Disembarking Tour and luggage

[jinpasco]

First time for  us taking a disembarking tour before the departure airport. For anyone having done this, what did they require of your luggage night before ? Special tags, keep with us to take to a lounge ? Thanks

[beg3yrs]

I have experienced several different methods. Some will depend on what the customs requirements are for your particular debarkation port which you didn't specify.

 

1) Your disembarkation luggage tag will be unique to your specific tour and they'll be loaded on your bus that will travel with you during the tour.

 

2) Your disembarkation luggage tag will be unique to your specific tour and they'll be loaded on a truck that will go to the airport and you'll meet your bags there.

 

3) Your disembarkation luggage tag will be for a time that fits your tour departure and you will pick up your bags in the terminal and schlep them through customs yourself (or with a porter - my favorite) and then take them to your tour bus.

[jinpasco]

13 minutes ago, beg3yrs said:

I have experienced several different methods. Some will depend on what the customs requirements are for your particular debarkation port which you didn't specify.

 

1) Your disembarkation luggage tag will be unique to your specific tour and they'll be loaded on your bus that will travel with you during the tour.

 

2) Your disembarkation luggage tag will be unique to your specific tour and they'll be loaded on a truck that will go to the airport and you'll meet your bags there.

 

3) Your disembarkation luggage tag will be for a time that fits your tour departure and you will pick up your bags in the terminal and schlep them through customs yourself (or with a porter - my favorite) and then take them to your tour bus.

Our  port would be Southampton ,England.

[msmoger]

14 minutes ago, beg3yrs said:

I have experienced several different methods. Some will depend on what the customs requirements are for your particular debarkation port which you didn't specify.

 

1) Your disembarkation luggage tag will be unique to your specific tour and they'll be loaded on your bus that will travel with you during the tour.

 

2) Your disembarkation luggage tag will be unique to your specific tour and they'll be loaded on a truck that will go to the airport and you'll meet your bags there.

 

3) Your disembarkation luggage tag will be for a time that fits your tour departure and you will pick up your bags in the terminal and schlep them through customs yourself (or with a porter - my favorite) and then take them to your tour bus.

 

Number 3 has always been our experience.

[msmoger]

1 minute ago, jinpasco said:

Our  port would be Southampton ,England.

 

Granted it was before the pandemic but number 3 was the procedure out of Southampton for us (went to Windsor).

[beg3yrs]

I should have added a fourth which is similar to three without schlepping through customs. That's what we experienced in Southampton as well.

[jinpasco]

5 hours ago, msmoger said:

 

Granted it was before the pandemic but number 3 was the procedure out of Southampton for us (went to Windsor).

Thank you, that's the one we chose too. 

[beg3yrs]

21 hours ago, msmoger said:

 

Granted it was before the pandemic but number 3 was the procedure out of Southampton for us (went to Windsor).

 

15 hours ago, jinpasco said:

Thank you, that's the one we chose too. 

Great choice! We did that tour before Covid and enjoyed it very much. You get a nice tour of the castle grounds as well as a bit of free time in the town itself (Pub visit!). Being close to LHR there's very little worry about getting there too late.