Krazy Kruizers Posted July 23, 2007 #1 Share Posted July 23, 2007 How soon do you fill out your luggage tags? The minutes you get your documents? A couple of weeks before you sail? Or do you wait until you are ready to go the ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh2zed Posted July 23, 2007 #2 Share Posted July 23, 2007 If we are doing a precruise then they go on the night before we head to the pier. If we are flying to the embarkation port for same day departure then they go on after we are packed at home, typically the night before. We worry about them getting ripped off in transit. We only fill in our last name and cabin number, never any address info.:D :) :D :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May4 Posted July 23, 2007 #3 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Filling out my luggage tag is something I generally to do on the evening before we leave. I slap it on my suitcase which I then wrestle to the front door area and I'm ready to roll out in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 23, 2007 Author #4 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I always wait until the night before we go to the ship as we are always staying in a hotel. Gives me something to do while having a cocktail and watching TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhannah Posted July 23, 2007 #5 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I fill ours out as soon as we get them! I can't wait any longer. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted July 23, 2007 #6 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I fill out ours a few weeks before we go. I still complete the Immigration Form that comes in the documents rather than doing it on line so I do all of it at the same time. I usually only put our name, telephone number and cabin number on the luggage tags. Seeing as I don't leave them on the luggage when we go to the airport, no reason to fill out address and flight numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo Cruiser Posted July 23, 2007 #7 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I fill them out right away. The minute they are in my grubby little paws. Somehow it is another task I can do which means the cruise is coming closer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candy Posted July 23, 2007 #8 Share Posted July 23, 2007 We put our name, business address and cell phone # on the tags the night before we leave. When we get to the pier, we ask the steward to check the manifest to see if we have been upgraded to the Penthouse. If not, we write down the cabin #, attach to luggage, donate $2 per bag to the Longshoremen's Under-reported Income Fund and go check in. Candy the ZuiderPrincess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted July 23, 2007 #9 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Candy :D How do you think they buy all those Lexus and fancy cars we see parked on the docks? :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 23, 2007 Author #10 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I do print our immigration forms on line. I don;t have any problems with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHayesShip Posted July 23, 2007 #11 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I do it within a day or so of when I get the documents. I take the hour or so to sit down and go through everything in the packet and get everything filled out online and in writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puddles'n splashes Posted July 23, 2007 #12 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I fill everthing out right away just to get that job done and then double check all the info. When we fly in the day before, I put the tags on in the hotel. Krazy Kruisers, i see you are doing the Panamerica on Nov. 20th. Do visit the roll call board. It is rather quiet.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agabbymama Posted July 23, 2007 #13 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I received my documents on the 12th of July for my cruisetour on the 18th of August. I have already completed my husband's and my luggage tags. The male friend travelling with us came over on Saturday and we completed his. I will go to my sister-in-laws on Sunday and get hers done. One set of tags will go on the luggage when we leave home. The second set will go on them the last night on the cruise in preparation for the land tour. But all tags are completed. So by the 29th we will have everything done, just have to wait for the 18th to arrive. Even started packing yesterday. Have some last minute items to buy but for the most part, packing is complete too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted July 23, 2007 #14 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Very impressed how organized you are. Great you don't have to think about anything except getting excited to go!!! Have a great time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic The Parrot Posted July 23, 2007 #15 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Always the nite before if I'm staying in a hotel in the departure port. Like Yonnie mentioned, it's something to do before turning in (that is, if I can get to sleep with all the excitement bubbling thru me ..... :D ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaSharp Posted July 23, 2007 #16 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I usually fill it out the night before, too, but I ALWAYS use a Sharpie. Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 24, 2007 Author #17 Share Posted July 24, 2007 puddles'n splashes I'll get over there one of these days. Too soon for me to check in on a roll call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 24, 2007 Author #18 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I also use a Sharpie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osiebosie Posted July 24, 2007 #19 Share Posted July 24, 2007 The day I get mine from the TA, and then the minute I get home and after I've fed all four pets and hung up my cell phone and checked messages... ...then I anticipatedly (is that a word?) sit and go through each and every page of everything and fill out everything there is to fill out. It's so exciting! And, if my bags were packed and ready to go (sounds like a song to me) I'd be attaching them to the luggage. But, in reality, they are not packed yet, and besides, I don't put them on until right before the cruise since we always fly on our own or drive. But I WOULD IF I COULD, cause it makes it that much closer!!! :) Still waiting on those docs so I can do the dance! Shay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May4 Posted July 24, 2007 #20 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I also use a Sharpie!!! Me three on the Sharpie.:) It makes a bold statement, don't you think. And I can see it without my reading glasses! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissWindyCity Posted July 24, 2007 #21 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Nothing beats a Sharpie! On my recent cruise, I filled out the luggage tags as soon as they arrived (with Names and Cabin Numbers Only!) and tucked them into the HAL document folder. I attached them all to our luggage at the port before boarding to avoid them getting torn off in transit prior! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slotl Posted July 24, 2007 #22 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I fill out the luggage tag as soon as I receive my "packet" of goodies. I do NOT attach them to my luggage until the night before (or the morning of) going to the pier. With US TSA and "unlocked" luggage, I do not want to advertise that I am going on a cruise. A friend of mine had most of the electronics he packed stolen at Charles DeGaule Airport (Paris, France). I know we are all very excited to be going on a cruise, but be VERY CAREFUL of the airlines and how they treat the contents of UNLOCKED luggage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kruizers Posted July 24, 2007 Author #23 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I don't even put our home address on the regular luggage tags -- don't want the airlines to know where we live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WillieF Posted July 24, 2007 #24 Share Posted July 24, 2007 DH does the honors. Tags are tied on in the hotel for transport to the ship the following morning.. Don't forget to leave an itinerary inside your luggage. We don't ever show the home address! - just a business card and cell numbers. We carry scans of our passports and a couple of extra pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissWindyCity Posted July 24, 2007 #25 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I don't even put our home address on the regular luggage tags -- don't want the airlines to know where we live. Don't forget to leave an itinerary inside your luggage. We don't ever show the home address! - just a business card and cell numbers. We carry scans of our passports and a couple of extra pictures. I don't use my home address either. On my regular luggage tags..I either insert my business card or fill in my office address with cell phone number. The itinerary in your luggage and scan of your passport is a good idea....I have to remember to do that next time. Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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