Insufficient blank passport pages has become a big issue on the current Mariner World Cruise.
Even though all passengers met Regent's requirements for blank pages at the beginning of the cruise in Miami, it turns out that 24 people (according to one person who is affected) did not have at this point the 6 blank pages South Africa requires. It seems that some of the countries we've visited have used more than expected (Vietnam has been mentioned but I don't know if that's the case).
South Africa won't clear the ship--we are due to arrive in a few days--unless everyone on board can be cleared, even if they're not disembarking. So------
Yesterday the 24 people disembarked in Mahe, Seychelles, to fly to Doha, Qatar, to get their extra pages, all at Regent expense btw. They are missing Madagascar, Comoros, and Mozambique.
So my advice--always have more pages than Regent specifies.
