IC Instead of YVE

One simple answer to one simple question. That's all it would have taken for us to keep the reservation we made at YVE Miami for our overnight stay prior to embarking Insignia later this month.

Unfortunately, despite multiple calls, I wasn’t able to get the question answered. Nor did Mui have any luck reaching someone at the hotel.

What was the question you ask? I simply wanted to know why our credit card was charged 18 days prior to our arrival. After all, the confirmation clearly stated that the credit card I gave the hotel at the time of booking was “only” to guarantee the room. Nowhere in that confirmation was there anything about being charged so early for a room that I had booked with a 24-hour cancelation.

So, this afternoon, I canceled the YVE and went in search of another hotel. After checking Booking.com, I logged in to a couple of travel agent portals to compare rates. Surprisingly, the Intercontinental [IC] Miami had one of the more reasonable travel agent rates for the area. So, that’s the hotel I booked.

Prior to RTW2017, the IC Miami was where we stayed — one night at our own expense … one night compliments of Oceania. So, we’re familiar with how the hotel operates. We’ll be in a city view room … unless they upgrade us again as they did in 2017.

I’m sorry the YVE Miami did not work out. I was, in fact, hoping to book the same hotel for another stay in December. Won’t be doing that now.Read more