The free cruise departure checklist
A cruise should feel easy from the moment you leave home, but embarkation day rewards the people who prepared for it. Boarding documents, medications, the house, and the people at home all need attention before you go. This checklist covers that practical work on one page, so you can board without a last-minute scramble and enjoy the sailing you planned for.
What’s inside
- Documents and booking details — checking exactly which travel documents your itinerary requires with your cruise line and official government sources, expiry dates, boarding documents, itinerary, luggage tags, and copies left at home
- Health and medications — medications in your carry-on in their original labeled containers, enough for the whole trip plus a small extra supply, and a paper list of medications, conditions, and allergies
- Packing and your carry-on — a carry-on packed for the first day in case checked bags reach your cabin late, valuables and papers kept with you, and luggage tags attached as instructed
- Home, family, and staying in touch — ship and itinerary details left with family at home, mail and deliveries arranged, pet care, bank notifications, and bills settled or automated
- Travel day and getting on board — arriving in the port city with time to spare, following your cruise line’s check-in instructions, setting up your onboard account, and noting the all-aboard time in each port
- The plan most people forget — the short list that makes sure your family would never have to figure things out at the worst possible time
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What happens next
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Who’s behind this checklist
Journey Secure is an Authorized Independent General Agency for Return Assured℠. The membership’s benefits are provided through APASI, which has been providing travel assurance since 1994. The idea behind everything we do is simple: a Return Assured℠ membership costs $350 once, for life, and if a member passes away more than 75 miles from home, one call has everything arranged and paid for to bring them home — so their family never has to figure it out at the worst time. The checklist is free whether or not the membership is ever right for you.
Common questions
Is it really free?
Yes. The checklist is a free download, no payment and no obligation. We make it because leaving well is the whole point of what we do — and because some readers will later decide the membership is right for them.
Will you spam me?
No. You’ll get the checklist right away, and after that an occasional email — seasonal reminders and planning tips, a few times a year, not a few times a week. Every email has an unsubscribe link, and unsubscribing is immediate and permanent.
What is Journey Secure?
Journey Secure offers the Return Assured℠ membership: lifetime travel protection for people who spend time away from home, including cruise-goers sailing far from their home port. If a member dies more than 75 miles from home, one call at the time of death sets everything in motion — identification, preparation, transport home, and the paperwork — with the costs covered. It is not insurance; it’s a membership, and it’s one $350 payment for life. You can read more at journeysecure.com.
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