Top 15 Cruise Travel Accessories - Packing List for Cruise Ship and Hotel Stay

Ok, apart from the shock you may get when you walk into your cruise cabin and realize that the size of both the room and bathroom together is the size of your bathroom at home alone!

No matter how comfortable your cruise cabin may be, there are always cruise travel accessories you may forget when you pack for a cruise, and that’s why we have compiled a little reminder list for you.

These are not only cruise travel accessories you will need when spending time in your stateroom but also around the cruise ship.Also, you will get to use many of these during your stay in a hotel before or after your European cruise.

#1 – Extreme Hearos Earplugs – Yes, you can easily choose the category of your cruise ship cabin… inside, outside, balcony, mini-suite, full suite… but one thing you may not be able to choose is its position. If you happen to get your cabin at the beginning of a corridor, you may be hearing kids running around more than you like. Also, if your cabin happens to be just below the running track on the open deck… you may be woken up at 6 am by a stampede of fitness freaks. Let’s not mention staying right next to the theatre orchestra pit!

#3 – MicroFlex Waist Pocket – we know how it is with men onboard cruise ships…t hey always end up stuffing our little purses with their things… wallet, cell phone, reading glasses. Gentlemen, we do not want you to disrupt the whole Greek jewelry buying seminar because you forgot your ship ID with us. So carry your own stuff with you and go do your rock-climbing or “men’s sexy legs” contest on the pool deck! :)

#4 – Ultra Soles – Like to walk barefoot around your hotel room? Have any idea when the last time was the carpets were actually properly cleaned? How about that shower in the spa? And the pool deck? You better put these Ultra Soles on your packing list for a cruise vacation!

#5 – Drink Ease – Ok, ok… we know you don’t really drink. But you just got under the influence of your crazy Cruise Director and his staff and had that one Caipirinha extra. It’s 1 am and tomorrow morning you’re waking up at 6 to meet for your shore excursion in the ship’s theatre. And missing out on seeing the Delos island is not an option. Ouch!

Drink Ease is one of the cruise travel accessories you’ll be glad you had on you!

#6 – Pre-Set Travel Alarm Clock – Did you know there’s no clocks in your cruise ship cabin? You don’t feel safe trusting the phone wake up call to wake you up for your early morning shore excursion? It happens very rarely but those can be messed up due to power cuts or system failures.

#7 – Travel Iron – you’ve just flown in and got to the hotel to drop off your bags. You’re rushing out to take a walk down Las Ramblas in Barcelona and have a romantic dinner the night before you board the Mediterranean cruise ship just to find your favourite blouse is all squashed and no iron in the hotel room! Thank God for your little Travel Iron.

Note: irons are strictly forbidden onboard cruise ships and the ships security will keep yours for you until the end of the cruise.

#8 – Men's Travel Slippers and Women's Travel Slippers – You will be happy to put your swollen feet into these and feel just like home after a long day of hiking Vesuvius or running around Rome, Venice or Florence.

#9 – ExOfficio Irresistible Wrap – It’s a sea day morning and you have the whole day planned out: first, a destination lecture, then Murano glass seminar, a napkin folding class… but we have to warn you, ship’s air conditioning can often be set a notch too high for someone sitting still listening to the classes all day. Ladies, ExOfficio Irresistible Wrap is your saver. Not to mention you can use it on the plane, or shore excursion bus to fight that early morning chill out in the port-of-call

#10 – Garment Hideaway – It’s an eternal question: should you leave your valuables in your stateroom? Sometimes your cabin stays open for long periods of time when your cabin attendant is cleaning it and walking out to fetch things. Or, should you take the valuables out in port where they are also subject to getting lost or left behind?

Garment Hideaway is one of the cruise travel accessories that is a solution to your problem!

#11 – UltraOptx Booklight – So you’ve just found the only quiet lounge onboard, away from all the dancing lessons and cooking demonstrations… just perfect to relax and read that exciting book, write your journal or do the crosswords. Just to find the lights are too low and your eyes are straining. If you’re a bookworm you won’t go anywhere without your UltraOptx Booklight!

#12 – Wrinkle Wiz – You’ve just finished the safety drill and now you’re running to catch the early seating dinner. It’s the first night of the cruise and you don’t want to miss a thing… you want to see it all, the lounges, the bars and shops too… and you want to look good while doing it! But your favourite shirt is creased and doesn’t look very flattering. Ship’s laundry and ironing service? It would take 24 hours at least. It’s so much easier to have the Wrinkle Wiz.

#13 – Travel-size Tide – As already mentioned, sometimes, the ship’s laundry service takes just too long. Especially when you’re down to that last pair of clean socks and you need them for tomorrow’s shore excursion. Your bathroom sink and Travel-size Tide will do the trick.

#14 – Inflatable Hangers – When you get into your ship cabin, you will not want to live out of the suitcase for the duration of the whole cruise. You will want to unpack properly. But are there enough hangers in your small closet? You will also find this one of the cruise travel accessories helpful when hanging your swimsuit in the shower.

#15 – Air-O-Swiss Travel Humidifier – You know that funny feeling when your throat is scratchy in the morning as if you’ve had a whole pack of cigarettes the night before and your eyes are dry from the recycled air-con air? If you’re sensitive to that, this Air-O-Swiss Travel Humidifier is one of the must have cruise travel accessories.