Charles4515 Posted August 15, 2022 #51 Share Posted August 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, Mum2Mercury said: Also, though it's a small point, the actual length of usefulness is 9 1/2 years. If you read the cruise line's documents -- I did -- they will not let you board with a passport that's expiring within the next 6 months. That is not true. Only for some destinations is 6 months required. All you need for most North American destinations is a valid passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mum2Mercury Posted August 15, 2022 #52 Share Posted August 15, 2022 1 minute ago, Charles4515 said: That is not true. Only for some destinations is 6 months required. All you need for most North American destinations is a valid passport. Royal Caribbean's travel documents, page 3: Important Travel Requirements Royal Caribbean International highly recommends that all guests travel with a valid passport and that the passport expiration date not occur within six (6) months following the voyage termination date. For more information on passport requirements, visa requirements, inoculation/health and family travel document requirements, please review the Travel Document page(s) within this booklet. Might they allow you to board with an expiring-soon passport? Maybe, but I would rather have a solid birth certificate + driver's license instead of an almost-gone passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkacmom Posted August 15, 2022 #53 Share Posted August 15, 2022 5 minutes ago, Mum2Mercury said: Royal Caribbean's travel documents, page 3: Important Travel Requirements Royal Caribbean International highly recommends that all guests travel with a valid passport and that the passport expiration date not occur within six (6) months following the voyage termination date. For more information on passport requirements, visa requirements, inoculation/health and family travel document requirements, please review the Travel Document page(s) within this booklet. Might they allow you to board with an expiring-soon passport? Maybe, but I would rather have a solid birth certificate + driver's license instead of an almost-gone passport. They will absolutely let you board with an almost expired passport if the ports allow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted August 15, 2022 #54 Share Posted August 15, 2022 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Mum2Mercury said: Might they allow you to board with an expiring-soon passport? Maybe, but I would rather have a solid birth certificate + driver's license instead of an almost-gone passport. They will let you board as long as it is not expired if your cruise is to a port that allows it. A lot have done that including me. And think about the illogic that a birth certificate and DL is better than a valid passport.....It is better not to wait until the last minute but I had travel stacked so I had to plan my renewal so that I had a passport in hand for a bunch of travel. Edited August 15, 2022 by Charles4515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinfanatic Posted August 15, 2022 #55 Share Posted August 15, 2022 2 hours ago, Mum2Mercury said: Royal Caribbean's travel documents, page 3: Important Travel Requirements Royal Caribbean International highly recommends that all guests travel with a valid passport and that the passport expiration date not occur within six (6) months following the voyage termination date. For more information on passport requirements, visa requirements, inoculation/health and family travel document requirements, please review the Travel Document page(s) within this booklet. Might they allow you to board with an expiring-soon passport? Maybe, but I would rather have a solid birth certificate + driver's license instead of an almost-gone passport. No one going on a closed loop cruise needs a passpot that doesn't expire for 6 months. Always been this way. Some countries require the 6 months if you fly there, not cruise there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matj2000 Posted August 16, 2022 #56 Share Posted August 16, 2022 3 hours ago, Mum2Mercury said: Why doesn't any 16 year old have a license? Things really have changed over the last -- decade? -- or so. From a high school teacher: - Our schools charge for Driver's Ed now, and that fee is a real problem for some kids. - Driver's Ed is after school. More parents are working longer hours /second jobs, and some of them can't provide pick-up for that after-school class. - It's harder to get a seat in Driver's Ed now -- not sure why we don't offer more classes, but LOTS of kids can't get a seat until they're close to 16 /even over 16. After taking the class, they must keep their Learner's Permit for a year -- the result is that most kids don't qualify for a license until they're 17+ . - Teen insurance is so expensive -- I didn't "get it" until the bill came. We were paying X to insure two cars and our house, and when our oldest turned 16, we started paying 2X. Yes, literally double. Seriously, a lot of people can't afford that. - I teach at a middle-to-upper class school; most of our kids live in single-family homes and have at least one college-educated parent; still, a whole lot of them can't afford it. - Something I saw more and more over the years: Teens getting a Learner's Permit at 16 and keeping it until 18. Why? Because a Permit doesn't require insurance. I've always railed against this idea because I didn't want my kids to turn 18 and head away to college with little-to-no solo driving experience, but other people's kids /other people's choices. - Fewer and fewer of my students -- even before Covid -- have part-time jobs, so they can't contribute financially to a car /insurance. My kid got his license 1 week after 16 birthday... Didn't cost much. Everything was online... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkacmom Posted August 16, 2022 #57 Share Posted August 16, 2022 13 hours ago, matj2000 said: My kid got his license 1 week after 16 birthday... Didn't cost much. Everything was online... You do realize different states handle drivers licenses differently, my 19 year olds had to wait in line for 4 hours on 2 different days - before Covid. During Covid lines were 13 hours long. In 2021 I only had to wait 4 with my appointment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matj2000 Posted August 17, 2022 #58 Share Posted August 17, 2022 12 hours ago, mjkacmom said: You do realize different states handle drivers licenses differently, my 19 year olds had to wait in line for 4 hours on 2 different days - before Covid. During Covid lines were 13 hours long. In 2021 I only had to wait 4 with my appointment. Move... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ferry_Watcher Posted August 17, 2022 #59 Share Posted August 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, matj2000 said: Move... Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another_Critic Posted August 17, 2022 #60 Share Posted August 17, 2022 26 minutes ago, Ferry_Watcher said: Really? It would be nice if he would move ... off this site. 😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles4515 Posted August 17, 2022 #61 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, matj2000 said: Move... Well I see you are in Texas. When I moved here a year ago I had to get a Texas DL within 90 days. The earliest appointment i could get was two and a half months after I moved here at about 75 days. There was no line though.That was nice. I did have to spend 15 minutes while they went through a list and asked me if i wanted to donate a dollar for this or that fund. Edited August 17, 2022 by Charles4515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shellunderwater Posted August 18, 2022 #62 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Definitely worth the read, popcorn or no. Even my blocked user stopped by to be rude to folks. Outstanding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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