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Can anyone tell Me about Cruising standby
Ok , I got the bug, going down Biscayne seeing all those ships docked
there, Im ready, who can tell me about cruising standby and how much do you actually save? Any input will be used and Thank you in advance. Tom Foley |
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Can anyone tell Me about Cruising standby
It simply is not done.
Jim "Tom Foley" wrote in message om... Ok , I got the bug, going down Biscayne seeing all those ships docked there, Im ready, who can tell me about cruising standby and how much do you actually save? Any input will be used and Thank you in advance. Tom Foley |
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Can anyone tell Me about Cruising standby
No such thing. Not even a late booking within 72 hours of cruise. Passenger
manifests must be wired to the feds for security checks now. |
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Can anyone tell Me about Cruising standby
Stand By as showing up at the dock and getting a cruise isn't going to
happen, don't think there ever was such a thing. There are last minute cruises with a few weeks or even days notice, any travel agent can hook you up with those, but not same day. "Tom Foley" wrote in message om... Ok , I got the bug, going down Biscayne seeing all those ships docked there, Im ready, who can tell me about cruising standby and how much do you actually save? Any input will be used and Thank you in advance. Tom Foley |
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Can anyone tell Me about Cruising standby
Tom Foley wrote:
Ok , I got the bug, going down Biscayne seeing all those ships docked there, Im ready, who can tell me about cruising standby and how much do you actually save? Any input will be used and Thank you in advance. Tom Foley Take a look at http://www.vacationstogo.com They have a whole listing of cruises sailing within the next 90 days, and you can book through them or any agent. You won't be able to book a ship right before sailing anymore (as you could before 9-11); but you will see some very good deals on cruises departing 3 to 7 days away. Howie |
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Can anyone tell Me about Cruising standby
About two weeks ago, I posted an offer I had gotten directly from Princess. A
last minute deal that was mailed out 52 1/2 hours before the ship was to leave. I posted the facts about that offer and the 72 hour rule and never got a answer from anyone. As far as last minute deals, here in Los Angeles, MANY years ago there was a travel show on the radio. Every couple of weeks they would have a live event where everyone who showed up was to have a packed suitcase. At the end of the show, there was a drawing and the "winner" was taken down to the docks and got directly on a ship for a seven nighter. Now it's a given the cabin was "booked" in advance, but there could be no way pax information could be available. I therefore beleive it was possible to show up at the last minute and get a cabin. "Anything that doesn't kill you,,,,,,,just hurts a hell of a lot" JLP20 |
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Odysseus wrote:
In article , says... No such thing. Not even a late booking within 72 hours of cruise. Passenger manifests must be wired to the feds for security checks now. I have heard that it is not a hard and fast requirement. The TSA may prefer it but it is not mandated. Why is a cruise different that a flight? I can go to the airport at the last minute and buy a ticket to go out of the US. The TSA allows that. Good point, man. Howie |
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Can anyone tell Me about Cruising standby
On Mon, 03 May 2004 23:22:19 GMT, Odysseus wrote:
In article , says... No such thing. Not even a late booking within 72 hours of cruise. Passenger manifests must be wired to the feds for security checks now. I have heard that it is not a hard and fast requirement. The TSA may prefer it but it is not mandated. Why is a cruise different that a flight? I can go to the airport at the last minute and buy a ticket to go out of the US. The TSA allows that. Their is a "Maritime Transportation Security Act" in addition to the TSA. However, that said, to my knowledge neither of them requires that passenger manifests be delivered to the U.S. Gov't 72 hours before a cruise ship departs. There may be something buried in the Federal Register somewhere but I don't know about it. It really wouldn't make sense (not that making sense is a requirement of laws) to have a longer lead time for a cruise, which is less susceptible to terrorist attack. A cruise just seems less dangerous to me. I'd rather be on a sinking ship than a crashing airliner, and it's a lot harder to sink a ship anyway. I guess you could try to run it over a reef at high speed. I'd rather be in the path of a terrorist-controlled cruise ship than an aircraft. And a cruise ship would be a hell of a lot harder for terrorists to take over. Mason Barge "If this is coffee, please bring me some tea. If this is tea, please bring me some coffee." -- Abraham Lincoln |
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