Bag question - Caribbean

[Pollypops]

Some friends are going to the Caribbean in January, flying with Thomson to New Orleans to join Arcadia. They are wondering what happens with their luggage when they get to New Orleans - do they have to collect their suitcases, or are they transferred straight to the ship?

Also coming back (from Barbados), will they have to put their cases out the night before disembarking, like we do at Southampton, and have them automatically transferred to the airport?

Thanks,

Polly

[cruisebore]

Some friends are going to the Caribbean in January, flying with Thomson to New Orleans to join Arcadia. They are wondering what happens with their luggage when they get to New Orleans - do they have to collect their suitcases, or are they transferred straight to the ship?

They transfered our straight to the ship last year

Also coming back (from Barbados), will they have to put their cases out the night before disembarking, like we do at Southampton, and have them automatically transferred to the airport?

Yes leave them out the evening before

Thanks,

Polly

 

 

 

Regards

Cb

[tom_uk]

Don't you have to enter the US at your point of arrival? Wouldn't that normally mean getting your bags and then going through immigration? That's what we've had to do whenever we've flown to the USA. Once they've let you in, that's when I would expect to be able to contact the cruiseline reps and hand over the bags.

[daiB]

Don't you have to enter the US at your point of arrival? Wouldn't that normally mean getting your bags and then going through immigration? That's what we've had to do whenever we've flown to the USA. Once they've let you in, that's when I would expect to be able to contact the cruiseline reps and hand over the bags.

 

 

 

In Barbados they send the luggage to the ship it is not handled by local bag handlers. Passengers do not enter Barbados you get on a bus and on to the ship then formalities take place.

 

I think something like this happens in New Orleans.

 

 

:):)Happy Cruising:):)

 

 

 

:cool:

 

Dai

[annieuk]

We flew to New Orleans to join a P&O cruise a couple of years ago. Our luggage was sent straight to the ship. We had to go through immigration with the photo and finger prints taken.

 

Annie

[Pontius Navigator]

OTOH we flew through Miami and had to collect our luggage.

 

A few of the pax from Birmingham flew into Bangor Maine. Their baggage was off-loaded and customs searched at Bangor before being reloaded for their onward flight. Not everyone got everything back.