Document Portfolio

[vcdarty]

(or whatever the correct term might be for the envelope thingie that the line provides to contain the travel documents).

 

On past HAL cruises--the latest three or four years ago--we received the docs in a handsome blue cloth container. This year, in a grey cardboard envelope. Just an accident, or more budget issues?

 

J

[candbgirl]

I'm surprised you got anything tangible from HAL. My last two cruises on HAL I've gotten edocs and had to print out what I wanted (including luggage tags.)

[Randyk47]

(or whatever the correct term might be for the envelope thingie that the line provides to contain the travel documents).

 

On past HAL cruises--the latest three or four years ago--we received the docs in a handsome blue cloth container. This year, in a grey cardboard envelope. Just an accident, or more budget issues?

 

J

 

The blue pleather or cloth document holders have been gone for a number of years. Apparently there are or were a few travel agencies or agents who had a stock every so often somebody reports they've gotten one but Holland America no longer provides them. With more and more people downloading their documents directly from Holland America's website the days of mailing are almost at an end.

[surfsidemary]

I received the blue cloth one in 2010, 2011 and 2012, but the documents did come through my travel agent and she had added the documents for air/hotel, etc. I never thought about it but the document envelope may have come from the TA and not from HAL.

[Typhoon1]

E docs are the wave of the future.

 

We still find the old cloth types around the house containing various paperwork.

[Copper10-8]

eBay still has them;)

[PathfinderEss]

eBay still has them;)

Now that is interesting, I knew you could find the tile, had no idea you could find the blue cloth documents holders on eBay.:eek:

[Cruise prn]

I miss those days. Receiving the physical documents was a very important component of the Doc Dance ritual.

[Krazy Kruizers]

(or whatever the correct term might be for the envelope thingie that the line provides to contain the travel documents).

 

On past HAL cruises--the latest three or four years ago--we received the docs in a handsome blue cloth container. This year, in a grey cardboard envelope. Just an accident, or more budget issues?

 

J

 

It has been yeears since we got any documents mailed to us from HAL either in the Blue Pouches or cardboard pouches.

With whom did you book through? A private TA or an online agency?

[vicocala]

I still use the pleather one I got seven years ago. I find it very useful to seperate tickets, passports, and other travel papers.

 

I agree that it is a shame that we no longer have that excitement of running to the mailbox and having the documents in hand. So many companies, not just the cruiselines, suppossedly in the name of saving the environment cause us to print out everything. Does it save the environment? Of course not. Just another way to pass on costs to the consumer for paper, ink and printer, let alone internet costs.

 

I do love my pleather one and remember at the time folks were complaining because they weren't real leather anymore.:eek: The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[oofroggie]

They only give them out for Grand voyages and they are the blue material ones. I also have saved all the old pleather ones and the new material ones and use them when I do e-docks to keep all my papers and info together.

[kc320]

I still have my Blue Pleather holder that we got for our 1st Hal cruise 10 years ago...I used it to hold our passports in the safe...brings a smile everytime I pull it out...remembering our 1st cruise with a Balcony!:D DH was surprised & totally spoiled!

[rucrazy]

I still use the pleather one I got seven years ago. I find it very useful to seperate tickets, passports, and other travel papers.

 

So do we!!! We got ours 12 years ago.. but we pack it just as you suggest....we also like the key card holder that Celebrity used to put in Concierge Class!

 

Joseph

[dobiemom]

I found one at a thrift store earlier this year. GF couldn't figure out why I was so happy! :D

[innlady1]

I kept one of the blue satin document holders...we had them from 2007 to perhaps 2009 or '10...since then, the e-docs. I miss the anticipation of waiting for them to come via snail mail.

[vcdarty]

To KrazyKruisers: we booked through our private TA who'd given the blue cloth holders years ago. No more, I guess. Although another line that we enjoy still does an elegant green leather holder. But for how long?

 

J

[sunviking90]

I also still use my blue pleather one from our first HAL cruise years ago. I use it for all vacations, not just cruises. I love it:)