Did you know that taking an expedition cruise is safer than taking a trip to Costco?
Cruises have mandated health and safety protocols, and that they have to follow the rules and regulations of every country they travel in.
Cruises are required to report any health issues of any outbreaks.
Almost all cruises lines require all passengers to be doubly vaccinated.
Most expedition cruises now require you to be boosted.
Taking an expedition cruise, such as one with my travel partner friends at Lindblad Expeditions requires you to be fully vaccinated to be able to book.
And you have to upload proof of a negative PCR test before you leave home.
Canadian government rules require you to show your vaccination proof to board a plane.
But even if you’re flying out of the US or elsewhere, you still have to take another PCR test to board the expedition cruise.
And, no, you can’t board if you have a “document of recovery” from CoVid. If you test positive, you cannot board.
Don’t have your PCR test back in time. You can’t board. You’ll have to reschedule.
Generic protocols tighten with specific destinations too, as expedition cruise partners follow local rules.
If you’re going to Antarctica, say, and have to take a charter flight, you will likely have to test again to fly.
Expedition cruises take every precaution to ensure their crew and their passengers are as safe as possible.
Have a look at the full list of Lindblad’s protocols. https://www.expeditions.com/covid-protocol/
Just think about that if you’re out shopping at Costco this weekend. Will you know whether your fellow shoppers are masked, doubly vaccinated, boosted, and had multiple tests to be in the same space as you?
I don’t think so.
Let me know if you’d like to book an expedition cruise.
It’s safer than a trip to Costco.