Her message remains the same: “Thank you for calling. I am unable to come to the phone right now due to a medical emergency, please leave a message for me and I will return your call as soon as possible. Thank you.”
But at the end of last week, on July 29, some 39 persons issued a writ in the Supreme Court, Common Law and Equity Division against Eunice Morris. Efforts to try and reach Morris thus far have proven fruitless.
Represented by Jacy Whittaker, of ParrisWhittaker, the writ noted that it may not be served more than 12 calendar months after July 28, 2011 unless renewed by Order of the Court.
This writ is in reference to the Edden family’s disasterous vacation recently with Carnival Cruises. The local travel agency was said to have been at fault for not booking all the places, leaving some 10 persons in Miami without their luggage and others being booked into four rooms that were paid for by a credit card which was later said to have been declined.
It was two weeks ago now that this family went on their much anticipated cruise vacation taking 39 persons with them. They were to spend one night in Florida then board the ship for an eight day cruise on Carnival Freedom.
But when they got to the boat and had checked in all the luggage they were asked to wait at the side for a few minutes. All dressed in Bahamian colours waiting together they said they were then told that only four rooms had been booked and that there were four more available, but would require purchasing.
The family said they had paid their travel agent all the funds required and were in possession of “fun passes” for the boat which is an indication that all was well.
But, it was not.
This also meant only 29 of the original 39 were able to go on board, but all the luggage was already checked and could not be handed back to the owners. So the others had to remain in Florida waiting the ship’s return.
While the first four were OK, the travel agent, Eunice Morris, of Morris Travel was contacted about the situation and she was reported to have used a credit card to secure the remaining four rooms. During the trip however, the Cruise line reported that the credit card was declined and then billed the family members on board.
As for the 10 in Florida, Miss Morris in an interview two weeks after it was learned that the family was having difficulties, said she had sent the family who were left in Florida $1,500 to assist as soon as she became aware of the problem.
She then promised to reimburse the family once they got back to Grand Bahama.
During the interview, Morris said, she was very upset over the matter and had explained that her funds for booking the cruise went through an accounting firm in Boston and with the large quantities there seemed to have been a problem of the funds clearing in time.
The family was still not pleased with this response as they were sent emails of apology from a Wentworth Accounting Agency (WAA) out of Boston explaining the matter further.
However, investigations so far by The Freeport News could not find such an agency. It was also noted that this company seemed to use a Gmail account for this email from Dan Wentworth.
Other police reports so far say they are still searching for Morris to question her in connection with the two official complaints they have on their books.
It is believed that Morris has headed to the Turks & Caicos, where she has family.
Source: The Freeport News
