Congratulations on booking your Carnival Cruise now it's time to check in to your
cruise so in this tutorial we're going to show you how begin by going to the
carnival.com website and clicking the manage button this will bring up a
screen for you to log into your account if you've not already created an account
you can do so but having already booked hopefully you've done that once you've
logged in it will bring up my cruise manager which should show your booking
if your booking does not display click the add a booking link near the top and
add your booking with your information such as your confirmation code your name
and sale dates once your booking appears you can see on the left hand side the
to-do list there is an online check-in button you'll want to click on that if
you have everything ready to go you've already booked any flights or hotel or
other transportation and you're ready to fully check-in that's great but if
you're not that's ok too the online check-in doesn't need to be a
linear process in the top right-hand corner there's the check-in summary
button if you click on that that will take you to show you all the steps of
the check-in and so if you have perhaps everything except your flight or your
hotel figured out you can enter it in as you go and as other information is
figured out this is the check-in summary page as you can see it breaks down the
check-in process into six different pieces you can complete these pieces
individually or as one linear process if you have everything ready to go we're
gonna show you the process from start to finish in a linear fashion the guest
information page will probably be pre-populated with your first and last
name your gender and your date of birth already if not enter that information
they also want you to put in your permanent address if you're traveling
with another guest who has already completed their online check-in you can
choose same as other guests and select their information it'll copy over so you
don't have to re-enter everything but if you're not traveling with someone who's
already checked in or you have different information from your traveling
companions you're gonna want to enter in your information here you select the
country from a drop-down box the first line of the address is going to be where
the majority of your address goes that'll be the building number and the
street name of where you are the second line the optional line address line two
would be where an apartment number basement suite
rural route P.O. box things of that nature we go and of course you put in
your city and you select your state or province from a drop-down box and you
enter your zip or postal code you'll also need to enter contact information
which may already be populated depending on your account again you have the
opportunity to copy the information over from another person you're traveling
with if they've completed their online check-in you enter your primary phone
number and there's a checkbox that if your primary phone is also your mobile
phone it'll duplicate the number down in the mobile phone field as well and this
is becoming more and more common there's also a checkbox if you would like to
subscribe to Carnival's mobile travel alert service this is not an advertising
platform so feel free to select this they would only send you information
relevant to your cruising in 18 sailings I've never actually received a text from
them even though I have signed up for this service because in the times that
my ship has been diverted it was normally once we were already on site
and checked in and onboard the ship you enter in your email address although
that may already be pre-populated for you and you can put in your emergency
contact once again you can select a contact
that's already been entered from another guest who's completed their check-in or
you can put in your own with the first and last name their relationship to you
and their phone number next up is citizenship information so you're going
to want to select your country of citizenship from the drop-down box and
your country of residence from the drop-down box it also asks if you will
be leaving the US within 24 hours of when your cruise arrives so this is
asking once your cruise is over and you've gotten off the ship will you be
leaving the country within 24 hours you also need to put in document information
to check-in online you must have a passport it's one of the major questions
that we frequently get is whether or not someone can travel without a passport
you can't if you want to do online check-in and additionally the passport
just makes the process so much easier at so many different steps so we do strongly
recommend that you have a passport for example when you show up at the port
having the passport and your check-in information ready to go makes the
process much more smooth more stress-free and gets you on the ship
faster so you can start having your fun earlier so in this screen you'll enter
your passport number which normally begins with a couple of letters
followed by numbers your country of issuance the country of issuance is the
country that issued your passport and the city of issuance or authority as it's
sometimes called on the passport is the city that issued your passport to you or
the city in which it was issued the date of issuance and then the date of expiry
should be entered generally speaking the date of issuance
and expiry have the same month and day but different years next you enter your
travel information and specifically your travel plans once again you have the
option of copying the information from another guest who's already fully
checked in assuming you have the same travel plans as they do but if not you
can enter your own information so they ask will you be flying in prior to your
cruise and will you be flying out after your cruise additionally it asks what's
your transportation to and from the pier this drives a couple of functions in the
carnival website if you say you are flying in for your cruise the next
screen will prompt you to enter information about that flight similarly
if you're flying out after your cruise the screen after that will prompt you to
enter information about your return flight and selecting how you'll be
getting to and from the pier might determine what kind of advertising
carnival sends you with regards to their ground transportation options on the
arrival flight page you enter the city that you are leaving from and the city that
