Actual passports are not required if you are leaving the country by land or boat. However, passport cards are required in order for you to enter back into the US. Passport cards are similar to drivers licenses and cost less than actual passports.
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Holland America offers a cruise to Mexico through their website, www.hollandamerica.com You will need to have your up-to-date passport with you when you get to Mexico.
Yes, when you travel to different countries you need your passport in hand.
US citizens cruising to and from a US port do not need a passport.
Yes, you need a passport. If you are leaving the USA and going to Mexico then you need a passport.
Yes, you need a passport for a cruise to Canada.
If you are a US citizen, and the cruise ship departs and returns to the same US port, you will not need a passport to go on the cruise - as long as the cruise ship does not stop in any countries that require a passport for US citizens. If the ship is only cruising in Mexico, and returns to the same port from which it departed, you can board the ship with a certified copy of your birth certificate and a government issued photo id. It is much better, however, to have a passport. If, for example, there is an emergency and you have to leave the ship and fly home from Mexico, you will need a passport.
Yes, you need a valid passport to cruise to Canada.
You do not need a passport to cruise ONLY if you are on a "closed loop" cruise from the United States. (i.e your port where you embark on is in Florida and at the end of your cruise you come back to Florida to disembark.) If you are starting or ending your cruise in another country then you will need a passport. Also check the U.S customs and borders web site. www.WHTI. Gov
If the cruise departs and ends at the same U.S. port, no passport is required; however they need a proof of citizenship, such as the birth certificate, certificate of naturalization or passport card; if the children are 16 or older, they also need a photo ID.
Yes, you need a passport to go on a cruise to Canada.