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The top ten best travel tips for cruise vacations
If you’re flying, take an empty plastic bottle that you can fill with water once you’ve passed through security.
- Cross-pack with your travel partner just in case one of your luggage gets delayed or lost. Hopefully, it won’t happen, but it will give you peace of mind.
- Pack a day bag for on shore excursions for guidebooks, water, an umbrella, hand sanitizers and souvenirs.
- Thread your necklaces and chains through a straw to prevent tangling.
- Download your favorite books on your iPad or e-Reader. If you like to read, you’ll save on space.
- Bring along some magnets or suction cups with hooks. You can use the magnets to hang notes on the metal doors on cruise ships, or use the suction cups to hang earrings, etc in a small bathroom.
- Learn how to say “hello” and “thank you” in every language in every country you’ll be visiting. Especially, on a long European river cruise where you could possibly visit more than five countries on one trip.
- When deciding your daily plans, consider quality time verses seeing a quantity of places. A well-rested traveler makes for a better vacation than an exhausted traveler with a checklist.
- If you get lost, ask someone walking a dog—they are more likely to be a local. If you’re taking a taxi and there is a language barrier, whip out your area map and point to the location you want to go.
- When booking a cruise, use a CruiseExperts.com travel advisor. There is no extra cost and they can take the stress out of planning your vacation. Click here to find out what makes us the best online cruise travel agency in the industry.
Do you have a travel tip you would like to share with us? If you’re an experienced traveler, you probably have some great advice for the newbie traveler. We would love to pass along your wisdom. Give us a call–we’d be happy to help you plan the cruise vacation of your dreams at 888-804-CRUIse (2784), or email us at info@cruiseexperts.com.