you are flying into you can begin by typing out the city name or the airport
code if you know it an autocomplete bar will appear underneath and you can
select the airport that appears that is yours you select the departure date and
the departure time and there's an optional field for you to type in your
airline which I recommend that you do again it'll start to autocomplete and
you'll be able to select from options down below but it'll make the next
screen a little bit easier on the next screen they list all of the flights that
match your search criteria so for example if you did enter your airline it
will only show you results for the airline that you entered generally
speaking this screen does a very good job of figuring out what your flight is
based on the information you've provided very rarely is my flight not in the top
three options and it's always on the first screen simply select the flight
that matches yours for the return flight the process works in exactly the same
manner and again for the return flight just select the flight that matches
yours you will then be asked about any hotel you might be staying at before
your cruise they're not too concerned with hotels you stay at
after your cruise so if you're staying at Hotel prior to your cruise select yes
and enter the hotel information an important note about this travel
information screen is that sometimes the dates prior to the cruise create an
error so if you're flying in the day of your cruise or you're staying at a hotel
up until the day of your cruise entering those dates can sometimes generate an
error I recommend you try to enter the accurate dates but if an error pops up
basically backdate your arrival time by one day and the system should accept it
so that you can move forward via the continue button and so as you notice
throughout this process you had the opportunity to copy the information of
your other travelers who may have been fully checked in at this screen it gives
you the opportunity to transfer your information over to them so for example
if you're traveling with a spouse or a child and they have the same travel
plans as you you can basically check them all in at once by using this option
to copy the information however if your spouse is on a different flight but your
child is traveling with you you'll have to enter everyone's information
separately then you're given a summary screen that shows you the answers that
you provided to the various travel information questions including showing
your flights and your check in and out times of the hotel review this
information and edit as needed and continue once correct now it's time to
set up your onboard expense account we have in previous videos discussed the
merits of your expense account being linked to either a debit or credit card
or using a cash account Vacation Impossible strongly recommends that you
hook your expense account up to a credit card or a debit card so that you don't
have to spend time on your vacation waiting in line for either guest
services or the ATM machine to add money to your card or get money back at the
end of the cruise we believe this time should be spent enjoying the cruise and
not waiting in line and handling cash we do strongly recommend that you set up a
credit card or a debit card for your onboard expenses for more information on
this check our Sign And Sail card video for how this works
setting up onboard expenses gives you two options either using your credit
card or your debit card or opening with cash as mentioned we recommend credit or
debit card but do note that the charges are posted in u.s. dollars so if you're
an American that's fine but if you're Canadian or Australian or from some
other country you might want to look into your
credit card's details to see if they charge you a foreign currency
transaction processing fee so in Canada for example the foreign currency
conversion fee is something in the neighborhood of upwards of 3% on all
transactions so if you have a credit card that charges that be aware that
that can be an additional expense but if you can find an alternative like the
home trust visa in Canada that doesn't charge you the foreign currency
conversion fee then you'll be getting a proper conversion without additional
charges from your bank and this is the process we recommend is the credit card
without a foreign currency conversion fee beginning to set up your onboard
expenses account you need to select your name from the drop-down box that says
select guest and accept the terms and conditions which are listed here and
also your first name and last name would probably carry over from earlier in the
process but if not correct any errors and you enter a zip or postal code and
this is where you enter your card information for example you might select
a visa card type enter your credit card number the expiration date and the CVV
which is the three-digit number you can locate on the back of your credit card
next to the signature panel once all that's been entered your account will
display here and it will not display your full credit card information for
privacy reasons but it will display the last four digits of the card that you
used so you know which card you set the account up on and it gives you the
opportunity to save and create the account now your account has been
created and it will display here as well as the accounts of your fellow traveling
companions but again it will only display the last four digits of any
credit cards that have been loaded then there is the cruise ticket contract
which you can read in detail it covers information such as interruption to
service and the refund policy to accept these terms select your name from the
drop-down box and then select the check box next to your name in the list below
it will show you whether your other traveling companions have already
accepted the terms and it may give you the option to accept on their behalf
your check-in is now complete you can print your boarding pass which we
recommend luggage tags if you need them there are also additional documents that
can be generated but we don't recommend printing those but if it is your first
cruise maybe give them a look over in like a PDF viewer or something so you
don't have to waste paper but it might have some useful information to you and
that concludes our tutorial on how to check in for a Carnival cruise online
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