Cousin Orville
Inventor of Air Cooling
- Joined
- Aug 27, 2000
This came up on my cruise meet thread, but I thought I would post it here just in case. .
If you don't have to take your passport off the ship (and as I recall on other cruises I did not generally have to take it) you might want to have a copy on you.
This will be especially helpful if you decide to buy some costly piece of glass in Venice or some other high priced "remembrance" along the way. They will need the passport info to fill out the VAT forms at the merchant.
(It could also be helpful if you miss the boat, but that's another problem)
In my experience, you can request a VAT form and have everything filled out except the PP#. You can fill that in once back on board. Whether or not they are "supposed" to look at your PP, I don't know. Having shopped at several different stores in different countries, I've never had a problem getting a VAT form without a PP. They just leave that line blank.
Now watch, on my next trip someone will insist. You could also take a photo of it with your phone to avoid carrying a hard copy.