Does HAL allow you to their towels from the ship to use on shore excursions?

[scomar]

Does HAL allow you to their towels from the ship to use on shore excursions? Is there any kind of deposit if they do? I don't want to pack a beach towel if they let you use theirs.

 

Thanks

 

Scomar

[GmaPajama]

They do supply beach towels, and it's pretty much on the honor system - no deposits.

So long as people keep returning them I suspect they'll continue.

[Krazy Kruizers]

There will be lots of beach towels for your use ashore.

On some ships they have them inside by the gangway.

On other ships they are on a table at the bottom of the gangway.

In spite of what I have read here about soome people saying that they had to sign for the towels -- we have never had to do that.

[Boytjie]

We somtimes had to give our cabin numbers when taking towels and they did not always check the back in again, so I am not sure what the purpose is.

[RetiredMustang]

We've never been asked for a cabin number, and a couple of times on Half Moon Cay we took an extra one with nobody caring (we do a lot of water stuff there).

 

And, for the OP, just to clarify, HAL provides towels specifically for going ashore, usually colored, but doesn't want you to take the white towels from your cabin.

 

Dave

[RMLincoln]

When going ot the beach I always take 2 each; one to lie on and one to dry with. I pick them up on the way out and drop them off on the way in. Couldn't be easier!

[Randyk47]

I think they "recycle" the older towels out of the cabins and dye them so they don't get confused. I recall being asked our cabin number several years ago when taking beach towels off the ship but haven't been asked when we've done it on our last couple of cruises. I might be mistaken but I think I remember actually getting or seeing a notice asking passengers not to take cabin towels off the ship.

[airlink diva]

Yes HAL have towels at the gangway as you leaving the ships at the ports. I've never had to give my cabin number when receiving a towel. I often bring my own on sailings when stopping places like Half Moon Cay, the guys passing the towels out will double check to see if I need a towel.

When you return to the ship, all you have to do is place them in a dirty towel barrel.

The same goes at the pool area on the ships.

I don't like where other lines are so nick picky about the beach towels. I know on Carnival a few years back that I never used the beach towel in my cabin. On the last day, I had a charge for a towel. When I asked what it was, they told me I took a towel on shore and failed to return it. I went to my cabin and brought the towel that was still in the white middle wrapping to the desk to prove the towel was never used.

I so glad that HAL is not like this!!

 

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[Himself]

I have never had to sign for towels.

[jtl513]

We somtimes had to give our cabin numbers when taking towels and they did not always check the back in again, so I am not sure what the purpose is.

We have had to give a cabin number when taking towels a couple of times ... but not when bringing them back. Maybe they just want us to think we will be charged if we don't return them.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Never -- Ever -- have we ever had to sign anything to get beach towels!!

And we have cruised on HAL for years!!

And there was no way they knew whether we were in a PS or an SA to ask for our cabin number.

[ontheweb]

We were on the Noordam sailing the Eastern Mediterranean last month. It was such a pleasure that towels were readily available to take both by the pool and leaving the ship for ports.

 

I compare this very favorably to Royal Caribbean and their "towel police".

[YeaYeaYea]

Not only do you get to take the beach towels but when you get back from your trip they will have towels to wipe your face off with. Toss the used towel in the bins and off your go with a smile.