Cruises - Is they still automatically checked bag to cruise ship?

Hi All,

I am not quite sure if the airlines is still automatically take the checked bags to the cruise ship from airports. I wasn't aware of 9/11 security rules has been change. If they still used it? The porter will wait for luggage from the flight. They will be automatically to take the checked bag from the baggage claim. They don't have go to baggage claim to pick the bags up. They will go straight to the port from airport. They will take on the charter bus.

Moving this thread to the Cruise Forum.
Obscure2k
TravelBuzz Moderator

Moving this thread to the Cruise Forum.
Obscure2k
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Excuse me? You are not supposed to moved. This thread is belonged to TravelBuzz. Got it? they want to share more information about checked bags.

The answer is it depends.

If you purchased the cruise transfer, some lines will pick up the tagged bags, and some will require you to pick up the bag and you bring it over to them and they will load them on carts and bring them to the bus.

The few times we did the cruise charter I much preferred picking up the bags (even if they offered the pick up) and handing them over, this way I'm sure each bag actually got there.

If you have them do it, you won't know until the bags are delivered to your cabin if there are any missing, and by then it's way too late. I think it's much better to know at the airport.

As Mike said, it depends. And before the cruise, I want to see them. I'm much more likely to use the post-cruise handling, where they tag them for your flight at the pier and you don't see them again until you get home. I think there's much less chance the cruise line contractor will misplace the bags than the airline. ;) And going home, it usually isn't that big a deal.

joe

And when you are able to use such a service, you have to also rely on the fact that your cruise line luggage tags stay attached to your luggage through the airport luggage handling process. And many cruise lines now require you to print your own luggage tags, so who knows how well they stay attached now. I would never use such a service, for the same reasons as mentioned above.

Depends on the airport. I know fll offers certain airlines, w a fee, on royal.

If you can afford it, try LuggageFOrward, service picks up your luggage at home, next time you see it is in your suite. Same on the return trip. Works well for me as an older usually single cruiser with some health issues.

It depends on the port, the cruiseline, and the airline. It's usually offered only at the end of the cruise (for a fee), not at the beginning.


Vancouver used to offer it from the airport to the port, allowing you to bypass Canadian immigration/customs & US immigration/customs if you used cruiseline transfers, but they discontinued it for the 2011 season. Don't know if they've reinstated it for 2012.

perhaps posting the cruise line & port would get specific info...

our experience is that the cruise rep will handle the bags when we bought the lines transfer to ship service.....

on one cruise, we didn't buy the x fers & the rep asked if we were on the ship, said yes, rep said put your bags here & get on the bus, so got a free xfer...

It still exists. Carnival's is called Luggage Express; RCCL's is called Luggage Valet.

It costs $20pp, plus any applicable baggage fees the airlines charge, and you also get your boarding passes.

In both programs, it's totally separate from purchasing airport transfers--i.e., you don't have to buy one in order to buy the other.

Lots of restrictions apply, so check with your cruiseline (or Cruise Critic) for more details.

It still exists. Carnival's is called Luggage Express; RCCL's is called Luggage Valet.

It costs $20pp, plus any applicable baggage fees the airlines charge, and you also get your boarding passes.

In both programs, it's totally separate from purchasing airport transfers--i.e., you don't have to buy one in order to buy the other.

Lots of restrictions apply, so check with your cruiseline (or Cruise Critic) for more details.

Those programs are for leaving the ship, not going to the ship. They are handy in that they allow you to walk off the ship with the people who are carrying their own luggage off, and also bypass the luggage drop off at the airport. Plus you don't have to try to get online on the ship to print your own boarding passes.

Gah. Misread OP's post.