Notarized permission from absent parent

[emeraldcity]

Did I have the paperwork? Yes.

Did they ask for it? No.

Better safe than sorry, I suppose, but if they aren't going to ask for it, I could have saved myself the problem of using up a favor by having to ask him for it.

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[raydon]

I had notorized permission slips from my daughters when we took the Grandchildren last summer on Carnival....2 different sailings. Never asked to show it! We are taking them to Atlantis this summer and have been told by the charter airline to have it...probably they will ask since it is a controlled environment!

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[murphykputts]

I have a question -

My sister's husband just passed away. She has a 7 year old. Would she have to bring a death certificate along???

I am only asking because she is planning a trip in Nov. to Aurba.

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[H3Ocruisers]

Murphy--

I was widowed 10 yrs ago, w/ 2 small kids...remarried three years ago...I was advised to bring a death certificate on our Carnival cruise last summer; I brought that, a copy of both marriage licenses, birth certificates, everything (I was NOT missing that ship on a technicality!!)...but I don't recall anyone asking to see them...

But just FYI: we all just applied for passports last week, for our cruise this summer, and for future use...the Post office [B]required[/B] raised-seal, "original" death certificates with my kids' passport applications.

Hope this helps...tell her to take one along...better safe than sorry!

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[banderboo]

We took my daughters friend with us on our voyager cruise last august and was never asked for any documentation from her parents.

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[murphykputts]

H3O - Thanks for the info, and I am sorry for your loss.

This just happened 2 months ago and the night before he died he wanted to do a trip to Aruba. (he died in his sleep) So she will go with my mom and her daughter. I will mention passports.

I am going on this cruise because they went on one a year ago and he told me it was the best vacation he ever took.

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[rjg41]

Copied from a previous post with changes.

It is great that most people had no problem but the matter is clear. This is not like the argument about passports in the Caribbean. You cannot be assured that someone won't get sick or get hurt and then the medical consent issue (if traveling without either parent) is essential or have a situation where you must leave the ship and then the travel consent becomes essential and then it's not RC's problem, it's yours. Of course, should RC ask for it at embarkation and you don't have it, you'll get a chance to watch the ship pull away from the dock from the dock point of view.

If you get the right affidavit there should be no need to bring all the other documentation. You will need it for the notorization. Here is a link to documents from American Express for all the various situations. [url="http://landfalltravel.com/minorsx.html"]http://landfalltravel.com/minorsx.html[/url]


The document only costs a little bit of time and no money. To leave home without it is like playing Russian roulette.

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[Nancy_Hawks]

I agree with RJG41. The document only cost a little bit of time, but to go without it is like playing Russian Roulette.
I took my son to Alaska with me, but without his dad and brought a notorized consent letter with me. The airport in Canada asked me for it. So, sometimes they'll ask you for it and sometimes they won't. Better be safe than sorry. And to think that I actually was going to do without it.

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[Sailfish]

We had several family members traveling with us on the Navigator last December request permission from an absent parent via a notarized letter. Not one was asked for it at the port or at customs and immigration upon returning.

I agree 100% it's better to be safe than sorry, but since our agent and the people at Royal Caribbean made such a big deal about this, you'd think they would want to see it at the port during embarkation. For some members of our group, going to an estranged ex-husband or ex-wife was not the most pleasant of experiences.

Don't you think they should enforce their rules (or law, if this is mandated by the US)? Like I said earlier, I agree, if this is required, so be it. But then at least look at the darn thing. I watched the Royal Caribbean agent in Miami at the port actually push away the document and say it's no big deal to my sister-in-law when it was presented to her. To say the least, my sister-in-was very upset (with me to begin with) that we had made her get this notarized document from her ex when it wasn't "necessary".

Oh well! That's life! She got over it.

Suzi


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