Luggage express ques, Oosterdam/Vancouver

[luv cruising 007]

I will be debarking from the OOSTERDAM in Vancouver & I have a 5:50pm flight. I DONT want to carry my luggage around since I want to tour Vancouver as well! Does HAL have a luggage express option where they check your luggage straight to the plane for a fee? Or is there a place I can rent space for my luggage for a few hours on the way to the airport? Any answers from fellow CC members will be a big help & thank you in advance! Also I forgot any reccomendations for tours or things to do in Vancouver on debark day?

[Krazy Kruizers]

this is what i found about luggage direct -- looks as though you will have to contact your ta and have him/her call hal:

Luggage Direct:

Flight after 11:30 AM for Ft Lauderdale

Flight after 2 PM for Miami

 

$19 per person up to bags

 

You must disembark and proceed to the terminal between 7:30 and 8:15 AM.

 

AirTran Airways

American

Delta

United

Jet Blue

Continental

US Airways

Southwest

Of course you still have to pay whatever your airline charges for each piece of luggage you checkin with them.

 

And now keep in mind that US Airways will be charging an extra $90 for each piece of luggage that is over 50 pounds.

from HAL's web site:

Holland America Line is offering Luggage Direct in:

 

• Fort Lauderdale
  
• Los Angeles
  
• Seattle
  
• San Diego
  
• Vancouver (on select dates only)
  
• Tampa
  

 

On the following fourteen (14) vessels only:

 

• ms Amsterdam
  
• ms Eurodam
  
• ms Oosterdam
  
• ms Maasdam
  
• ms Nieuw Amsterdam
  
• ms Noordam
  
• ms Ryndam
  
• ms Rotterdam
  
• ms Statendam
  
• ms Veendam
  
• ms Volendam
  
• ms Westerdam
  
• ms Zaandam
  
• ms Zuiderdam
  

 

Please note the following general information about Luggage Direct:

 

• Cost is $19 per person at all ports
  
• Airline assessed baggage fees will be applied to guests' onboard account - fees vary by airline and all pricing is communicated directly from the airline to our partner company, BAGS, Inc. These fees are collected onboard and are then distributed to the airlines.
  
• Guests are able to check no more than 2 pieces of luggage per person.
  
• Upgrade Requests, Seat Assignment Requests, and Flight Changes cannot be accommodated onboard.
  
• There are restrictions established for each homeport city.
  
• Restrictions include: participating airlines, earliest and latest flight times, and citizenship requirements.
  
• All flights must be Domestic (inclusive of U.S. Territories).
  
• In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada all flights must be bound for the U.S.
  

[luv cruising 007]

this is what i found about luggage direct -- looks as though you will have to contact your ta and have him/her call hal:

 

Luggage Direct:

Flight after 11:30 AM for Ft Lauderdale

Flight after 2 PM for Miami

 

$19 per person up to bags

 

You must disembark and proceed to the terminal between 7:30 and 8:15 AM.

 

AirTran Airways

American

Delta

United

Jet Blue

Continental

US Airways

Southwest

 

Of course you still have to pay whatever your airline charges for each piece of luggage you checkin with them.

 

And now keep in mind that US Airways will be charging an extra $90 for each piece of luggage that is over 50 pounds.

 

from HAL's web site:

Holland America Line is offering Luggage Direct in:

 

 

• Fort Lauderdale
  
• Los Angeles
  
• Seattle
  
• San Diego
  
• Vancouver (on select dates only)
  
• Tampa
  

On the following fourteen (14) vessels only:

 

 

• ms Amsterdam
  
• ms Eurodam
  
• ms Oosterdam
  
• ms Maasdam
  
• ms Nieuw Amsterdam
  
• ms Noordam
  
• ms Ryndam
  
• ms Rotterdam
  
• ms Statendam
  
• ms Veendam
  
• ms Volendam
  
• ms Westerdam
  
• ms Zaandam
  
• ms Zuiderdam
  

Please note the following general information about Luggage Direct:

 

 

• Cost is $19 per person at all ports
  
• Airline assessed baggage fees will be applied to guests' onboard account - fees vary by airline and all pricing is communicated directly from the airline to our partner company, BAGS, Inc. These fees are collected onboard and are then distributed to the airlines.
  
• Guests are able to check no more than 2 pieces of luggage per person.
  
• Upgrade Requests, Seat Assignment Requests, and Flight Changes cannot be accommodated onboard.
  
• There are restrictions established for each homeport city.
  
• Restrictions include: participating airlines, earliest and latest flight times, and citizenship requirements.
  
• All flights must be Domestic (inclusive of U.S. Territories).
  
• In Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada all flights must be bound for the U.S.
  

 

 

Awesome thanx I will be on the phone with HAL hope my sailing is included! "Airlines" the nice version they are "gremlins" with all those extra baggage fees:p $19 is not bad at all & I would love to debark early because i got to tour vancouver, it looks so beautiful! & again thanx for the help & being my 1st HAL cruise cruise critic members really make the trip more informative & better