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9 Best Cruise Packing Tips for 2019 / 2020. (What to Take, Not Take and How To Take It!)
Jan 28, 2025
Discover the 9 most important packaging tips for your next cruise. The things you need to think about, what to take and also what you should and can leave behind on your cruising vacation, and why. In this I also look at what you should be packing and taking in your hand luggage and check in bags, and why. These are the 9 most important things you need to prepare and do when packing for your next cruise. I cover topics that include what clothes to bring, bathroom essentials, electronics, allowances and exclusions by the cruise lines and essentials for your cabin to make the cruise more enjoyable and run smoothly.
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what are the absolute best tips on
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packing for a cruise I'm Gary beverage
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and this is another of my tips for
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travelers at the time of recording this
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I've done over 66 cruises and I try and
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pack everything I've learned from that
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into every single video I'll make in
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this video I'm going to talk about three
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critical things what to take what not to
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take and importantly how to take it if
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you're heading off on a cruise one of
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the most important tips is understanding
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what you should put in your hand luggage
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and you should put in your check-in bags
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very important in your hand I'm going to
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keep anything that's valuable
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anything that's breakable make sure
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George your passport or your ID whatever
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you gonna need to get on the ship very
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important you also need your e-ticket
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very importantly nowadays when you go on
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a cruise you normally need to have
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checked in online and have a document
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proving that you've done all of that
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your credit cards your money your
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currency your cameras your laptop
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jewelry your prescription medication
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anything that's valuable anything that
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you do not want to lose make sure that
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you keep that with you at all times also
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think about things that you might need
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before you get your luggage that you've
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checked in so if it's a great beautiful
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sunny day and yes you know you're going
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to want to go out and get in the hot
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tubs or swim pack your swim trunks in
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your hand luggage because you don't know
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how long it's going to take to get your
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checked on baggage the second thing that
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I would say is really important these
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days to pack is either your mobile phone
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or your tablet the reason for that is
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many cruise lines have moved to where
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they have an app which is where they
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will do things like enable you to book
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excursions shows dining each other daily
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program you're able to check your
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account see what you're spending as
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Cruise Lines move more and more
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paperless to be more environmentally
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safe and sound and responsible your
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smartphone is going to become a really
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important and valuable tool what tips do
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I have on the actual clothes to pack a
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couple of really critical and simple
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things to think about first of all what
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is the dress code make sure you really
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understand what you have to wear for
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dinners every Cruise Line has a slightly
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different role in when it comes to dress
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code and you don't want to find that you
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excluded from doing certain things you
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want to do because you've got the dress
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code right secondly also check if
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there's any themed parties or special
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parties there might be a white knight or
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different themed parties think about
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what you want to bring for those parties
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between if you're a big party goer
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you'll find that many people will
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embrace the themed nights if there's a
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themed party so make sure you've packed
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those thirdly think a little bit about
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the excursions you want to go on if
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you're going hiking think about the sort
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of shoes you're gonna wear if you go
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cycling think again about the sort of
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kit you want to wear the shoes you want
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to wear I think I always recommend when
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you go on a cruise is to minimize the
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amount of clothes to bring just think
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about layers to just think about sort of
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a base layer it could be as simple as a
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t-shirt the next layer which could just
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be a sweatshirt and then perhaps a
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jacket which is also waterproof
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the next thing decide if you're going to
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exercise or not so if you decide I am
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gonna be really good on this cruise that
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I'm gonna go to the gym I've only got
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walking make sure that you bring the
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right gear so many people go on cruises
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and they pack their gym shoes and their
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gym kit but they'd never end up going so
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make a conscious decision and bring
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those clothes as well the next thing to
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think about is what I call kind of your
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bathroom essentials only one of the most
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important is to think about your little
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personalized first-aid kit the reason I
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say that is you'll find that things to
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treat ailments that you might have at
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home whether it's headaches upset
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stomachs those things can be quite
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expensive and difficult to get hold of
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on a cruise you're gonna find that
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you're either going to have to go to the
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medical center and pay to go to the
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medical center to get some of things or
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you're going to try and figure out a
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local pharmacy where you may have some
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language issues the shops on board will
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be very limited in the sort of things
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that they can sell because they can't
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sell the sort of things you can buy in a
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pharmacy or a drugstore
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what I recommend you do is have a look
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at your bottom cabinet or your bathroom
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the most common ones tend to be things
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like headaches stomach related things
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it's a good idea to pack motion sickness
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if you're heading on a cruise sunscreen
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I also really really strongly recommend
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that you pack in there a tooth repair
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kit these little kids you can buy from
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the drugstore sewed a crown falls off or
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a filling comes out you can actually do
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a patch up job either to the next port
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or even for the whole cruise and that's
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really important because cruise lines do
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not have dentists on boy the second
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thing to think about is your toiletries
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now most cruise lines will provide some
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of the basic toiletries so that's so
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shower gels body lotion and of course
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depending on the type of cruise you're
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on that can be very
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fancy branded stuff to make a decision
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about whether you want to bring those or
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not
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don't worry about overpacking us because
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many of those basic ones you will be
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able to buy on board or within the ports
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my next tip is around electronics
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nowadays we have so many electronics
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that we bring with its mobile phones
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cameras laptops and they all have
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different types of charges now the great
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news is that many of those are USB
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charged and all the modern cruise ships
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and when they go through refits are
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starting to put in USB charges in all of
