Cruise lines last week endorsed a "Cruise Passenger Bill of Rights".
CLIA (Cruise Lines International Association) said it's members unanimously endorsed a 10-point plan that in a power outage would guarantee the rights of passengers to emergency power, timely information and a trained crew.
Passengers would also be guaranteed the right to leave a ship if essential provisions cannot be provided, but only if the ship is already docked.
The idea for such a bill of rights was first floated by a New York senator in March with his six-point plan. CLIA took the six-point plan and added four more than seem relevant.
This bill of rights seems to demonstrate the commitment of CLIA's cruise line members to be transparent and clear about that passenger right are in the rare event of a mechanical or power failure.
In many cases, cruise lines are already doing what the bill of rights requires... however it will be included in the cruise line's contract of carriage, making it enforceable.
For the full text of CLIA's Cruise Passenger Bill of Rights, send me an email!
