The 3-year cruise around the world has been canceled
After weeks of silence, the company organizing this trip confessed to the passengers that it does not have a ship and has canceled the departure. It has committed to refund those who registered for the cruise with costs exceeding hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The cruise ship was initially supposed to leave Istanbul, Turkey, on November 1, but shortly before that date, the departure was postponed to November 11.
However, on November 17, less than two weeks before the third departure date, passengers were informed that the cruise had been canceled.
Some of the passengers who reserved 111 cabins are still in Istanbul, having traveled there before the initial departure date.
Others say they have nowhere to return to because they sold or rented out their homes in anticipation of the world tour and have also abandoned their possessions.