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the cabins so the great news is you
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don't need to have to take lots of
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adaptors so make sure though that you've
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brought for each of your items that
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you've brought a charger and it could be
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as simple as thinking around do you have
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electric toothbrush make sure that least
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one of you have bought the charge of
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that as we know within the family you
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may have different charger needs because
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you've got different editions and
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versions of the different smartphones
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and tablets also make sure that you
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understand what the plug sockets are in
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your cabin many cruise lines will have
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us-style plugs a lot of them will also
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have the option of euro style plugs but
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make sure you find out what type of
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socket plug socket you're going to need
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and make sure you bring those adapters
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because when the best things to do is
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probably bring one of those
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multi-purpose ones which you can then
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adapt based on the type of socket that
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you have a lot of cabins don't have very
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many plugs so one of the things that you
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used to be able to do is take an
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extension cord with you which would have
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a number of different plugs the cruise
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lines are getting strict and strict
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about what type you can bring so check
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with your purpose Pacific cruise line if
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you are able to bring onboard one of
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those extension cables because if the
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cruise line doesn't allow you they
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actually screams that in your luggage
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and they will hold your luggage aside
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and remove it P guideline is you're not
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allowed one with a surge protector but
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really importantly make sure that you
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check before you start packing if you're
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able to take one of those onto your
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cruise line and make sure of course that
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you've packed batteries of any of your
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devices operate on batteries my next
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step is around what you can bring
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onboard in terms of alcohol most cruise
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liners have a policy around what drinks
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and it's normal
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alcohol only related so wine or spirits
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or beer that you can bring on board so
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before you start packing those check
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what you're allowed to bring on board
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any excess alcohol that's discovered in
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your luggage is not taken and held until
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the end of the cruise seems true when
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you come back from an excursion or
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you've been on a port they will also
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screen and normally withhold alcohol
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from you of course
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online there are lots of discussions and
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forums around ways you can sneak it in
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now an often forgotten tip and one that
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I really like is around packing your
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specific quirks and loves and likes so
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for example when I'm gonna cruise
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there's a couple of things that I
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absolutely always want to take with me I
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always take earplugs I always take a
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shades because you never know how the
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curtains will be you know how life is
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going to be I like sleep when it's nice
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and dark I think be really quiet so I
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always take earplugs or take high shades
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I also like to listen to my own music so
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I always bring along a Bluetooth speaker
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so I can listen to my music I know a lot
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of people who do things like they bring
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their own pillow because they're really
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fussy about the style of pillow or they
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like to have a white noise device
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because that helps them sleep really
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well think about the things that you
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really like to have around you and even
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when you're traveling you want to have
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for some people it's very specific tea
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bags or very specific type of coffee
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take those with you and think about
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those when you pack my next tip is
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around cabin essentials these are things
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that people like to have in the cabin to
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either make their cruise go smoother or
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easier so for me for example it's very
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simple my key cabin essential is a
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highlighter pen because I like to get
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the day program every evening and go
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through and highlight the things that I
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want to do other people that I know it's
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much more elaborate so for example I
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know a lot of people that take those
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over the door shoe organizers and they
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use the pockets to put things like their
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sunglasses flip flops Sun lotion all
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different things that they like to
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organize and use particularly they stay
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in a small cabin for other people it's
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room and door decorations so think of
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other things that you would want to have
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around in your cabin to just make your
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cruise go smoother easier or just more
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enjoyable the next tip is really
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important and this is around things to
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leave behind now there's really
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obvious things that you shouldn't take
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with you like illegal drugs guns those
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kind of things that you know are just
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not going to be an hour on a cruise
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there are a number of restrictions and
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things that you can't take on a cruise
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that the cruise lines are really strict
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about so for example you can't take
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things with open flames you can't take
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candles almost pieces you can't take
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products like curling irons most cruise
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lines will not allow you to take a drone
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so drones of course are becoming really
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popular and more affordable there's very
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few cruise lines that will even let you
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bring a drone onboard there's one or two
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that will allow you to bring them on
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board but you can't use them on the ship
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from the ship or in the port so you have
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to take them out when you're on an
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excursion but many many cruise lines
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were actually forbid you bring your own
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onboard and actually if they spot that
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in the screening with your hand luggage
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or your checking luggage they will
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remove that from you to get into the
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cruise also there's a few things that a
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lot of people think they need to bring
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like beach towels the cruise lines will
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have towels that you can use to go out
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on excursions things that you're ready
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to think about not to bring are things
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that are specifically restricted by at
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the Cruise Line and they normally quite
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clear about those in the cruise contract
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and the terms bunch of things that they
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don't like you to use on board because
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they provide likely a fire risk so
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things like curling irons candles and
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then those things that are just going to
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be illegal and can't be used on board
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drugs guns knives if you have any other
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great ideas in terms of packing I'd love
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to hear about that hope that was helpful
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and I'd love it if you watch many more
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of my tips which others videos they're
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designed to help you make the most of
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