Distant Foreign Port Question - Vancouver

[blondie from arizona]

I have 2 B2Bs that I am looking at but not sure about that distant foreign port rule. Can anyone give me some insight?

 

Jewel 5/16

San Diego, California; Catalina Island, California; San Francisco, California; Victoria, British Columbia; Vancouver, British Columbia

Jewel 5/22

Vancouver; Alaska Inside Passage; Juneau, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska; Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska; Victoria, British Columbia; Seattle

 

OR

Radiance Vancouver to Seward and then Seward to Vancouver, several options on dates

 

Thanks for the help.

[Clarea]

I have 2 B2Bs that I am looking at but not sure about that distant foreign port rule. Can anyone give me some insight?

 

Jewel 5/16

San Diego, California; Catalina Island, California; San Francisco, California; Victoria, British Columbia; Vancouver, British Columbia

Jewel 5/22

Vancouver; Alaska Inside Passage; Juneau, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska; Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska; Victoria, British Columbia; Seattle

 

OR

Radiance Vancouver to Seward and then Seward to Vancouver, several options on dates

 

Thanks for the help.

There's no problem with the Radiance cruises because they begin in a non-US port.

 

The Jewel B2B would violate the PVSA.

[cruisenfever]

I have 2 B2Bs that I am looking at but not sure about that distant foreign port rule. Can anyone give me some insight?

 

Jewel 5/16

San Diego, California; Catalina Island, California; San Francisco, California; Victoria, British Columbia; Vancouver, British Columbia

Jewel 5/22

Vancouver; Alaska Inside Passage; Juneau, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska; Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska; Victoria, British Columbia; Seattle

 

OR

Radiance Vancouver to Seward and then Seward to Vancouver, several options on dates

 

Thanks for the help.

As Bob has said, the b2b on Radiance is fine. We've done that b2b and it's a wonderful trip all the way up to Seward.

 

The first b2b would be in violation of the PVSA act because you are beginning your cruise in one US port and ending in a different US port.

[FLACRUISER99]

I agree with everyone.

 

 

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[cruisenfever]

I agree with everyone.

 

 

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Oh, I feel so much better!!!:D:D;):p

[Clarea]

Oh, I feel so much better!!!:D:D;):p

Patti, I like your new hairdo.:)

[cruisenfever]

Patti, I like your new hairdo.:)

And the make-up??:p

[FLACRUISER99]

Oh, I feel so much better!!!:D:D;):p

It doesn't happen to often.

I agree with everyone

Edited October 13, 2014 by FLACRUISER99

[ahecht]

If you actually read the PVSA (and I'm not recommending that you do), a distant foreign port is defined as any port not in North America, Central America, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and all of the Caribbean (except Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao). On the west coast, common distant foreign ports are Manta, Ecuador, Lima, Peru, and Fanning Island, Kiribati. If you start in one US port and end in another, you have to stop in one of those distant foreign ports or it is a violation.

[negc]

If you actually read the PVSA (and I'm not recommending that you do), a distant foreign port is defined as any port not in North America, Central America, Bermuda, the Bahamas, and all of the Caribbean (except Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao). On the west coast, common distant foreign ports are Manta, Ecuador, Lima, Peru, and Fanning Island, Kiribati. If you start in one US port and end in another, you have to stop in one of those distant foreign ports or it is a violation.

 

Thanks for that list. I knew that Aruba, Curaçao and Bonaire qualified but wasn't sure about what western ports filled the bill, though I knew that Vancouver did not meet the definition. :)

[blondie from arizona]

Thanks for the information. Glad we didn't bid for those 2 weeks off and really mess up our entire 2015 vacation. That would have made me really grumpy and sad. As usual, I find out the best information on Cruise Critic!!!