There can be any number of reasons why personal holidays get cancelled, although the one thing they have in common is that they are all fairly serious. After all, whatever trial is going on in your life, you don’t want to add to it by losing hard-earned money you’ve paid to deposits on holiday expenses. One reason why personal holidays suddenly become cancellation holidays is usually a family emergency - an illness, or, heaven forbid, a death in the family. Of course, there are always more benign reasons why personal holidays get cancelled, also. There might be some sort of crisis going on at work and the person just can’t get away as planned.