Comments on: Luggage goes diving on a cruise

By: Charles Clarke

Charles Clarke — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 04:31:40 +0000

My clothes for a cruise wouldn’t be $5000 (My tuxedo with tails cost less than my laptop computer), but it is easy for me to come up with more than that. 3 suits at $1000 each. 3 very nice dresses at $800 each. Add in shirts, ties, accessories and casual clothes and you could easily be up to $8000.

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:30:04 +0000

I have to agree with Barbie. Itemize what was lost and take them to small claims court. I think the idea of the “free cruise” was probably what they SHOULD have offered as a courtesy but…I think they OWE you to get you back to where you should have been. A single lost piece of luggage might be one thing but to take out EVERYTHING…uhhh…to “dump” it “overboard”…uhhh…sorry that’s “gross negligence”. You should be entitled to “damages”. $5000 seems like a lot to have in your luggage but then I guess that’s taking into account having to re-buy necessary items but $500 is just not adequate in this case. Was the luggage recovered? I’d say definately save receipts.

By: CAMO

CAMO — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:35:36 +0000

I would of booked another cruise with them and while at sea I would of gone around the ship and thrown off anything I saw that wasn’t bolted down into the ocean. That would of included all the furniture and TV in my room. Then I would of taken a huge dump on the Captains table in the dining room. Oh heck, I would of tossed the Captain overbord too.

By: barbie45

barbie45 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:14:48 +0000

I would firstly take them to small claims court; get slips to prove what you have lost;and the cost of replacing clothing items etc. write a review on cruise critic detailing your horrible experience; and if you are traveling on acruise or tour or a vacation which invoves flying hotels etc, purchase trip insurance,

By: Patty Tillman

Patty Tillman — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:02:09 +0000

I’m confused. How is this not Princess’ fault? The customer should have bought insurance? Give me a break. Whether it was an accident or not is irrelevent. Princess took possession of the luggage, then “dumped” it. They should pay up, in full. Come on, Chris, throw your weight behind this lady and get her the full amount of her loss.

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 16:50:36 +0000

interestingly, we took a HAL Mexican Riviera cruise out of San Diego this past December. and it was the first time I didn’t leave my luggage at the terminal to be delivered to the stateroom and instead we took our luggage ourselves to the stateroom, and it really wasn’t much trouble.
we did, however, leave the luggage out the last night and picked it up at the terminal, hopefully luggage wouldn’t get ‘dumped’ at that point. I’m sorry to hear about this happening to this family. and what is the cruise line’s policy on ‘lost luggage’ anyway?

By: James

James — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:15:22 +0000

Give me a break. I should buy expensive travel insurance in case the cruise line dumps my luggage overboard. How about I just sink their boat.

By: EDITH INGRAHAM

EDITH INGRAHAM — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 00:50:39 +0000

As for this being the first time you have heard of such a problem, my daughter and I just returned from a 38-day trip on the QM2 and word on the ship was that someone’s luggage had been “dumped” into New York Harbor the day we left: January 15, 2006.
We never spoke to the person it supposedly happened to but we heard the story from several other passengers and felt it did have a “grain of truth” to it.