Your vacation to Aruba is one you will remember for a lifetime! Great memories are made by thousands of visiting families and couples every year. If you are planning a vacation to Aruba, you must come to understand the proceedings in the airport, both coming and going. Once your relaxing vacation has sadly come to a conclusion, you will need to prepare yourself for the departing flight. Arrive at the airport three hours early to prevent stress as you stand in the many lines that are built into departing flights from Aruba. Baggage check-in, passport and boarding pass review, security screening and US customs are just a few of the lines you must pass through.
Upon your initial arrival to the airport, check-in your baggage at the main terminal if you brought large enough luggage on your trip. Take your carry-on luggage with you. The next step is to pass through an Aruba customs checkpoint. As you continue to make your way through the airport, following signs to your gate, you will approach the first US customs checkpoint. The process that awaits you here is similar to what you experience in many US airports. Once through the line, you will retrieve your carry-on luggage and proceed through the line.
Once you pass through the first checkpoint, you return your luggage to another conveyer belt and pass through the second US customs checkpoint for security screening. This is the final checkpoint and once you are through here, you can pick up your luggage for the final time and proceed to your gate and await the departure of your plane. There is a bit of a mystery as to why there is a dual US customs procedure in addition to the one Aruba customs line, as all it really seems to accomplish is the necessity for an earlier arrival at the airport. This is something the hotel industry can take advantage of, as their guests must depart early enough to catch their flight, giving hotel workers all afternoon to prepare for arriving guests later in the day.
Whatever the reason for multiple US customs checkpoints when departing from Aruba, you must plan to arrive early enough to pass through these points without stress, rushing and possibly missing your flight. This will aid in bringing your fun-filled vacation to a successful conclusion and not put a damper on the great memories of your family trip. There is more information available at http://www.in-aruba.com.
