Seaducer Posted November 27, 2019 #1 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Does anyone know why Princess Cruise lines is no longer providing Tux/Suit rentals ? The Tux "rental" web page has been down for weeks, so after a quick call to Princess Cruise lines, I discovered that I have the terribly inconvenient option to rent a tux "locally" and have to carry it on board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruiser_1977 Posted November 27, 2019 #2 Share Posted November 27, 2019 It appears the company that supplied the tuxedos went out of business. This has already been discussed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare c-boy Posted November 27, 2019 #3 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) 😕 unfortunately we were inform by a fellow cc'er, that the web site supplier for Princess as well as other cruise lines filed chapter 7. Plan B' is in play now. Edited November 27, 2019 by c-boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2ferfun Posted November 27, 2019 #4 Share Posted November 27, 2019 This service was not provided by Princess, it was an outside company that Princess contracted with. That outside company went bankrupt. 😞 I always liked the convenience of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare grouchomarx Posted November 27, 2019 #5 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Why can't Princess just contract a different company? Was this the only tux rental place in the universe? Seems pretty stupid they haven't solved the problem or updated their website to keep passengers informed. If you're not reading CC you're not going to know what's up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruin Steve Posted November 27, 2019 #6 Share Posted November 27, 2019 The same company provided this service for most, if not all, cruise lines. However, over the last few years, things have changed...Oceania and Azamara never instituted formal nights, NCL, then Celebrity, stopped having them... and, on the few cruise lines that still have formal nights, fewer and fewer people have dressed in formal wear. Many people have taken to dressing down a bit from true formal--maybe a suit...or just a sports coat...Many just ignore the thing altogether. Cruise lines have become more lax in enforcement. With the number of potential customers having dwindled so much, the business model no longer works. For me, I've just dropped the idea of packing my own tux...or renting one (which I used to do often due to airline baggage limits and other logistics. Now I just pack black slacks and a black sports coat...and I still find myself appearing more "formal" than 80% of the men onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franktown Posted November 27, 2019 #7 Share Posted November 27, 2019 This company provided Tuxes for almost all cruise lines and suddenly went bankrupt. Not very easy to find a company that will provide all the services this company did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruin Steve Posted November 27, 2019 #8 Share Posted November 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, grouchomarx said: Why can't Princess just contract a different company? Was this the only tux rental place in the universe? Groucho...there is NO other company. It was a unique business model. The model required the company to own thousands and thousands of tuxedos in all possible sizes...and to keep that stock on ships going out of ports all over the world. Then, they had to have an employee stationed on every ship to handle errors, exchanges, last minute alterations and more. As the number of cruise lines--and, hence, the number of ships, went down...and the number of customers on each ship decreased, it no longer supported the cost of the inventory and the cost of the employee. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare c-boy Posted November 27, 2019 #9 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I do believe I didn't get that memo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted November 27, 2019 #10 Share Posted November 27, 2019 12 minutes ago, Bruin Steve said: Groucho...there is NO other company. It was a unique business model. The model required the company to own thousands and thousands of tuxedos in all possible sizes...and to keep that stock on ships going out of ports all over the world. Then, they had to have an employee stationed on every ship to handle errors, exchanges, last minute alterations and more. As the number of cruise lines--and, hence, the number of ships, went down...and the number of customers on each ship decreased, it no longer supported the cost of the inventory and the cost of the employee. I also think that the increasing number of pax who don't dress formally on formal nights added to the increasing number of cruise lines that no longer do formal nights played a large role. Those who cruise so they can dress up often have their own tailored tuxes. (Buggy whips?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare grouchomarx Posted November 27, 2019 #11 Share Posted November 27, 2019 Well this certainly drove us to the decision to not be "formal" on formal nights, as packing a tux is not something we want to do. We'll still dress nicely but no tux and no super fancy dress for me. I suspect a lot of people will go the same route. Packing a tux takes up a huge amount of suitcase real estate, it's just not worth it. So interesting to learn there really was only one company doing this! Who knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jwattle Posted November 27, 2019 #12 Share Posted November 27, 2019 We still like the tux approach 😄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissP22 Posted November 27, 2019 #13 Share Posted November 27, 2019 4 hours ago, grouchomarx said: Well this certainly drove us to the decision to not be "formal" on formal nights, as packing a tux is not something we want to do. We'll still dress nicely but no tux and no super fancy dress for me. I suspect a lot of people will go the same route. Packing a tux takes up a huge amount of suitcase real estate, it's just not worth it. So interesting to learn there really was only one company doing this! Who knew. Same here. We gave up the silly dress clothes years ago & stick with the comfortable casual style for all our cruises. It makes things so much easier for travel. A quick look around the DR on formal night tells you exactly why the company is no longer in business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare c-boy Posted November 27, 2019 #14 Share Posted November 27, 2019 I agree no point in making any effort to pack a jacket and tie on a three day cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted November 28, 2019 #15 Share Posted November 28, 2019 11 hours ago, c-boy said: I agree no point in making any effort to pack a jacket and tie on a three day cruise. Three day cruises do not have a formal evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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