Our 18 March, 2021 Jordan and Egypt trip hasn't been cancelled- yet, but probably soon. Neither the 2022 dates nor rates have been published. However, since we were on the waitlist for 2022, Tauck called today to ask if we wanted to re-book for 2022. We were given a week to decide but made the decision to re-book now since COVID is not likely to get much better by March. Since our 2021 trip was paid in full we received the $500 ea. credit for re-booking . . . . maybe.*
*A note about the credit for re-booking. As some have already noted, you technically only get the credit once- the first time a trip is cancelled and you immediately re-book and leave your money with Tauck. The credit we received for re-booking our cancelled 2020 J&E trip last year is just labeled "Tauck Travel Wallet" but was not included in the "Total Payments" from our cancelled 2021 trip that were applied to our 2022 re-booking. It is also possible the new credit, also listed just as "Tauck Travel Wallet" in the upper section of our 2022 Summary of Purchase, was not applied. It is academic since the effect is the same- we only received a credit for one re-booking, not two. Either that or it's "new math." So much for compensation for the interest lost by not taking and investing a refund. I guess it is worth a call to Tauck, just to confirm it wasn't an error.
Oh, and the insurance went up $30 p/p.
For those who did not see the webinar with Dr. Waziri, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, today, he said he expected the GEM to be open in late 2021.
