AdvertisementA serious issue for travelers could be quietly brewing amid the booming demand for cruises : oversold ships.
With this has come an influx of last-minute bookings that may be catching cruise operators off guard, leading to oversold cruises, Scholes said.
On Tuesday, an oversold Quantum of the Seas ship left several travelers stranded at the embarkation port in Brisbane, Australia.
While hard to predict, Scholes said he "wouldn't be surprised" if there were a handful of oversold cruise incidents next year as well.
Statistically, it's still unlikely: Only a handful of the millions of annual cruise travelers have ever been impacted by this.
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Locations:
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