Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast, a week weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host, Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 342.

If there's one aspect of Royal Caribbean Cruise that is the least enjoyed, it has to be packing.

Packing is a necessary evil, but it doesn't have to be a major barrier for anyone new to cruising.

This week, I'm going to share the important things to consider when packing for a cruise so you don't have a major problem later. Here we go.

I think if there's one thing that gives a lot of cruisers grief, it's definitely packing. I mean,

sure, if you're new to cruising and you're trying to figure out, you know, what ship to pick

or the itinerary or some basics that might certainly rank up there but a universal

truth whether it's your first cruise or your fifth cruise or maybe even your 10th cruise is packing is

kind of a challenge especially when you start going to different itineraries and whatnot and i got to

tell you it's something i struggle with too because you're always trying to balance what do you

need to bring what should you need to bring?

What should you not bring because it's a waste?

And is there any way in the middle that you can kind of not bring as much as you possibly

could be bringing, thus not over packing?

There's a lot of considerations when it comes to packing.

And I think the first thing I got to say in the beginning before we talk about any specific

cruise packing tips is that at the end of the day, it's not a big

deal. I always tell my wife, I said when we're about to leave the house to go on a cruise,

I say, do we have our passports? Yes. Do we have our credit cards? Yes. Okay, everything else

we can buy. Everything else can be solved later on. Now obviously that's on ideal. You don't want to get to the ship and realize, okay, you have absolutely no clothing and you need now to go to the nearest target in order to get stuff. Obviously no one wants that. But the bottom line is there are certain things that can be replaced and other things that are critical. So your cruise documentation, a passport, and means of which to buy other things,

a credit card, beyond that, you're off to the races. So that's number one. Always remember

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