Windstar suddenly cancelled the land portion (pre-cruise) of our cruise tour less than six weeks prior to start 2/7/23. The trip was sold as four days travelling Costa Rica including four nights lodging, visiting Arenal and Monteverde, most meals and transfers prior to the sailing on 2/11/23. Obviously, we have already booked air travel to match the original days of the entire trip. At this point, the only compensation offered by Windstar has been the refund of the land portion payment, which they did without communication.
I have no doubt this was a situation outside of Windstar's direct control, i.e., a third party vendor, but I'm not seeing any attempt on their part to reproduce anything even remotely similar to the purchased product. I imagine the vast majority of the px on this sailing selected this voyage because of the pre-cruise activities to avoid the need to create an independent itinerary.
If anyone impacted by this Windstar cancellation would like to band together and see what we can cobble together as a group, let me know. If anyone has any ideas/thoughts on the best way to go about this, that would also be welcome.