No, it's a recipe for disaster, an accident waiting to happen - trust me, where passengers have an opportunity of making a mistake - cut it off at the pass, destroy it at conception, just don't give it a chance of taking it's first breath of air.  The simplest thing, and it would be cheaper in the long run for the cruise lines is to continue to issue pre-printeed luggage labels.  If they wanted to print the labels out at the port, then some form of checkin procedure would have to be done at the point where the luggage is handed over to handling personnel.   Now at Southampton Ocean Terminal that happens outside the actual building, so you will have staff and passengers alike getting cold or wet or hot and bothered or wind-blown - doesn't do much for the impression or concept of cruising.  Additionally there would have to be some form of printing facility - this would have to be inside somewhere: I can't see this happening, and if it does then I can't see it working.  The only way to deal with the matter of luggage labels is to carry on as the current method.  As pointed out above, stopping the pre-printed labels is going to cost the cruise line provision and maintenance of facilities and equipment, not to mention salaries of personnel, slowing down the luggage check-in procedure - I can't see them running up costs and running down the impression which passengers could get if the present system radically changes.

HC ------, -------, ---, ---- .

If I do this electronically I scan in the various bits and pieces such as ticket and labels. 

However, I must admit that being able to 'checkin' on line is a dream, if not then just following the on screen instructions such as in T5 - it's brilliant, very good and I am fine with it.  How this appeals to people who are not computer usrs, I don't know. 

I hope they still keep things like the nice gift vouchers though.

Cheers.

HC ------, -------, ---, ---- .

He is slowly even taking over my study!  Anyway, I was pleased to purchase a P and O Arcadia album, and it is now suitably stuffed.  So, one day when all the systems have changed and CDs and DVDs have long since been replaced by something smaller, quicker, with more capacity and more clarity, I shall still be able to spend some time happily looking though some really lovely times. 

Anyway, each to their own, but it floats my boat I suppose.

Cheers

HC ------, -------, ---, ---- .

Now we keep just keep the cruise log,the tours brochure, WHEN THERE IS ONE! Take note P&O, it was not taken very well on Aurora R911, when no tours brochure was sent out. All those ports, and to ing and fro ing online to compare tours,(been on this discussion before.)

You get to a point where you have to discard all that you have accumulated and just weed out the memories, that is what is important, IMO.

Do we really want our offspring, after our days, to be either taking it all to the local recycling place, or trying to sell it on e bay to offset any IHT???

wolfhound

Imagine 1.45pm - 2.pm approx 4 - 5 coaches arriving each with approx 45 - 50  passengers who have at least 1 suitcase each.  Each coach unloaded, passengers scrambling to find their case/s, trying to find where to get luggage labels and write them out.  Not to mention cars arriving and unloading with loads of luggage (as you can bring more stuff if you are in a car) and trying to do the same.

One word - mayhem.

Not bothered about a ticket but still want luggage labels in advance.

Sandy