TERMS & CONDITIONS

SINGLE SUPPLEMENT

SHARING A CABIN

3RD- AND 4TH-PERSON RATES

ALUMNI DISCOUNTS

ADDITIONAL SERVICES & SERVICE FEES

EMAIL SERVICES & FEES

PRE-CRUISE PARTY

HOTEL ADD-ONS

Cruise, excursions, and/or hotel cancellations, refunds, and changes: Any cancellation or any change of status (or request for a change in status) which relates to your booking must be transmitted, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, to Insight Cruises in writing or via email. If you have purchased insurance, and there is any unnecessary delay in notifying us of your change in status, your “cancellation date” will be affected and will likely adversely affect your insurance reimbursement.

Name changes are permitted (for a $250 fee) up until April 1, 2023.

Once booked, you are assessed a $150 per person Non-refundable Booking Service Fee. Additional per-person cruise cancellation fees are based on date of receipt of notice to cancel (via in writing or email):

• Cancellation more than 14 days after booking and prior to the Final Payment Date: a $195 Cancellation Processing Fee; PLUS:
• Cancellation one year before TDYTB (the date your travel begins which means starting with the date your flight departs and/or any hotel stays just prior to the event): You forfeit your Deposits plus the $195 Cancellation Processing Fee.
• Cancellation between 365 and 185 days before TDYTB: forfeit your Deposits plus 20% of all charges plus the $195 Cancellation Processing Fee.
• Cancellation between 184 and 91 days before TDYTB: forfeit your Deposits plus 40% of all charges plus the $195 Cancellation Processing Fee.
• Cancellation between 90 and 31 days before TDYTB:: forfeit your Deposits plus 60% of all charges plus the $195 Cancellation Processing Fee.
• Cancellation between 30 days before TDYTB and the start of the event: no refund.

NOTES:

• The Final Payment Date is October 1, 2022.
• TDYTB incorporates your air and/or pre-cruise hotel stays and/or the Insight Cruises pre-cruise trip out of Sydney.
• Guarantee Shares cancelling after the Final Payment Date forfeit their entire cruise fee.
• *If you book within 14 days prior to, on, or after the Final Payment Date and then cancel after the Final Payment Date there is a minimum $600 per person penalty.
• There will be no exceptions to our cancellation policy.
• A refund fee ($30 per refund transaction or 5% of transaction value, whichever is greater) is assessed for any refund transaction.
• To protect against cancellation penalties, Trip Cancellation & Interruption Insurance is available and strongly recommended.
 

• All your food, in-room dining; tea, coffee, a half-dozen juices, and milk; use of the gym
• Open-bar, 60-minute party each night of the cruise
• P&O Cruises is working with the Astronomical Society of Australia to design an educational experience for all guests. Included will be professors, lecturers, Southern sky star-gazing experts, and other educators onboard.
• All of these charges are bundled into the price quoted under BOOK / PRICE NOW: Port charges, government taxes, and “hotel” gratuities (for your cabin steward and the dining staff).
   

Non-refundable Booking Service Fee ($150 pp); Tour Leader Gratuities ($50 pp). The following items and services are not included in any of our pricing and can be purchased onboard: the spa; casino action; shore excursions; internet access; and any expenses of a personal nature are extra. Airfare is not included.
 

The ship has a very limited number of specially equipped cabins for the Physically Challenged. Please let us know your specific needs. PC Guaranteed Shares are not available.
 

A Passport (valid through November 1, 2023) is required. Non-U.S. residents residing in the United States will need valid Alien Registration (green) cards as well. All others must have valid passports and any required visas when boarding the vessel. All travel documents such as passports, visas, proof of citizenship, etc., that are required for embarkation, disembarkation at the ports of call, and re-entry into the United States are the responsibility of the passenger. Non-U.S. residents are asked to check with government agencies, embassies or consulates to determine documentary requirements.

Please see the Exit, Entry & Visa Requirements area for the U.S. State Department’s information on Exit/Entry Requirements for U.S. Citizens. You will be denied boarding without proper proof of citizenship and without all necessary visas. For non-U.S. citizens, the CIBT International Entry Requirements form, just below or here (https://cibtvisas.com/health-requirements?login=insightcruises), will provide the info you need.

Along with many thousands of American travelers, we rely on CIBTvisas for our visas (we are not affiliated with CIBTvisas, we are simply happy customers).

Please carefully consider buying this or other travel insurance.

Are you covered by Medicare if you travel outside of the United States? Trip Cancellation and Interruption Insurance can also protect against cancellation penalties.

We’ve never had a guest cancel because they won the lottery or had a brilliant stroke of fortune. More often than you would expect, we have had guests cancel because of pre-event illnesses, sports injuries, broken bones, death in the family, unexpected surgery, emergency surgery, stolen passports, and general family uproar. Life does throw curves. Spare yourself financial disappointment if your trip must be cancelled or is interrupted.

Currently, we offer two options. Both will reimburse you 100% up to a maximum trip cost for covered reasons — assuming you have insured the full cost of your trip:

1. For U.S. residents of all ages, we recommend CSA’s G-906 product.
2. For all non-U.S. residents we recommend Abroad Insurance.

