Forgotten wedding ring on Rhapsody :(

[charliegirlac]

Hi all!

Hoping you can help. We were on Rhapsody of he Seas feb 1st - 11th. We arrived home Tuesday night exhausted, got up Wednesdaymorning and hubby went to go to work, realised his wedding ring was still in the safe onboard Rhapsody! We have called Royal in Sydney and they said they get a lost and found list that night and woul left us know. We called back Thursday morning and his ring was not on the list. We asked them to contact the ship to ask about having the safe rechecked a d the guy in Sydney said he would email. Thursday night we decided to ring the ship ourselves. Spoke to guest services and they checked and said no rings had been found. I asked if it was possible to recheck the safe and they said the room had guests and naturally their privacy policy says not to open guests safes. I asked if they could ask the guests staying in the room to check and his answer is no.

 

The only explanation we have as to where his ring is is the safe. We are guessing it rolled towards the back/sides and he just didn't see it when we checked the safe (he said he forgot to run his hand around like he normally does and it was still dark when we emptied the safe). What can we do??? Does any one have experience in this area? I know there is a cruise critic member onboard who also sailed with us as he is doing a back to back - I have written to him in our roll call thread asking him to contact me and hope he sees it prior to the end of the cruise.

 

Any suggestions? If it was a bracelet or earrings or something I wouldn't worry as much but hubby is very upset about forgetting his wedding ring :(

Thanks in advance!

[FLACRUISER99]

Submit a claim to your insurance company.

[MDSue]

I wouldn't think the current guests would mind checking for the ring. It's a shame that the ship personnel doesn't feel like they can ask.

 

Unfortunately, I have never successfully recovered anything I've lost on a ship. I hope you have better luck, but I'd be prepared to write it off.

[uksimonusa]

Call the ship back and ask for the cabin number you stayed in, leave a message for the current occupants with your phone number and or email, and see what happens

[AussieVisi2r]

Hi,

sad for you.

 

I would post on the current rollcall

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1802318&page=8

 

I would give cabin number and ask if someone would go and knock on the door and ask. I would offer to send them a bank tx for a few drinks if they did this for you.

 

I'm sure some kind CC person would do this for you - i wouldn't hesitate.

 

Good luck

 

Raina

[Paulette3028]

Hi all!

Hoping you can help. We were on Rhapsody of he Seas feb 1st - 11th. We arrived home Tuesday night exhausted, got up Wednesdaymorning and hubby went to go to work, realised his wedding ring was still in the safe onboard Rhapsody! We have called Royal in Sydney and they said they get a lost and found list that night and woul left us know. We called back Thursday morning and his ring was not on the list. We asked them to contact the ship to ask about having the safe rechecked a d the guy in Sydney said he would email. Thursday night we decided to ring the ship ourselves. Spoke to guest services and they checked and said no rings had been found. I asked if it was possible to recheck the safe and they said the room had guests and naturally their privacy policy says not to open guests safes. I asked if they could ask the guests staying in the room to check and his answer is no.

 

The only explanation we have as to where his ring is is the safe. We are guessing it rolled towards the back/sides and he just didn't see it when we checked the safe (he said he forgot to run his hand around like he normally does and it was still dark when we emptied the safe). What can we do??? Does any one have experience in this area? I know there is a cruise critic member onboard who also sailed with us as he is doing a back to back - I have written to him in our roll call thread asking him to contact me and hope he sees it prior to the end of the cruise.

 

Any suggestions? If it was a bracelet or earrings or something I wouldn't worry as much but hubby is very upset about forgetting his wedding ring :(

Thanks in advance!

 

You have been given some very good suggestion already: (1) put in an insurance claim, (2) call the ship directly and ask for the cabin you were in and leave you name and telephone number or email, and explain why you are calling.

 

I would also rethink what you did the morning of departure and during the day of your travel. Isn't it normal for your husband to put on his wedding ring each morning? Wouldn't he have done that before leaving the cabin? Maybe it was misplaced/lost somewhere else? Could he have washed his hands in a washroom in an airport (??) or somewhere else on your trip home?

 

Please don't be angry at me, for posing this scenario.

[Valchie]

Submit a claim to your insurance company.

