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Please read the post I quoted. It was talking about Celebrity's policy. The picture of their "compass", said the yellow towels left in your room are to go off the ship, the grey ones are for the pool. Since cruisers don't have to check out the grey towels, how would they know to charge if you left it on the beach?

Wonder what happens if you take a pool towel ashore with you.

That link isn't rules or laws. If you go to the page in the link, it also includes: * Always carry your passport book with you * Always get trip insurance (covering medical and evacuation emergencies). Care to try again?

Just confirming... you can check in everyone in your party if the reservations are linked?

I did. Maybe read the entire post? OK. Please quote or screenshot the Royal web page that says you MUST have 6 months left on your passport on all open loop cruises. Thats all I'm asking for. No one has been able to provide it.

As in, what words does Royal use to REQUIRE passports w/6 month before expiration? A "recommendation" is NOT a "requirement". If it was, the "dress code in MDR" threads would be a lot shorter. That's the issue in the OP. Not that he doesn't have PP, but there's not 6 months left on them.

Who is "they", and what's the language?

The issue is flying from San Juan back to the US. So, I went here: https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-980?language=en_US The Department of State issues U.S. passports to traveling U.S. citizens. The passport allows you access to U.S. consular services and assistance while abroad. U.S. Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR's) who travel directly from U.S. territories to the United States, which include American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands without touching at a foreign port or place, are not required to present a valid U.S. Passport or U.S. Green Card. I read that as a passport isn't even required. If the passport isn't required, then the six month "recommendation" doesn't matter. This is assuming they're US citizens of course.

The app on my tablet (Samsung Galaxy Tab 4) told me I needed to update a couple of weeks ago. Went to the Play Store, only choice was to uninstall. Still not available for that device (when I go to the Play Store via computer, only device I can install on is my phone). Regarding the password fun, because of what I read here, I tried the app, no good on the password. Try on the computer, no good on the password. Change password to the exact same one (already had a capital, a number, and eight characters), and all is good. Can log in to web and app.

Good for you? Bottom line is what I judge on. I don't care about OBC if I can save money on the Cruise. Without knowing what your TA would have offered for our particular cruise, we dont know if they get you a better deal.

And I'm supposed to know that how? 😉 That's why I said "more precise", not "precise". If someone tells me to do something in "90 days", I'm going to think "3 months". Obviously it can be off by a couple of days, but it's a quick (and fairly accurate) guess. And of course those are "months in advance also". 😉

90 days (normal PiF date, isn't it?) *IS* "months in advance". Three to be more precise.

My recent horror story... Final payment due 4/14. I'm going to be on the road for business, and decide to pay (to my TA) last Sunday (3/31). I use their online form and submit the payment (not expecting it to go through until Monday, but that's fine). Three reservations, so three payments. No big deal. Sunday night, I get a notification from my CC that one charge went through (but not for the full amount of any of the rooms), two were declined (more in a moment), and another charge was questioned. The two that were declined were because of "wrong virtual card" numbers. I use virtual card numbers for any orders online. They're locked in to just that vendor. The one charge that went through was to Royal, the declined charges were to the TA. OK, create a virtual card for the TA, fill out the forms again. Now charges go through for the TA, not for Royal. I ended up having to do partial payments and make sure I put the TA amount on it's card, and Royal's amount on it's card. Took me until Wednesday(?). I will NEVER wait until the day before, much less the day of final payment. You just never know. Now, I know people are screaming "why is the TA charging you extra! I'd never use them again!". All I can tell you, is even with their "extra charges", they saved us over $1K on the trip (may have been more, I'm not sure when I was price shopping if Royal was including gratuities in their total). I don't care who gets my money, I'm trying to find the most cost effective deal.

Wonder if he didn't have a choice on the topic. TPTB said "you've never been on a cruise! We'll pay for one and you write about it!"

I was assuming you meant "dock", but also thought "if that's an actual nautical word, it's REALLY funny".