DrHickenlocher
Don't mess with the chameleon
- Joined
- May 16, 2017
A bit of cruise advice I read on a website suggested that when leaving the ship at a destination port, to take photos of your passport information page and leave the actual passport locked in your stateroom safe. Can any veteran cruisers comment on if this is okay to do? Do you need your passport to get back onboard the ship?
The upside is that you don't risk getting your passport stolen in a foreign country. The obvious downside is that if you don't have your physical passport with you and something happens and the cruise ship sails away, you're stuck in a foreign country without your physical passport. Maybe the photograph of your passport information page is good enough at a U.S. Embassy, maybe not. Just trying to balance the risk/reward.
The upside is that you don't risk getting your passport stolen in a foreign country. The obvious downside is that if you don't have your physical passport with you and something happens and the cruise ship sails away, you're stuck in a foreign country without your physical passport. Maybe the photograph of your passport information page is good enough at a U.S. Embassy, maybe not. Just trying to balance the risk/reward.