I was in NYC for a long weekend - the first LV I went to was on Fifth Ave, it was a bit late in the day (around 7pm) and I figured they would not be hot stamping but I asked anyway. They told me it was too late but to try to come as soon as they open to have it done but I was not going to be in the area the next day.
The next day I was in SoHo and popped into that location and they told me they do not have the NYC stamp. They also told me they are not allowed to heat stamp the right side of the passport holder, only the bottom left side where Louis Vuitton is marked - which seemed weird.
Later that day I went to the Hudson Yards LV and they told me only the Fifth Ave store has the NYC Apple stamp and they told me SoHo has their own stamp (the soho associate did NOT tell me this!?) and they told me they are working on getting their own unique stamp to Hudson yards at some point.
So I ended up going back to the Fifth Ave store the next day, a little after they opened and got my passport stamped! They told it would take 3 hours. I ended up coming back a little under 3 hours and it was done.
I’m excited to continue to get new stamps!
I also want to get my initials done soon.