Scales at staircases

[sail7seas]

The travel luggage scales are sold at Bed, bath and Beyond for $10 and under, Many to choose from

including samsonite. Mine is quite accurate old on line and in their brick and mortar.

[Typhoon1]

Very inaccurate. I stood on one in February. It showed me gaining 11 lbs. Upon returning, I ended up at the hospital for gall bladder surgery. Those extra pounds had disappeared.

[baggal]

Goodness what are you all carrying in your luggage? I have this enormous rolling duffel bag, and even when I've had it packed to capacity it didn't exceed the airline weight limits.

 

 

 

Shoes, and more shoes.

 

 

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[sail7seas]

Very inaccurate. I stood on one in February. It showed me gaining 11 lbs. Upon returning, I ended up at the hospital for gall bladder surgery. Those extra pounds had disappeared.

 

 

Hope you are feeling great having been rid of that 11 lb gall bladder.

[Sea girl 23]

I've seen them in the Atrium area on some ships, but didn't think they were on all decks at that time. Mine are usually too heavy for me to drag to the scale anyway (but always under the airline limit).

 

Same.I'm always under the airline limit and am the envy of my family.

(Yes,even for 2 week cruises and especially my European cruise where I was in Rome for a few days beforehand)

[Globehoppers]

There are buttons on the scales to choose your airline and whether you are flying domestic or international. If you are under limit, it prints out a coupon telling you how much duty free liquor or close out t-shirts you can buy in the onboard shops.

 

My spouse is into Swiss chocolate in Duty Free. Stuff on the ships is usually stale.

[Haboob]

Captain Albert's blog today said that HAL is putting scales at each staircase on every deck on the last day of a cruise to check your luggage weight.

 

Is this new or have I not noticed them? I honestly have never looked and by the last day am sadly pretty much using elevators exclusively as muscles hurt from walking miles each day.

 

If so, what a great idea. A few times we have been doing the suitcase shuffle at the airport to keep them all under 50 pounds.

 

He did say that some use them for intended use and usually groan :D

 

Port of Seattle's "Port Valet" program waives overweight fees on baggage all the way to your

last domestic airport -- Customs gets a veto on your use because it also waives having to

present your luggage for customs inspection.

 

They don't charge for the program, but do collect overweight-waived baggage fees for the

airlines.

 

PS: it also gives your airline boarding passes in your stateroom the night before debarkation

[Typhoon1]

Hope you are feeling great having been rid of that 11 lb gall bladder.

 

That weight was taken prior to the removal.