Luggage delivery?

[LuckyDogsV&E]

Has anyone had their luggage delivered to the ship? I have heard of this but do not know who to contact. We are going on a long cruise and was thinking to doing that.

Vie

[kitty9]

I think I already posted a response to your question on another thread. But, you have to find out if the cruise line will accept shipped luggage. Many cruise lines do not as a part of their security measures. We've tried to ship for longer cruises on Celebrity and P&O, and they absolutely do not allow shipped bags.

 

If you can ship, you can go via a few ways. Fed Ex, UPS and DHL will all handle luggage shipping. All you need to do is go to your local stores for those companies and find out what they require. If you're shipping to or from a foreign port, you have to fill out Customs forms, and there is additional charges for that. It's also quite expensive to ship. Depending on the size and weight of the bags, and how far you're shipping, it can be more than $250/one way per bag, plus insurance. Then you have to find out the name and location of the local port agent for the ship. The bags have to be delivered to the port agent and they are the ones to deliver it to the ship. Some port agents charge to deliver the bags, and one time that charge to me was $75 per bag. So, you see, it's not cheap to ship bags.

[LuckyDogsV&E]

Darcie

Thank for the information. Sound like it would be to expensive for 4 bags which is what I had planned on but I will check it out.

Thanks Again

Vie

[42trvl]

Are you staying at a hotel at all, before your cruise? If so, since we were touring around for a while before our last cruise, we had some of our luggage shipped to the last hotel we would be at before the cruise.

[LuckyDogsV&E]

Sorry I haven been gone for a few days. That sound like a good idea about sending it to the hotel. Who did you use?

Vie