18 YO traveling without parents

[S.A.M.J.R.]

14 minutes ago, phd1003 said:

We booked a star class room for next year. One of the guests would be only 3 and not worth wasting the star class amenities on. We wanted to put the 3 year old in a cabin with a 23 year old cousin. RCL and our TA said that minors under the age of 17 could not cohabitate with a guest under the age of 25 unless it was a parent or legal guardian. That was our experience. 

I guess that's following their policy, but it really doesn't make sense...

 

A 3yo can travel (and berth with) cousin, grandparents, whoever, as long as there's an "adult" (21+). Just bring the "permission to travel" form, right? 

 

BUT if the same 3yo is on the same cruise with their parents, they can't berth with the same cousin, grandparents, adult?  

[Eddie Wilson]

9 hours ago, Luke gs Daddy said:

We are taking 2, 18 YO Seniors from high school on a cruise without their parents, staying with other adults.

We were told to have a notarized letters for taking them.

What say you?

Seems weird to me since they are legally consenting adults.

 

Thanks.

 

You could just leave them at home.

 

Two 18 year olds with free reign without parents for a week, what could go wrong?  They may be able to get a jump start on the school project due before the end of the school year.

 

Murphy

 

 

 

 

[S.A.M.J.R.]

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[Tree_skier]

 

4 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

As long as you have the correct number of adults to kids making a change to berthing would not be an issue.  

 

I had a grandparent ibtwo rooms with 3 grandkids. .had to change to one room.  That if caught at the pier would probably be denied boarding as I doubt there would be any 4 person cabins available

 

4 hours ago, S.A.M.J.R. said:

My thought would be whenever they catch it, THEN make the arrangements to have an "adult" in the room.  I would find it really hard to believe that RCI (any cruise line) wouldn't allow you to make that adjustment (even at the pier). 

 

I am the aforementioned grand parent in this story.  I'm glad my brilliant TA discovered this before I was standing at the pier with 3 disappointed grand kids. waiting for luggage to be returned that had already been moved onto the ship.  What a heartbreaking scenario that would be.

[Capt_BJ]

gotta say without going into details we did something very similar a few years back and it turned into a DISASTER when the teen girls had a tif early in the cruise and got so bad ship security got involved and when they 'found out' people were no longer in 'assigned rooms' and breaking policy things went down hill fast.

 

Run Forrest, RUN

[gluecksbaer]

8 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

A. Underage Married Couples: Underage married couples are allowed to sail, provided they show proof of marriage during pier check-in. The "proof of marriage" is the document guests receive from the official presiding at the ceremony; the critical component of the document is the notarized signature of the official.

 

I know this doesn't pertain the the original question on this thread, but it is common to get a document with a notarized signature of the official presiding at a wedding ceremony?  If this policy is strictly followed then young couples in my county would be prohibited from sailing.  The minister's returns the signed marriage license to the county who issues a marriage certificate that does not contain the minister's signature.  The couple could probably have the minister return the marriage license to them, but the minister's signature wouldn't be notarized.

[Luke gs Daddy]

3 hours ago, Eddie Wilson said:

 

You could just leave them at home.

 

Two 18 year olds with free reign without parents for a week, what could go wrong?  They may be able to get a jump start on the school project due before the end of the school year.

 

Murphy

 

 

 

 

Na!

We like our seniors and they are well behaved young men with a bright future. There will be 7 of them, only the 2 will be traveling without their parents. So we are taking them on a spring break adventure. They all have been friends since kindergarden.

The parents not going put my DW and I in charge.

2 hard rules that will get them benched, no going into another room that is not theirs and cannot sleep all day.

Also, the cabin for 4 is right next to mine.

Edited February 20, 2023 by Luke gs Daddy

[Luke gs Daddy]

6 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

The OP's question was about consent to travel.

Yep.

They are 18 and I nor their parents can make decesions for them. Once not a minor they are adults.

 

[Spurschick]

13 hours ago, mjkacmom said:

No, an 18 year old isn’t any different than a 40 year in the eyes of the of the world, except for cruise cabins, bars, casinos in the US, hotel rooms, and some rental cars. They can travel freely and make their own medical decisions. Most health insurance in the US doesn’t work outside of the US which is why travel insurance is important.