 

Really? That's your answer? My husband misplaced his wedding ring once, he was way more upset that I ever thought he'd be, and his ring cost a whole $70.00 at the time (thus not insured). It's not the money, goofy. They just want the original back.

[charliegirlac]

Thanks for the suggestions - it did occur to me to ring the cabin directly but I was worried about upsetting someone(and the call to the ship lady night was $100!) hubby definitely didn't put it back in as we both remember having a discussion when we were going to bed the first night. He took off his ring and went to put it on our over the door organiser and I told him to put it in the safe as he wasn't going to wear it all holidays. I will post on the current roll call and hope some one checks

Thanks

[charliegirlac]

Really? That's your answer? My husband misplaced his wedding ring once, he was way more upset that I ever thought he'd be, and his ring cost a whole $70.00 at the time (thus not insured). It's not the money, goofy. They just want the original back.

 

Exactly :) we can't remember exactly how much we paid but it wasn't expensive by today's terms. The phone call to the ship was probably half the recovery price!

[Carolin]

unfortunately, we have all been reading the recovery rate for many years. Getting anything back from lost and found is soso. Sometimes.. Awesome. other times.. not so much. The advice about turning it into insurance seems to be the last result. I really hope you get the ring back.

[edjny]

Another sad story about stuff left in the cabin. Sorry to say, but most likely you will never see it again.

 

This is yet another time to remind everyone to throughly check the cabin before leaving it. On the morning we leave, we put the carry on luggage by the door, turn on all the lights, look in every drawer, cabinet, safe, behind the seat cushions, under the bed and any other nooks. We search everything TWICE before we leave the cabin. Takes about 10 minutes, but we have never lost anything.

 

BTW, we do the same with a hotel room before leaving.

[Sherlock43031]

Call the ship back and ask for the cabin number you stayed in, leave a message for the current occupants with your phone number and or email, and see what happens

 

seems like a plan to me..

[Sherlock43031]

Really? That's your answer? My husband misplaced his wedding ring once, he was way more upset that I ever thought he'd be, and his ring cost a whole $70.00 at the time (thus not insured). It's not the money, goofy. They just want the original back.

 

 

relax..

[foxgoodrich]

I agree with Sherlock…as hard as it is, try to RELAX and hope for the best. I do understand how you feel, though, because I've been in similar situations. Basically, you are grieving a loss. You've pretty much done what can be done. You have made the Lost and Found report. You've called the ship. The only other thing would be to try to communicate with your room steward, but hopefully the GS rep on the ship you talked to will do that. Try to have faith that the person who finds the ring will try to return it!:)

 

Also please know that the Lost and Found reports can run waaaaay behind. If the room steward found the ring, he may not have turned in that report and the ring yet, so the ship L&F might not know it's been found. If a passenger finds the ring in the safe, they might take it to Guest Services and turn it in, or they could do something like send it to Miami after they return home. Who knows? And ultimately I think all the L&F stuff gets sent to Miami. All of this can take time!:(

 

My own experience….Many cruises ago, we found a ring in our safe. It was in the corner, kept upright by the rubber mat on the floor of the safe, and jammed up against the front edge. Only by chance did I find it. I think that ordinary use of the safe - or even ordinary 'checking' of the safe before leaving - would never have found this ring because of where it was. But one night I opened the safe to get a pair of earrings that I had hurriedly stuck in there loose the day before. I found one earring and couldn't find the second one, so I took everything out of the safe, piece by piece looking for that earring. (I am compulsive like that!) I felt every square inch of the inside of the safe - found both my missing earring and a beautiful gold mother's ring with 4 different colored stones jammed up against the front left corner of the safe. We took the ring to Guest Services and talked to a rep. She checked, but could not find that anyone from the last 2 cruises had reported this ring missing. On the last night of the cruise I had to go to GS about something else and happened to get the same rep. She excitedly told me that she had found the woman who had lost the ring and the ring would be returned to her. Evidently it had been in the safe for nearly 3 months.

 

So…don't give up hope. I'm not the only person who's turned in something of value in hopes it can be reunited with its owner. There are lots of us out here who actually care about trying to return something found to its owner.:p

Judy

Edited February 14, 2014 by foxgoodrich

[LA_CA_GAL]

relax..

