Vanessa Phillips had been looking forward to a weeklong cruise all summer, but her holiday plans appeared to collapse just hours before she was due to board. After paying nearly $1,000 (£741) towards a cruise she had planned with acquaintance Armonte Wilson, Phillips said she discovered that her name had been removed from the reservation and that Wilson had stopped answering her calls.
Rather than go home, however, Phillips decided to salvage the holiday by purchasing another ticket. She eventually boarded the same MSC Seascape ship, and later came face-to-face with Wilson while he was relaxing in what appeared to be a shipboard hot tub.