18 can gamble on a ship as well as some casinos in US. (Oklahoma is 18 for slots) Florida Is 18 for Poker.

[nyer]

question for ourusualbeach....the rep for RCCL allowed me to book a cabin for my minor grandson across the hall from my cabin for a cruise we are taking this summer.   Should I call now and have my DH switched from my cabin to my grandson's?  Will they reprice the cabins if I do that?   

 

Thanks

Edited February 20, 2023 by nyer

[Itchy&Scratchy]

On 2/19/2023 at 8:21 AM, jk04 said:

Royal's international age policy for sailing unaccompanied from the US is 21 years old. 

 

 

They are not unaccompanied, though. Nor are they minors.

 

"No Guest younger than the age twenty-one (21) will be assigned to a stateroom unless accompanied in the same stateroom by an adult twenty-one (21) years old or older."

[Ourusualbeach]

6 hours ago, nyer said:

question for ourusualbeach....the rep for RCCL allowed me to book a cabin for my minor grandson across the hall from my cabin for a cruise we are taking this summer.   Should I call now and have my DH switched from my cabin to my grandson's?  Will they reprice the cabins if I do that?   

 

Thanks

I would.  Is your grandson solo in that room.  If so then technically it would be a reprice however you should be able to get them to price protect it since they screwed up by allowing you to book it that way.  If there were 2 in that room then you are only changing one name so it won't matter as it would not be repriced.

[nyer]

40 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

I would.  Is your grandson solo in that room.  If so then technically it would be a reprice however you should be able to get them to price protect it since they screwed up by allowing you to book it that way.  If there were 2 in that room then you are only changing one name so it won't matter as it would not be repriced.

My grandson is solo.   My husband is in the same cabin as me.   I'm concerned that when I take my husband off my reservation and put him on my grandson's, they are going to reprice both rooms.   The fare has doubled since I booked the cruise.

[Ourusualbeach]

3 minutes ago, nyer said:

My grandson is solo.   My husband is in the same cabin as me.   I'm concerned that when I take my husband off my reservation and put him on my grandson's, they are going to reprice both rooms.   The fare has doubled since I booked the cruise.

Call, better dealing with this now than close to sailing or at the pier.  

 

They would never rep[rice your room as  one original name remains and as i mentioned you can make a good case for them price protecting the other room since it was their mistake.

[nyer]

9 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Call, better dealing with this now than close to sailing or at the pier.  

 

They would never rep[rice your room as  one original name remains and as i mentioned you can make a good case for them price protecting the other room since it was their mistake.

Thank you very much for your advice.   I will call today and get this straightened out.

[Joseph2017China]

On 2/19/2023 at 7:30 AM, Luke gs Daddy said:

We are taking 2, 18 YO Seniors from high school on a cruise without their parents, staying with other adults.

We were told to have a notarized letters for taking them.

What say you?

Seems weird to me since they are legally consenting adults.

 

Thanks.

So your question is asking if an adult needs permission to travel.  Most posters seem to tell you about the room arrangements which is not the same as your question right?  

 

Adults do not need permission to travel.  There is no difference between a 18 year old, and a 50 year old adult.  If I don't need permission from my mother, than the other adult does not.  As a matter of fact, if you did have a letter, it wouldn't even be valid since the parents no longer have legal authority over them.  

[Luke gs Daddy]

On 2/20/2023 at 10:11 AM, Joseph2017China said:

So your question is asking if an adult needs permission to travel.  Most posters seem to tell you about the room arrangements which is not the same as your question right?  

 

Adults do not need permission to travel.  There is no difference between a 18 year old, and a 50 year old adult.  If I don't need permission from my mother, than the other adult does not.  As a matter of fact, if you did have a letter, it wouldn't even be valid since the parents no longer have legal authority over them.  

Yep, exactly.

I told the other party who is taking the 1 of the adults that I would not be getting any type of permission as it would not do me any good. They make their own choices, good or bad and then live with the consequences. 

The TA is the one who mentioned it and I did not want to try and emberass her on the info zoom call.

1st time I ever used a TA in 20 plus cruises. Only reason, one of the people in our party knows this person so we went with it. With a big group it was convenient and they were helpful.

 

Party on!