Passport question..."valid 6 months after the voyage end date"?

[lovetotravel06]

6 hours ago, garycarla said:

I am amazed at how complicated folks want to make this.

 

1 - Passport is not needed on closed loop cruises as per the U. S. Government.

2 - Virgin has been big on requiring it, but has loosed up a bit if you have govt ID and birth cert.

3 - If your ONLY id is going to be a passport, then the 6 month rule kicks in.

4 - What any other cruiseline says or does means close to nothing.

5 - Virgin has their requirements right on the website.

6 - And yes, there are good reason to take a passport, even if not required.

 

And please not get into the argument about leaving it on the ship or taking it with you.  That argument is as old as a few other things that will not be resolved in our lifetime.

Agreed on the bold. Couple of the other points not completely but whatever.

1- Indeed

2-Had no clue and have all 3 (PP, govt ID and BC) but don't bring Birth Cert

3-Not so much apparently.

4-Could be so, thus my surprise when Virgin "seemed" all about the 6 month deal until they really weren't.

5-I'm sure they are, I never bothered to look.

6- Obviously. Never travel without it.

 

Good grief. As stated ad nauseam, my first time ever on Virgin. Was surprised. Not like I'm a complete newbie to cruising and extensive travel in general. Anyway, checked in, no problem, called, rep says no problem and lastly Virgin Terminal Operations emailed me immediately and said no problem. Not sure what's so difficult to comprehend at this point. Clearly they don't worry about closed loops but my initial email from them caught me off guard when the first thing I was to "triple check" was the 6 months deal. 

 I came back to this thread to report back (hate it when people post a question or problem and never return with the outcome). That's all. 

[Gretchendz]

And, since it seems related, passport processing times are back to being speedy lately. My husband's renewal came back in two weeks, which shocked us, but in a good way 🙂

[lovetotravel06]

Just now, Gretchendz said:

And, since it seems related, passport processing times are back to being speedy lately. My husband's renewal came back in two weeks, which shocked us, but in a good way 🙂

That's good to know and what I've been hearing of late. 👍