases
Taxes, fuel charges and fees are subject to change. In the event of an increase in port charges, taxes, or fuel costs, a surcharge will be applied to your shipboard account by the cruise line.
Other Charges
Transportation, transfers, optional cancellation insurance, shore excursions, any items of a personal nature such as laundry, telephone calls, and beverages not on the menu (sodas, bottled water, etc.).
Advanced or Delayed Sailings
In the event of strike, lockouts, riots or stoppage of labor from whatever causes, or for any other reason whatsoever beyond the control of Premier or Royal Caribbean, Royal Caribbean in its sole discretion may cancel, advance, or postpone any scheduled sailing or call at any port and may (but is not obligated to) substitute another vessel, and neither Royal Caribbean nor Premier shall be liable for any loss whatsoever to passengers by reason of such cancellation, advancement, postponement, or substitution.
Photography
Premier Christian Cruises and/or its promotional partners have the exclusive right to include photographic, video and other visual portrayals of passengers in any medium of any nature whatsoever for the purpose of trade, advertising, sales, publicity or otherwise, without compensation to passengers, and all rights, title and interest therein (including all worldwide copyrights therein) shall be Premier Christian Cruises’ sole property, free from any claims by passengers or any person deriving any rights or interest from passenger.
Forum Selection
It is agreed by and between the passenger and Premier Christian Cruises that all disputes and matters whatsoever arising under, in connection with or incident to this Contract or the passenger’s cruise, shall be litigated, if at all, before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Miami, or as to those lawsuits to which the Federal Courts of the United States lack subject matter jurisdiction, before a court located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, U.S.A. to the exclusion of the Courts of any other county, state or country.
