Hooperman1960

Interesting comments by all and i thank you for this, i fully understand the responsibility factor going forward but i still find it hard to grasp why they cannot tell me the "current" visa requirement for a Turkish passenger, boarding today from Turkey (the cruise is from Kusadasi and returning to Kusadasi in 7 days), i am sure they must know in order to ensure said passenger has the correct visas prior to boarding. Each time i do a google search all i get is tourist visa info for say 90 days etc, i know that some visiting countries allow visa requirements to be handled by the cruise line, for example USA citizens require a visa to visit Turkey but not if they are on a cruise and visiting only for a day.

Appreciate that however, as you say, if the passenger does not have the required visas they will be denied boarding so, my question to MSC was, what are the current requirements, which they must be aware of in order to allow boarding, its this information they would not provide me with.

Hi, hoping some can provide a query that MSC cannot confirm. So, i am planning a cruise booking on MSC Musica departing Kusadasi in June next year, myself and partner have UK passports however, i plan to invite some friends to come with us who are Turkish nationals, bearing in mind the cruise departs and returns to Kusadasi before i book i wanted to be sure of any visa requirements for my Turkish friends visiting Greek islands/Cyprus and Israel. MSC confirm that if ones papers are not in order then you will be denied boarding so, they must know what is required relevant to your nationality, when i call them they have stated its not down to them to confirm what is required which, seems quite strange bearing in mid they would not allow boarding, of course they understand that until i know this information i cannot make the reservation so, my question is does anyone know the visa requirements for Turkish nationals departing from their home country and returning to same? Thanks