Luggage on a world cruise

Have noticed on P & O that if you are joining a world cruise in, say, Sydney you can take your cases to Southampton before the ship sails and they will store your luggage on board till you board at Sydney, where it is sitting in your cabin when you arrive. Similarly, if you joined in Southampton and leave in Sydney, you can leave your luggage on the ship and then pick it up when the ship arrives back in Southampton. saves all the issues of carrying luggage on the plane etc and I guess allows you to have more luggage than you might be allowed by the airline. The cost seems to be around £35 per case.

Anyone know if Cunard have this facility or have experience of it?

goodsailors

I noticed exactly the same thing on the P&O FAQ but on the Cunard FAQ it implies that the only option is to use the White Star service. I have asked quite a few Cunard staff (onboard sales when booking my World Voyage sector, Personal Cruise Specialist and the normal contact centre) whether it was possible to pre-board luggage or leave luggage onboard. The response that I got in all cases was that they had never heard of such a thing and that the info on the P&O FAQ was not correct.

This would be a really useful facility if it was offered.

I would also be interested to hear from anyone else with experience of this.

Thanks

Will

I don't think it's the case that the P&O information is wrong, just that it isn't a service that Cunard offers.

We have actually used this service on P&O on more than one occasion.There is a charge per bag plus carriage charges if you leave a bag and want it couriered to your home. Baggage Handling Company and others will collect and take bags to the ship to leave for you to join later, again at a charge.

On Cunard we were told this was not possible, also on Queen Victoria we were told there were no storage facilities for cases other than in your room. We took folding and stacking cases because of this, but we were told by a fellow passenger that their steward removed their case (with a tip!)

I have always had our cases removed once they have been unpacked. They are stored for the whole world cruise. They have to be removed as we would never be able to turn round in the cabin otherwise as we often have 19 pieces of luggage on a full world cruise. :D

I do know of a couple of friends who left a suit case on board with Cunard after doing one world cruise segment. They re joined the ship for the final segment. I think they had to pay around £35 to leave it on board for when they re joined the ship.

Seems they don't do it then.

Think anyone who uses White Star Luggage has more money than sense. We were quoted nearly £600, yes £600, to take 2 cases from Glasgow area to Southampton and return. When I spoke to Cunard about this extortionate price when they quote from under $40 per piece in the US I was told that if I don't want to pay the White Star Luggage costs then I shouldn't have booked the cruise! Was just sorry I hadn't been recording the conversation.

Since then I have used a third party courier at a fraction of White Star Luggage costs.

I've never seen a $40/piece quote for White Star baggage service in the US, for what it's worth.

Apologies, I did mis-quote the US prices, I should have said £40/50 or $90. This came from a document that Cunard previously sent out called 'Your Cunard Voyage Guide' page 13 which, so far as I know they no longer send out, at least I have never had one in the last three or so years.

When I quoted the wording in the document to Cunard they went away and came back and said these prices were only for the US and they would take steps to not use them in any UK documentation in the future. Again yet another example of the different charging structure Cunard use in different countries.