passport needed or not for Caribbean cruise?
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From: Stu on 7 Jun 2010 17:58 On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:20:45 -0500, AZ Nomad <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote: >On Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:00:42 -0400, Ohioguy <none(a)none.net> wrote: >> My wife was getting on me about getting a passport. I've never >>needed one before, because when I went to Canada you still didn't need >>one, and most of my travel is inside the US. > >why don't you read the documentation handed to you by the company >you're cruising with? If you're crusin you need a passport, if you come to Canada next time you'll need a passport.
From: Kurt Ullman on 7 Jun 2010 18:25 In article <4c0d64db$0$5008$607ed4bc(a)cv.net>, Tom K <tkanitra(a)optonline.net> wrote: > Or let's say your wife likes it... and next year wants to go on a > Mediterranean cruise... you're set with the passport. > I've actually used the passport more often within the US. At least in Indiana, it replaces two of the pieces of paper you have to have that to get your driver's license. It is also the only thing you need to prove you can legally work in the US. Nice thing for those times when someone requires a second form of ID. -- I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS. Robert Bakker, paleontologist
From: Kurt Ullman on 7 Jun 2010 18:26 In article <hujour$20gv$1(a)adenine.netfront.net>, "rieker" <rieker5.nospam.ever(a)google.com> wrote: > > Anybody ever used a "US Passport Card" ?? It is unlikely that I'll > > be flying to another country, so that would probably be fine with me. > > A passport card is worthless, IMO. > > If you are on a 'closed loop' cruise (one wherein you return to the same > port from which you sailed) a US citizen can use the combination of a > certified birth certificate and a govt. issued photo ID (drivers license). > I believe that children under 16 only need a birth certificate. Wives need the marriage license, which may make Ms. Ohioguy want to get hers instead of hassleing with 3 forms. -- I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS. Robert Bakker, paleontologist
From: D Ball on 7 Jun 2010 20:56 http://www.getyouhome.gov/html/lang_eng/eng_sa.html See the section on "closed loop" cruises. Definitely read the "required documents" section of the cruise line website, e.g., here is Carnival's: http://www.carnival.com/CMS/fun/cruise_control/EMB_embark_info.aspx Realizing you don't plan to fly home from a Caribbean port, a passport card or "book" is good to have in the unlikely event something happened mid-cruise to you, your wife or your non-traveling kiddos that necessitated a flight home. Diana Ball Austin, TX
From: LVTravel on 7 Jun 2010 21:13
"Ohioguy" <none(a)none.net> wrote in message news:27dPn.124143$gv4.62731(a)newsfe09.iad... > My wife was getting on me about getting a passport. I've never needed > one before, because when I went to Canada you still didn't need one, and > most of my travel is inside the US. > > http://cruises.about.com/cs/officialinfo/ht/passport.htm > > At first I read the above article, which has no date but is still > "dated", evidently, because it said no passport is needed for cruises to > the Caribbean. It mentioned a "Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative" or > somesuch card, which I guess has now been replaced with a "US Passport > Card". > > Anybody ever used a "US Passport Card" ?? It is unlikely that I'll be > flying to another country, so that would probably be fine with me. Even if you do not need a passport to cruise if something happened and you had to fly home in an emergency you would have great issues in getting back into the US. The passport is necessary to fly into the US. |