点评:⭐ Beware of the cancellation/refund policy
We booked Jersey Girl specifically for a 4th of July trip during the special 250th anniversary celebration of the United States. The trip was canceled due to weather, which of course we understand was outside of their control. What I absolutely do not understand or agree with is their decision to keep 25% of our money for a trip that THEY canceled and never provided.
Yes, their fine print apparently states that weather cancellations are only refunded at 75%. But this wasn’t an ordinary boat trip that could simply be rescheduled for another weekend. We booked specifically for the July 4th experience. Once July 4th passed, there was no equivalent trip to reschedule.
Keeping 25% of a customer’s payment when the business provided no service whatsoever feels incredibly unfair and, in my opinion, deceptive—especially for a special-event booking tied to one specific date.
I understand that weather is a risk when operating a boat. But that is a risk of operating this type of business; I don’t believe customers should be expected to pay hundreds of dollars toward an experience the company ultimately could not provide.
Thankfully, our 4th of July wasn’t ruined. We were able to book with SeaStreak, a much larger vessel, and still enjoy the special 250th anniversary July 4th celebration. That made Jersey Girl’s decision to keep 25% of our payment for an experience they never provided even more frustrating.
I would strongly caution anyone considering booking Jersey Girl to read every line of their cancellation policy before handing over your money. I certainly wish we had understood that if they canceled our special-event trip, we could still lose 25% of what we paid.
A full refund would have been the fair and customer-friendly thing to do. Instead, this policy has ensured that we will never book with Jersey Girl again.
翻译:⭐ 请注意其取消/退款政策
我们特意为了参加美国250周年庆典而预订了Jersey Girl游轮,计划在7月4日出行。然而,这次旅行因天气原因被取消,我们当然明白这超出了他们的控制范围。但我完全无法理解且无法接受的是:这次旅行是他们自己取消的,他们也根本没有提供服务,却还扣下了我们25%的费用。
没错。他们的细则中显然写明:因天气原因导致的行程取消,也只退还75%的费用。但这次旅行并非那种可以轻易改期到另一个周末的普通游船之旅。我们特意为了7月4日的活动才预订的。7月4日一过,就再也没有同样的行程可以重新安排了。
商家完全没有提供任何服务,却还扣留顾客25%的付款,这种做法实在极其不公平,在我看来也是如此。具有欺骗性——尤其是对于那些指定了具体日期的特殊活动预订而言。
我明白经营游船业务存在天气方面的风险。但这是经营此类企业的固有风险;我认为不应指望客户为一项公司最终可能无法提供的体验支付数百美元。
幸运的是,我们的独立日庆祝活动并未受到影响。我们成功预订了规模大得多的“SeaStreak”号游船,依然能够尽情享受为纪念美国建国250周年而举办的特别庆典。这使得Jersey Girl决定扣留我们支付费用的25%的行为显得更加令人沮丧——毕竟他们根本没有提供承诺的服务。
我强烈建议任何打算预订Jersey Girl服务的人,在付款之前务必仔细阅读其取消政策。我真希望我们事先知道:即便他们取消了我们的特别活动行程,我们依然会损失已付费用的25%。
全额退款才是公平且体贴客户的做法。然而事实并非如此。这项政策确保了我们以后再也不会与Jersey Girl预订服务了。