Hi there
Being a worrier and rather disorganized person, I often worry that I will forget anything when traveling.
Fortunately, that didn’t happen till now, but I’d like to know what would happen if you arrived at embarkation and forgot all of your printed documents at home. Has anyone among you gone through this?
I suppose they will let you on board at check-in if you can show them your passport as identification. However, what occurs when bags are dropped off without tags?
It’s been years since I utilized a printed document. My phone has the check-in barcode, and the porter will have luggage tags they can fill out if I did forget.
Your passport is sufficient. You have made an online reservation. Save five or six trees.
I’ve never printed anything. You’re going to be alright! Enjoy a wonderful journey.
They simply search for you. Like a flight, my HAL boarding pass is available on the app.
I simply make the luggage tags out of paper.
You’re alright.
I make sure I have a paper copy of all boarding documentation in addition to keeping a PDF copy on a cloud storage provider. In the event that everything else fails, my spouse and I will split the digital copy.
@Candy Verify that the papers are stored on the phone and that you can access them even if you are not connected. In the unlikely event that your connectivity is bad when you need them. Put the phone in airplane mode and try to pull them up before the trip to test this.
@Dacosta Yes, I do pull them off as well, but ALSO, because they are so app-focused, the line we usually take currently has a connection in the terminal.
@Dacosta In certain ports, mobile coverage can be severely limited due to simultaneous gigaship boardings. That means that 10,000 individuals could be attempting to utilize one pitifully neglected cell tower on a single day of the week because the phone companies are too lazy to provide more capacity.
@Dorea Yes, for this reason, you should confirm that you can view the documents when in airplane mode.
Something to make sure to bring (either hard copy or on your phone) are the details of your trip insurance policy. Hopefully you won’t need it, but if you do, that information will be vital.
@Gordon Good point, thanks.
The docs were emailed to me on every trip I’ve taken recently, and I could print them at the hotel or access them with an app barcode. In addition, I saw that there was a section for people without documentation who couldn’t use the app when we boarded during the summer.
They are all printed by me and sent with the passport in a sea blue mesh zip-up bag. I can remove them from my email at any moment. Who would overlook something so significant?
@Jayden Which cruise company does your current ship still utilize paper boarding passes?
@Jayden I ask because I would be the man.
Upon arriving at my local train station after my most recent vacation, I realized that I had left my passport at home. I had time to take a taxi home and back because, fortunately, I am also the guy who departs early. I reached the station five minutes early.
We just got back from a 5 week holiday that involved fllying from New Zealand to Venice, one Norwegian cruise through the Mediterranean, a few days in Barcelona, a flight to Athens, 10 days in an Airbnb, a cruise through the Greek Islands on Celebrity and fly back to New Zealand with a stopover in Qatar.
I always have copies of everything on my phone, on my laptop, in an online storage service AND a printed copy. This time we decided how far we could get without having to use any of the printed versions. It worked. We didn’t use a printed copy once.
We used to do it in case we lost a phone or the laptop was stolen, etc and, to be honest, I most probably will still do it but it was interesting to get by with our passports, apps and whatever emails we had on out phone. Last yer when we cruised from Rome to Sydney on Celebrity Edge there were a couple of countries in the Middle East and Asia that insisted that a printed copy of the visa to visit their country was presented at the border.
@Jordan A cruise from Rome to Australia, whoah. Although I am a little envious, I too have a new dream. I hope that went really well.
@Mitchelle Yes, it was. In actuality, it was a series of consecutive voyages. As the ship moved to New Zealand and Australia for the southern summer season, three cruises combined. Cruises that reposition can often be far less expensive than regular cruises. It may be because there are more days “at sea” (which is ideal for someone who enjoys being on the boat as much or more than the destinations), but it’s also typically right at the end of one season and the start of another, meaning that the temperature is dropping in one hemisphere and only beginning to rise in the other. It was really impressive to pass through the Suez Canal 2 ships in front of a US aircraft carrier.
The porter just needs to know your cabin number for the luggage. I bring printed documents just in case, but electronic copies on your phone are fine.