Imagine, you have been looking forward to your cruise for months.  Taken time off work and flown half way across the country for your dream vacation.  Everyone at work has wished you bon voyage and expecting their postcard. 

Now, the time has finally come for you to check-in, and you are denied boarding because the name on your birth certificate is different to your license.  Under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, if your voyage starts and ends in the same U.S. port you don’t need a passport, instead you may travel with a government issued birth certificate and a government issued picture ID, like a driver’s license.  However, if someone has different surnames on these documents, the person must bridge the difference with a marriage license for example.

So there you are at the terminal and not allowed onboard.  Now you must frantically try to get hold of some one back home to break into your house, find your marriage certificate and fax it to the cruise terminal in time for you to board.  The tension mounts as you pace back and forth waiting for people to return your calls, find the document in your house or find a fax machine to send it.  If you are successful, great.  But if not, your perfect cruise has come to an end before it even began. 

Think this doesn’t happen? You would be surprised. On our last cruise to the Caribbean, there were four people denied boarding because of this.

Be prepared and have all your documents in order before leaving home.

To make the most of your cruise, read my book Cruise Ship Secrets.  It will help you with beating sea sickness, cruising with kids, saving money, what to expect onboard, what to pack, and a lot more.

Here’s a message from our friends at The Perfect Postcard… a great option while cruising. 

E-Postcards are here!

How many of us have returned home with unsent postcards, or made it home before the postcard even arrived!  Well it was only a matter of time until the internet provided the solution. 

Now you can send an E-Postcard from any computer any where in the world with www.TherPerfectPostcard.com.  And if you don’t have time to log-on during your travels, do it when you get home.  Either way, it’s the perfect alternative to paper postcards.

In the past, picking a postcard was the easy part.  The problem was, writing on the back, looking for stamps, and finding a postbox to send them.  www.ThePerfectPostcard.com allows you to send one card to everyone, or as many cards as you like.  You chose!  You will save time and money, and even a tree or two.  

Have fun with our interactive website.  The Perfect Postcard site is designed for a fun and interactive experience, taking the paper postcard and turning it virtual.  You will view your card, and then turn it over to write on the back just like a conventional postcard.  It even includes a virtual stamp from the country you are visiting.  And if you can’t find a postcard you like, have fun making your own from one of your photos.

E-Postcards – They are FREE and delivered instantly to your friends and family around the world.  So the next time some one says, “Send me a Postcard”, think of www.ThePerfectPostcard.com.  It really is the postcard that makes it home before you do!

Coming Soon – Video Postcards!  A cool new way to share the fun with your friends and family.

From everyone at The Perfect Postcard, we wish you safe and happy travels.

www.ThePerfectPostcard.com

The Postcard that makes it home before you do!