Luggage Tags

[sullaRaffaello]

Boarding Serenity on Sept. 8th. So far, have only received an e-ticket. Should I have received luggage tags?

[Keith1010]

You should receive them to your home and hopefully this coming week. Worse case you can fill them out at the pier.

 

Keith 

[TER777]

A friend called Crystal re as we haven’t yet received them for the Sep 1 sailing. He was told it is a third party vendor problem. 

[FlyerTalker]

I never use luggage tags from the cruiseline.  There are always tags available at the pier, and it's one less thing for me to have to deal with.

 

And the bags always make it.

 

 

 

[ChatKat in Ca.]

I use mailing labels and do the info on the computer.  Peel and stick.

 

I do that with info for baggage tags and other labels I might need for airlines too.  Once and done.

[Keith1010]

Yes we had the third party vendor problem too.  

 

For our cruise they were not pre-printed so you filled them out.  They arrived two day UPS.  There were several last minute assignments of rooms which is why they didn't pre-print them. 

 

As mentioned there will be tags at the pier so the world won't come to an end if they don't arrive. With that said, we prefer to have them in advance so we don't have to fill them out at the last minute. But like everything we all have our own preferences. Right now they are using the tags that have sticky glue in the back so you just attach them that way.

 

Keith

[Texas Tillie]

And, the paper they are using for the current tags is not friendly with gel pens. The ink won't dry and you get smudges.

 

Patty

[FlyerTalker]

5 hours ago, Texas Tillie said:

And, the paper they are using for the current tags is not friendly with gel pens. The ink won't dry and you get smudges.

 

Almost all of the commercial papers that have a sticky back are "coated" papers.  Depending on the specific coating, they can be difficult to impossible for any kind of non-ballpoint pen.  So it's not just Crystal luggage tags - note this for any kind of application.

 

Plus, this is why you so often see Sharpies and other permanent markers being used at pierside.

 

 

[Keith1010]

Luggage Tags.

 

Anne Marie who has far better hand-writing than I do used a sharpie as she does for the cardboard ones and it worked very well with no smudges.

 

Keith

[BWIVince]

8 hours ago, FlyerTalker said:

 

Almost all of the commercial papers that have a sticky back are "coated" papers.  Depending on the specific coating, they can be difficult to impossible for any kind of non-ballpoint pen.  So it's not just Crystal luggage tags - note this for any kind of application.

 

Plus, this is why you so often see Sharpies and other permanent markers being used at pierside.

 

 

I started using Sharpies back when Crystal and Princess switched to plastic strap tags back in the 90’s, and just kept doing it when they were using the lighter-coated paper tags.

 

I do admit to filling them out at home though, but I agree 100% that no one ever needs to.  My already chicken scratch handwriting gets even worse when I’m feeling rushed like I do at the pier, and I actually get really excited for the trip when I fill them out…. So it’s kind of fun and therapeutic for me.  😊 

 

Vince

[sullaRaffaello]

Luggage tags arrived today, 8/28.

[Roland4]

1 hour ago, sullaRaffaello said:

Luggage tags arrived today, 8/28.

Hopefully ours will arrive soon!