Preparing for a Cruise

Insurance, medication, a boarding pass and passport are imperative items for your cruise. A disastrous attempt at packing can still be recovered with these bare minimum items. A passport and boarding pass is a required to board a cruise ship. Trip insurance might help replace missing items with monetary support. Once boarded, cruise ships are very well equipped. Most items that should have made it into your suitcase can be purchased with the exception of any medication that requires a prescription.

More on Travel Insurance

Travel Insurance is important for all types of vacations. Without insurance, you might be responsible for expensive unexpected costs. Perhaps you fall ill, or the ship has a technical issue and ports early. Insurance helps in more than one way:

• Trip interruption
• Trip cancellation
• Trip delay/missed connection
• Baggage delay/loss
• Medical expenses
• Emergency evacuation/repatriation
• Financial default by a travel provider
• Involuntary job loss
• Emergency evacuation
• Cancel for any reason

Traveling Lightweight

You might not need to pack a clean outfit for each day of the cruise. Have you considered cleaning laundry at the ships Laundromat? Space is always a consideration for a cruise, and any kind of vacation for that matter. Cabins aren’t huge and you’ll likely need more space to take home any purchased items. The Laundromat on the ship enables lighter packing.

Valid Status

Your cruise might dock in various cities, and quite possibly different countries. As an example, Disney’s cruise to the Bahamas stops in Castaway Cay, Nassau and Port Canaveral. These harbours might require travel visas prior to docking. Speak to your travel agent and local authorities to ensure your status permits visits to these locations.