Cruisingfan567 Posted December 5, 2023 #1 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Hi everyone, My mum (UK passport) Is sailing on Ventura in Feb 24 for the transatlantic cruise stopping at Spain, Bermuda and then hitting a couple of US ports where she has tours, after that back on board the cruise to Mexico. Its all very exiting but we dont know what to do for the ESTA. P&O not sure either. When applying is she transiting? Or do we have to select the other option and put an arrival date of the first port. How can I cope with a cruise if she is staying on the ship. Do we have to enter each port call day? Any advice would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirephil Posted December 5, 2023 #2 Share Posted December 5, 2023 5 minutes ago, Cruisingfan567 said: Hi everyone, My mum (UK passport) Is sailing on Ventura in Feb 24 for the transatlantic cruise stopping at Spain, Bermuda and then hitting a couple of US ports where she has tours, after that back on board the cruise to Mexico. Its all very exiting but we dont know what to do for the ESTA. P&O not sure either. When applying is she transiting? Or do we have to select the other option and put an arrival date of the first port. How can I cope with a cruise if she is staying on the ship. Do we have to enter each port call day? Any advice would be appreciated I have always put the arrival date of the first US port where you would pass through customs, I have used the address of the port when completing the esta, sometimes you can just use the drop down boxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majortom10 Posted December 5, 2023 #3 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Cunard always advise you to put "in transit". I have applied for ESTAs on a few occasions and always put that without any problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCruise Posted December 5, 2023 #4 Share Posted December 5, 2023 Note that the ESTA is valid for multiple trips over 2 years (or until your passport expires if earlier) and you only give details for the first visit. P&O recommend that you take a printed version of the approved ESTA as confirmation. And finally make sure you apply via the official site at https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov It should cost you 21 US Dollar - there are other sites out there that try and charge more. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmaLee Posted December 12, 2023 #5 Share Posted December 12, 2023 On 12/5/2023 at 7:41 PM, AlanCruise said: Note that the ESTA is valid for multiple trips over 2 years (or until your passport expires if earlier) and you only give details for the first visit. P&O recommend that you take a printed version of the approved ESTA as confirmation. And finally make sure you apply via the official site at https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov It should cost you 21 US Dollar - there are other sites out there that try and charge more. If you have an existing ESTA from a previous trip to USA you can amend the address for your arrival in USA. Just log in to your ESTA account. As indicated ESTA valid for 2 years as long as you retain same passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare david63 Posted December 12, 2023 #6 Share Posted December 12, 2023 40 minutes ago, ElmaLee said: If you have an existing ESTA from a previous trip to USA you can amend the address for your arrival in USA. Just log in to your ESTA account. Never done that and never had a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smilesonfaces Posted December 14, 2023 #7 Share Posted December 14, 2023 Once you have a valid Esta I would leave well alone. It doesn’t matter where you put as your first entry to the US, put the port or the first hotel. An Esta can be used many times during its validity That website is too temperamental to risk changing something when you don’t need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yorkshirephil Posted December 14, 2023 #8 Share Posted December 14, 2023 12 minutes ago, smilesonfaces said: Once you have a valid Esta I would leave well alone. It doesn’t matter where you put as your first entry to the US, put the port or the first hotel. An Esta can be used many times during its validity That website is too temperamental to risk changing something when you don’t need to. That is my take on it as I have never gone back and changed anything regardless of the port we have subsequently docked at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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