Cruise ship holidays have the luxury of being less restricted when it comes to luggage allowance than travelling by plane. Nevertheless, cruises do still have rules in place. An article published in Express.co.uk says about the luggage allowance for P&O Cruises.
Here’s an excerpt from it.
Cruise lines have luggage allowance?
Cruise ship holidays do still have luggage allowances in place but they vary from cruise line to cruise line.
If the passenger is not flying to the cruise starting point, you’ll likely be able to take a substantial volume.
Allowance with British cruise line P&O Cruises
The Southampton-based company is pretty generous when it comes to their luggage rules.
On a P&O roundtrip cruise from Southampton, one can bring
- As much as he/she likes – provided it “comfortably fits” in the cabin.
- Each bag will have to weigh under 23kg for safety and handling purposes.
- One item of hand luggage per person
What if the allowance is exceeded?
It’s important to follow these rules as you may find your trip disrupted if your bags exceed the allowance.
The P&O Cruises website explains, if an individual piece of luggage exceeds 23kg at embarkation the passenger will be recalled to the terminal and asked to remove items or repack the bags.
The baggage may also be delayed at disembarkation if the limit is exceeded.
Allowance varies for coach transfer
The restrictions differ, however, for passengers who are flying to their destination or have a coach transfer.
Return coach transfers operated by Cruise Connect are available on all Southampton round trip cruise of seven nights or more.
P&O Cruises says, for those flying by plane, when flying to meet the ship, both the charter and scheduled flight luggage restrictions vary, but are usually between 20 and 23 kilograms per person.
If the airline allowance is greater than 23 kilograms, it is made sure that no individual item of luggage weighs more than 23 kilograms, in order to be safely handled by the ship’s crew.
Items recommended to be in hand luggage
Those flying should be prepared by packing
- a change of clothes in hand luggage apart from the main baggage,
- any important toiletries or medication
if there be delays or left without luggage for a day. If luggage is lost en route it will need to be found and then shipped to the next port of call – all of which can take some time.
Just as with airlines, cruise ships have restrictions on items that are brought on board – and they are particularly vigilant with alcohol in luggage.
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Source: Express.co.uk
