sunlover2 Posted January 9, 2018 #1 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Do you take your passports with you when you go on excursions? I have some friends that cruise a lot and they do. Wouldn't a copy of it suffice? Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare broberts Posted January 9, 2018 #2 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Do you take your passports with you when you go on excursions? I have some friends that cruise a lot and they do. Wouldn't a copy of it suffice? Thanks!! Copy cannot be used in place of the actual document. Its only use is to provide one with necessary information when making a police report or applying for a replacement. Whether or not one should take a passport on an excursion depends on so many variables that there is no single reasonable answer. Certainly one should take official photo id of some sort, along with one's sea pass card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matj2000 Posted January 9, 2018 #3 Share Posted January 9, 2018 You do not need to bring it off the ship. Some will, just in case. I never have... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager70 Posted January 9, 2018 #4 Share Posted January 9, 2018 The only times I've had to take my passport for an excursion were in Skagway, Alaska where we did the White Pass railway which entered into Canada, and St. Petersburg, Russia where everyone must go through immigration when leaving and returning to the ship. We were told of this beforehand. If it's not required, don't bring it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madiaka Posted January 9, 2018 #5 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I take copies and my drivers license. I know others take their passports. The original is in the safe in my stateroom. I also keep copies at my house so family at home have them as well. I am more concerned about someone stealing my things than an accident and I know both can happen. But, I prefer to keep the original on the ship. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted January 9, 2018 #6 Share Posted January 9, 2018 I take copies and my drivers license. I know others take their passports. The original is in the safe in my stateroom. I also keep copies at my house so family at home have them as well. I am more concerned about someone stealing my things than an accident and I know both can happen. But, I prefer to keep the original on the ship. Sent from my iPhone using Forums We do the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reallyitsmema Posted January 9, 2018 #7 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Do you take your passports with you when you go on excursions? I have some friends that cruise a lot and they do. Wouldn't a copy of it suffice? Thanks!! It depends on where we are and where we are going. On one of our upcoming cruises, some of the excursions require a passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashland Posted January 9, 2018 #8 Share Posted January 9, 2018 The only times I've had to take my passport for an excursion were in Skagway, Alaska where we did the White Pass railway which entered into Canada, and St. Petersburg, Russia where everyone must go through immigration when leaving and returning to the ship. We were told of this beforehand. If it's not required, don't bring it. This is exactly the two ports where we also were required to bring our passports off the ship...otherwise their kept locked in our onboard safe. We usually just take our SeaPass and driver's license into ports with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunlover2 Posted January 9, 2018 Author #9 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Thanks everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karena1 Posted January 9, 2018 #10 Share Posted January 9, 2018 Do you take your passports with you when you go on excursions? I have some friends that cruise a lot and they do. Wouldn't a copy of it suffice? Thanks!! NEVER! We Leave our passports in the safe. We carry a copy of our passports and our licenses and that is it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarea Posted January 9, 2018 #11 Share Posted January 9, 2018 We leave the booklets in the safe but carry the cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
time4u2go Posted January 9, 2018 #12 Share Posted January 9, 2018 We always take ours. They don't do much good sitting in the safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_In_Maine Posted January 9, 2018 #13 Share Posted January 9, 2018 We just carry a copy .... only time we needed it was when we went to St. Bart's on an excursion (only time in years that I've had my passport stamped! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_BA Posted January 9, 2018 #14 Share Posted January 9, 2018 We leave the booklets in the safe but carry the cards. Same here, Passports in ship cabin safe; carry the US Passport cards off ship. All other documents are available on Google Drive thru smart phone (birth certificates, adoption papers, court decrees, guardianship, passports, etc.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunlover2 Posted January 9, 2018 Author #15 Share Posted January 9, 2018 So it seems to me that most do not carry their original passports with but they do carry their license and sea pass. Thank you everyone...much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesr3939 Posted January 9, 2018 #16 Share Posted January 9, 2018 The only times I've had to take my passport for an excursion were in Skagway, Alaska where we did the White Pass railway which entered into Canada, and St. Petersburg, Russia That's one long excursion!!!!!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voyager70 Posted January 9, 2018 #17 Share Posted January 9, 2018 That's one long excursion!!!!!:D Two different cruises, two different excursions ;) And both were awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNcruising02 Posted January 10, 2018 #18 Share Posted January 10, 2018 I've never been on a cruise when I have needed a passport to visit the various ports, so I put my passport in the cabin safe as soon as I have access to my cabin. The odds of if getting damaged, lost, or stolen on an excursion trumps the odds of me ever having an emergency where I had to fly back and could not contact the ship so that they could get my passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonTowner Posted January 10, 2018 #19 Share Posted January 10, 2018 It depends where you are. Some countries require you to carry your original and not a copy. Personally, I leave our passports in my bag when we go away. We go away frequently and have never lost or had our passports stolen. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCruisers Posted January 10, 2018 #20 Share Posted January 10, 2018 No need to take your Passport Book on your ports of call/excursion unless the ship tells you it's required. If the ship leaves without you, the contents of your safe are turned over to the ship's shore agent in the port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb at sea Posted January 10, 2018 #21 Share Posted January 10, 2018 In the Caribbean, you don't need a passport AT ALL to go ashore. Leave it on the ship. Other countries may vary. IF, and that's a BIG IF, you should miss the ship, an officer will get all the stuff out of your safe and leave it with the port authority, so you can get home. Leave it on the ship. Take you DL ashore...its the same size as your seapass and easy to carry...and waterproof! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mets07 Posted January 10, 2018 #22 Share Posted January 10, 2018 In the Caribbean, you don't need a passport AT ALL to go ashore. Leave it on the ship. Other countries may vary. IF, and that's a BIG IF, you should miss the ship, an officer will get all the stuff out of your safe and leave it with the port authority, so you can get home. Leave it on the ship. Take you DL ashore...its the same size as your seapass and easy to carry...and waterproof!As someone previously stated, there are exceptions to your statement e.g. St. Bart's. Sent from my QTAQZ3 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesr3939 Posted January 10, 2018 #23 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Passport card is a nice backup but an important difference between U.S. passport books and passport cards is that passport cards are not valid for international air travel; they're only acceptable for land and sea border crossings between the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Bermuda and the Caribbean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unicornonaboat Posted January 10, 2018 #24 Share Posted January 10, 2018 If you don't bring your passports, make sure to have photo ID. I forgot to bring either on Nassau and only got in because my husband had his license (don't know if this is officially how they do it, but the lady let us back in "thanks to (your) husband") A copy of my passport did not suffice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnamac123 Posted January 10, 2018 #25 Share Posted January 10, 2018 Take a copy of Passport book on excursion, along with picture ID. Leave all original important items in your safe. Take your daily cruise compass. If you are left behind, the ship will leave your passport and safe contents with the Port Authority..Contact info for Port Authority is on the cruise compass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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