 

Another thread confirming RCI customer service is beyond pathetic.:rolleyes:

[Valchie]

relax..

 

I'm very relaxed, but I'm not the one that is looking for suggestions to find something precious, or the one reaching out to a board of travelers that might know someone sailing on that ship right now. Calling an insurance company is not the answer she was looking for. That's a no-brainer and certainly the last resort, Sherlock:rolleyes:

[bbiggar]

On our last cruise in January on Carnival Breeze when I was checking the safe before we vacated I found a wedding band in the very front of the safe when I felt around in there. We returned it to guest services and we are hoping they found who it belonged to. I hope you have a nice person who will turn it in as well. I wonder how many cruises passed that the ring sat in that safe that I found. I swept my hands twice in there before I even found it I can see how it could have gotten left behind.

[Sherlock43031]

well certainly another example of no good deed ever goes unpunished.. if finding the ring isn't worth the cost of a telephone to her old room then it certainly isn't worth turning in to her insurance and it certainly isn't worth posting here. wonder why if he wasn't going to wear it the entire cruise he would take it to start with. also wonder why one wouldn't wear his ring the entire cruise? run down to wally world and grab another.

Edited February 14, 2014 by Sherlock43031

[galavant3]

Really? That's your answer? My husband misplaced his wedding ring once, he was way more upset that I ever thought he'd be, and his ring cost a whole $70.00 at the time (thus not insured). It's not the money, goofy. They just want the original back.

 

Exactly! I thought she made it clear when she said if it had been any other piece of jewelry it wouldn't have been as big a deal...that they wanted the ring back for sentimental reasons.

[reedl]

I have been married for over 27 years, and my ring never comes off my finger. If it is not comfortable to wear, why even bring it with you on vacation?

 

I always thought that a wedding ring stayed on the finger at all times.

[bouhunter]

Another thread confirming RCI customer service is beyond pathetic.:rolleyes:

 

If it's that bad have you stopped cruising with them?:rolleyes:

[Cindy]

I have been married for over 27 years, and my ring never comes off my finger. If it is not comfortable to wear, why even bring it with you on vacation?

 

I always thought that a wedding ring stayed on the finger at all times.

 

To each their own...

 

I know my mom never takes hers off. I've been married over 26 years, and the first thing I do when I walk in the door is take off all my jewelry, including my engagement and wedding rings. I just don't like to wear any when I'm just hanging around at home, and I would never sleep or shower in jewelry.

[Dunfer]

My daughter left her wallet in the safe once, and it was overnighted to her immediately. I was just on Brilliance a week or so ago. Halfway through the first night, I realized I had lost my camera. Went to guest services to see if it had been turned in. He asked what kind and color, I told him, he left, came back with my camera, asked me to turn it on, first picture that popped up was of my friend that was standing next to me, so he handed it over. I did have to sign a release form. He said I had left it in the Casino. I asked him if I could get back everything I had left in the Casino. :rolleyes:

[Paulette3028]

I have been married for over 27 years, and my ring never comes off my finger. If it is not comfortable to wear, why even bring it with you on vacation?

 

I always thought that a wedding ring stayed on the finger at all times.

 

I have been married close to 40 years and each day I put on my rings. I take them off the minute I come home, and put them near my pocket book, so that just before I leave the house the rings go back on.

 

I am a creature of habit, but don't like to wear them in the house. If my hands are in soapy water, it is too easy for them to slip off. For me it is uncomfortable sleeping in them.

 

I am so so careful when I am out, and washing my hands with soap, so they don't fall off.

 

But everyone has their own issues.

[Lady Chew]

I don't understand why anyone would put loose jewelry in the safe ... or put loose jewelry down anywhere, for that matter.

 

My wedding ring has never been taken off, but I do remove my engagement & anniversary bands. When I'm at home, they go right into a ring box (I have one in the kitchen as well as in my bedroom) and when I'm on a cruise, they go right into a ring box, which then goes in the bottom of one of my locked suitcases. I never, ever put them down anywhere else.

 

I think the suggestion about contacting the current occupants of the cabin is excellent.