The cruise direction might not be set until approximately 3 weeks prior to departure date, but is often sooner. The reason for this is that our barges are usually scheduled to operate from A to B and the following week from B to A (in the reverse direction). However if a specific departure date does not have any bookings, the barge does not cruise empty, when this is occurs, this affects the direction schedule. The pick-up and drop-off locations remain the same irrelevant to the cruise direction.