A cruise without luggage...help?

No, they are not. Just like if they sell you airfare, they are not liable
for problems there. It's why they farm it out, so they are just sub
contractors and that's that. You have no recourse against the cruise line
if the shuttle company, contracted by the cruise line or not, lost the
luggage.


"Paul Eichelberg" wrote in message
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If the cruise line is selling you their service, they are liable for
the errors.

"Paul Eichelberg" wrote in message
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Tony Rice wrote:

No, that's one major reason they are contracted by the cruise line. To
limit liability.

If the cruise line is selling you their service, they are liable for
the errors.

Paul,

As Ray mentioned, the OP did not state it was a RCI contracted shuttle. And
having been on 7 RCI shuttles, something doesn't seem right hear.

Jeff

"Jeff H" wrote in message
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"Paul Eichelberg" wrote in message
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Tony Rice wrote:

No, that's one major reason they are contracted by the cruise line. To
limit liability.

If the cruise line is selling you their service, they are liable for
the errors.

Paul,

As Ray mentioned, the OP did not state it was a RCI contracted shuttle.
And
having been on 7 RCI shuttles, something doesn't seem right hear.

Jeff


.....or even here :-).

Jeff

Subject: A cruise without luggage...help?
From: "Pete"

When they left the shuttle and asked
about their luggage, the driver said that it would follow them to the ship.
Well, it got loaded on the Millenium instead.

I ALWAYS watch as they unload those shuttle buses.
I have caught them taking my bags off the bus where they didn't belong, a
number of times.
Wrong airport terminal, wrong rental car kiosk, wrong cruise ship dock.
My luggage has brightly colored tags on it, so it's easier to spot.
Whenever they are unloading bags, I simply watch out the window to make sure
some $5/hr. idiot doesn't separate me from all my stuff.

I'm kinda dumbfounded. We were obviously hoping this would be a trip of a
lifetime for them, but it's turning into a disaster.

If they are the "go-with-the-flow" types, they will have a great time in spite
of the lost bags.
Ya pull out your plastic, buy whatever you need, and worry about the expense
later.... and just enjoy the cruise.
They should be able to re-claim their bags after the cruise.... as soon as the
Millenium gets back with their luggage aboard.

"Pete" wrote in
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The shuttle from the airport to the ship was making two stops, one to
the Radiance of the Seas (their ship), and one to the Millenium (not
sure whose cruise line that's affiliated with). When they left the
shuttle and asked about their luggage, the driver said that it would
follow them to the ship. Well, it got loaded on the Millenium instead.

After rereading the post, I wonder seriously if the bags were put on the
Millenium as they would have tags for Radiance. It would be more likely
that the bags were not put on the ship but are beign held. But then weirder
things have happened and yes bags do get lost often. I was on a 12 day
cruise with several Europeans whose bags were left behind. They made do,
bought new, and you wouldn't believe what one woman could do with scarves.

Seems a lot of people don't look under the bed when packing.

Or in drawers My daughter left all of her bathing suits and cover-ups on the
Grand.

~ Patty

Paul Eichelberg wrote in
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"Mike Cordelli" wrote:

No, they are not.

A lawyer might disagree.

They can disagree all they want, it's getting the judge to agree that's
the trick.

Next time you have furniture delivered, notice the name on the top of the
form. It may have the logo of the furniture store (as the truck probably
does as well) but if you look at the business name, it may be similar to
the furniture company's name but it wont be exactly the same because they
are different companies.

This is done to shield the company from liability. If one of their
trucks (or one of the cruise shuttle busses) gets in a horrible accident,
the liability could wipe out the parent company. With a dummy
corporation setup like this, you liquidate the company, and start up a
new one. Right or wrong this is the way it's done.

I'd be willing to bet that all those Disney Cruise Line busses running
back and forth between MCO and Port Canaveral aren't owned by the Walt
Disney Company. They might even be owned by somebody like Mears. All
those busses running around the WDW resort probably aren't directly owned
by Disney either, anybody know?

From: Tony Rice

This is done to shield the company from liability. If one of their
trucks (or one of the cruise shuttle busses) gets in a horrible accident,
the liability could wipe out the parent company. With a dummy
corporation setup like this, you liquidate the company, and start up a
new one. Right or wrong this is the way it's done.

So true in very many areas ... My company actually has several separate and
distinct corporations simply for those reasons ... The transportation company,
the company that sells to the food industry and two for normal business
transactions ...
The liability costs associated with transportation and food are huge ... and
unless liability is limited ... either by law or forming a separate company ...
we and many more like us could not even be in the business ...




Be seeing you
In the Village
Number 6

Cool Mike, I didn't realize you could put your clothing up for "bet" in the
ship's casino.

Every time I go to the Casino I lose my shirt. :-)
Tracy

Tracy Cross wrote:

Cool Mike, I didn't realize you could put your clothing up for "bet" in the

ship's casino.

Every time I go to the Casino I lose my shirt. :-)
Tracy

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