CSA G-906
Unlike most trip interruption and cancellation insurance policies, you can purchase CSA G-906 up to 24 hours prior to the Final Payment Date and still be covered for pre-existing conditions (granted that you are fit to travel at the time of purchase).
»» To review the CSA brochure
»» To download the Description of Coverage
»» Get a CSA quote and purchase the insurance

Abroad Insurance
Abroad Insurance is the only insurance plan that we can offer for all our international (non-U.S.) participants.
»» To review the brochure
»» Get a quote and purchase the insurance

NOTES: Trip Cancellation Insurance payments are not always refundable. Cancel-for-any-reason coverage varies slightly, carrier to carrier, based on the level of penalty when you cancel. CSA does not offer Cancel-for-any-reason coverage. Typically, if you cancel at the last possible moment, with cancel-for-any-reason coverage you are only likely to get between 70% and 80% back.
 

While we have never seen a change, dates and times that appear on our website are subject to change. Therefore, if you fly in the day the event begins, or fly home the day the event ends, you should confirm your flight times with us prior to making your flight reservations.

For Business Class or First Class air (purchased with frequent flyer miles or if you pay by credit card), we offer excellent fares and personalized service. Please email aaron@insightcruises.com. We charge a flat $400 fee for this service as we often need to compare a lot of flights and options, ultimately providing you with the best, most comfortable flights while balancing expense.

For coach/economy air, we recommend:

1) You can book the air yourself.
If you want to shop for your own air, we recommend http://www.kayak.com. Or book directly with your preferred airline.

2) You can reach out to our air supplier directly:
CRC Travel
Alison Bastianelli
2105 North Southport Avenue
Chicago, IL 60614
773-525-3800 ext 25
alison@crctravel.com

Baggage fees and other charges may be directly assessed by airlines or airports. Be certain to confirm all air flights 72 hours prior to departure.

We urge you to check airline cancellation penalties before purchasing airline tickets since departure times and flights can change. Neither Insight Cruises nor Insight Cruises’ partners, co-producers, sponsors, or agents accept liability for cancellation penalties related to domestic or international airline tickets purchased independently in conjunction with Insight Cruises’ events.

Baggage and personal effects are at all times the sole responsibility of the participant (Trip Cancellation and Interruption Insurance typically provides you with an allowance to buy replacements for your trip.) Most homeowners policies, and most airlines, cover your lost luggage.
 

Participants on Insight Cruises events may be photographed for educational and promotional purposes.
 

Smoking is not allowed in your cabin or inside the ship. There is a smoking area, outside, on one of the upper decks, all the way aft.
 

The Sky & Telescope Eclipse April 2023 cruise is managed by Insight Cruises, hired as an independent contractor. Insight Cruises acts only as an agent for the respective suppliers by making arrangements for transportation, accommodations, and other services. Neither AAS Sky Publishing LLC (aka "Sky & Telescope") nor Insight Cruises shall be held liable for personal injury, death, property damage or accident, delay, or irregularity arising out of any act or omission of these suppliers. Sky & Telescope and Insight Cruises reserve the right, without penalty, to make changes in the published itinerary whenever, in their judgment, conditions warrant, or if they deem it necessary for the comfort, convenience, or safety of our participants.

Sky & Telescope and Insight Cruises reserve the right, without penalty, to decline to accept any person as a participant. Insight Cruises reserves the right to require any participant to withdraw, at the participant’s own expense, from the event at any time, when such action is determined by Insight Cruises’ staff to be in the best interests of the health, safety, or general welfare of the group or the individual participant; Insight Cruises will then refund the recoverable portion of the total amount paid that corresponds to the cost of unused services and/or accommodations, if applicable. Sky & Telescope and Insight Cruises accept no liability for the purchase of non-refundable airline tickets to the cruise departure city and return. Baggage and personal effects are at all times the sole responsibility of the participant.

Dates, schedules, and program details, although provided in good faith based on information available at the time of publication of the flyer(s) or the website, are subject to change and revision. Neither Insight Cruises or Insight Cruises’ partners, co-producers, sponsors, or agents accept liability for cancellation penalties or change fees related to domestic or international airline tickets purchased independently in conjunction with Insight Cruises’ events.

AS A CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF ANY APPLICATION, EACH APPLICANT MUST AGREE TO THE STATEMENT SET FORTH BELOW:

The undersigned has read carefully the Responsibility Statement and Liability Disclaimer set forth above, the schedule of activities for this event, as well as the terms and conditions of application and participation as set forth in the event brochure and/or these webpages, and recognizes and accepts any risk associated with the event and the conditions, including the refund policy, set forth above. The undersigned further acknowledges that there are many risks and uncertainties inherent in any travel, including but not limited to the hazards of various modes of transportation, forces of nature, force majeure, acts or omissions of foreign governments, terrorism, civil unrest, war or insurrection, theft, illness, disease, strikes, and damage to person or property due to the negligent acts or omissions of event staff or others. In consideration of, and as part payment for, the right to participate in the event, the undersigned, on behalf of himself, his dependents, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, agrees to release Sky & Telescope and Insight Cruises and its officers, employees and agents, from liability for personal injury, death, property damage or loss suffered by any person in connection with this event, even if caused by the negligence (but not the reckless, willful, or fraudulent conduct) of event staff or other related persons or entities. In addition, by registering for this event, the applicant certifies that he or she is mentally and physically capable of full participation in this event.

BY REGISTERING FOR THIS CRUISE, THE PARTICIPANT AGREES TO THE RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT AND LIABILITY DISCLAIMER AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS HEREIN. THIS PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE.