| Costa details reimbursement

GUESTS who were onboard Costa Concordia
when she sunk this month will each receive
€11,000 (around AU$13,600) in compensation
from the cruise line for “patrimonial or nonpatrimonial
damages, including loss of baggage
and personal effects, psychological distress and
loss of enjoyment of the cruise vacation”.
Passengers will also be reimbursed the value
of the cruise (including taxes), air and bus
transfers included in the cruise package, all
travel expenses to reach the port of
embarkation and to return home, medical
expenses resultant from the accident and all
onboard purchases made prior to the tragedy.
MEANWHILE Costa has also confirmed, in
light of recent events, that it has changed the
itineraries of Costa neoRomantica and Costa
Magica.
The changes mean that between 24 March
and 14 May neoRomantica will now offer
seven-night cruises in the western
Mediterranean, with embarkation from Savona
and Barcelona, as well as a nine-night Easter
cruise departing 31 March.
neoRomantica will round out the season with
eight-night cruises from Amsterdam to the
European capitals between 01 June and 28
August, as well as a five night-voyage departing
on 05 September from Amsterdam to Savona,
before departing on her 107-night Grand
Oriental Cruise on 19 September.
Costa Magica’s altered season will see her host
a series of seven-night west Mediterranean
voyages between 21 May and 29 October, with
embarkation in Savona and Barcelona.
For more details on the itinerary changes,
see your travel agent.