drsel Posted August 30, 2022 #1 Share Posted August 30, 2022 What will happen if a US travel agent books a Holland America or Princess cruise for a non North American resident? Will the passengers be denied boarding? OR Will the passengers be allowed boarding & the agent get penalized ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzn single Posted August 30, 2022 #2 Share Posted August 30, 2022 Don’t understand. Explain your question further. Anyone with proper documentation will be able to board. Special circumstances??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted August 30, 2022 #3 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I do get the question and we do know a frequent HAL cruiser (from Australia) who has long booked his cruises through a North American agency. The problem would be that you may need an address (our friend uses a legit address that belongs to a Canadian friend) for booking purposes. Once you have a cruise reservation/ticket and show up at embarkation with a valid Passport it is hard to imagine any problem. Hank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Scrapnana Posted August 30, 2022 #4 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I know someone who has done this and they had no problem getting on the ship. That was a few years ago, however. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigrou Posted August 30, 2022 #5 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I'm a 'non North American resident' and I sailed on Koningsdam in March this year, booked through a US travel agent. I've booked several cruises through the same agent and never had an issue, although this was the first on HAL. The only address I provided was my own UK address, which is also the one shown on my HAL account online. At embarkation it was pretty obvious this is where I live because of the NHS Covid Pass I provided as proof of vaccination. (Also my required covid test was taken at Heathrow, and if I remember rightly I'd provided flight details during online check-in.) The agent didn't question anything at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted June 27 Author #6 Share Posted June 27 About US cruise agents booking non North American passengers, I read that this restriction is no longer in place. Do you know when this restriction was lifted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted June 27 Author #7 Share Posted June 27 On 8/30/2022 at 12:57 PM, Tigrou said: I'm a 'non North American resident' and I sailed on Koningsdam in March this year, booked through a US travel agent. I've booked several cruises through the same agent and never had an issue, although this was the first on HAL. The only address I provided was my own UK address, which is also the one shown on my HAL account online. At embarkation it was pretty obvious this is where I live because of the NHS Covid Pass I provided as proof of vaccination. (Also my required covid test was taken at Heathrow, and if I remember rightly I'd provided flight details during online check-in.) The agent didn't question anything at all. About US cruise agents booking non North American passengers, I read that this restriction is no longer in place. Do you know when this restriction was lifted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare VMax1700 Posted June 27 #8 Share Posted June 27 4 hours ago, drsel said: I read that this restriction is no longer in place. source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sciencewonk Posted June 28 #9 Share Posted June 28 I moved from the US to Australia in 2022 and have booked two HAL cruises with a US travel agent using my Australian address. I never had problems with boarding. If there was a restriction in the past, it hasn't been in place since at least 2022. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luv2cruisenz Posted June 28 #10 Share Posted June 28 I was told by a Future cruise consultant on board HAL in 2022 that the only consideration to think about is that you wouldn’t be covered by any consumer laws of your home country if you buy it from another country. Like if that agency goes broke etc. That’s all, no restrictions as such. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsel Posted June 28 Author #11 Share Posted June 28 17 hours ago, luv2cruisenz said: 18 hours ago, sciencewonk said: I moved from the US to Australia in 2022 and have booked two HAL cruises with a US travel agent using my Australian address. I never had problems with boarding. If there was a restriction in the past, it hasn't been in place since at least 2022. 17 hours ago, luv2cruisenz said: I was told by a Future cruise consultant on board HAL in 2022 that the only consideration to think about is that you wouldn’t be covered by any consumer laws of your home country if you buy it from another country. Like if that agency goes broke etc. That’s all, no restrictions as such. Thanks! Nice to know no restrictions since 2022. Also I don't mind not being covered by consumer protection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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