What to Do When Mother Nature Alters Your Vacation Plans

What to Do When Mother Nature Alters Your Vacation Plans
When a big storm is approaching, some airlines will let you rebook your flight to go out earlier at no extra charge. Unsplash
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We had been looking forward to our European river cruise for weeks. Then a few days before our trip, we got a notice from our cruise company. Due to abnormally low water on the Rhine, all river traffic had been shut down near Cologne, Germany. The ship couldn’t reach our embarkation city in Switzerland. There would be no cruise on the Rhine that next week.

Of course, we were disappointed. Visions of German castles and French vineyards had been dancing in my head for months—and now it wasn’t going to happen.

Janna Graber
Janna Graber
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Janna Graber has covered travel in more than 55 countries. She is the editor of three travel anthologies, including “A Pink Suitcase: 22 Tales of Women’s Travel,” and is the managing editor of Go World Travel Magazine.
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