Friday, July 31, 2009

What you need to know before you take a cruise

Before you leave on your cruise, you'll be presented with a passenger contract (mailed to you after you make your reservations) which you'll need to read and sign. You'll also receive a letter detailing all cruise information.

Make sure your passport is up to date. These days, you need it wherever you go. You'll also have to fill out an online immigration form. - yes, even if you're just going up to Canada for the day.

Some cruise lines still allow smoking in state rooms, but none of them will allow smoking in pubic areas.

A cruise ship can be a cashless society. Simply bill everything to your stateroom, and it will be added to your credit card at the end of the journey.

Once you arrive at your destinaton (if for example you sail from Seattle to British Columbia, no one may depart the ship until all luggage is off-loaded. This is no hardship, though, you simply relax in a publc lounge until it's time to leave.

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