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How to Not Get Sick on a Cruise: An Insider’s Guide for the Discerning Travele

14 practical, common-sense habits that help you stay well from embarkation to disembarkation — so nothing gets in the way of the trip you’ve been looking forward to.

You’ve booked the veranda suite. You’ve researched the specialty dining. You’ve packed for the white-linen dinner and the sunrise excursion in the same suitcase. The last thing you want is to spend day three of a fourteen-day voyage in your cabin instead of at the captain’s table.

The good news: most illness on a cruise ship is entirely preventable, and it has almost nothing to do with luck. It comes down to a handful of habits — the kind any seasoned traveler picks up over time, whether through experience or a good travel advisor.

(This guide covers general wellness habits, not medical advice. For guidance specific to your health history, medications, or an upcoming diagnosis, talk with your physician before you sail.)

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How to Choose the Right River Cruise

Quick answer: Coastwise Travel helps you choose the right river cruise by pairing you with a expert advisor who has personally sailed and toured nearly every major river cruise line, acting as your dedicated advocate for every detail (flights, hotels, transfers, excursions), and cutting through the noise of internet opinions to give you advice based on you— not on what worked for a stranger on social media.

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Choosing the Right River Cruise

There are approximately four thousand opinions on the internet about which river cruise line is “the best.” Ask ten people in a Facebook travel group and you’ll get eleven answers, three of them contradictory, and at least one from someone who has never actually been on a river cruise but has strong feelings anyway.

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