Cruise Packing List Calculator

The essentials block for a cruise is short but unforgiving — each omission stalls the trip somewhere unpleasant. Pack your passport (six months validity remaining), insurance cards, a credit card with no foreign-transaction fees, a debit card for ATM withdrawals, phone and charging brick, and a small Ziploc of cruise basics: plasters, painkillers, antacids, tweezers.

Add printed copies of any pre-booked cruise tickets.

The right clothing for a mixed-climate cruise leans technical: think lightweight, packable, multi-use. Skip cotton for active cruise days — it stays wet.

A pair of swim shorts that double as a walk-short, a sarong that works as towel / cover-up / pillow, and a single warm layer that compresses to nothing will serve you well for 7 days. Hold every mixed-climate piece to the wash-and-wear test; what dries slowly stays home, and what survives joins a rotation sized for 7 days.

Toiletries are where most travellers blow the TSA 3-1-1 liquid rule. For a cruise, decant shampoo, conditioner, body wash, sunscreen and toothpaste into 60 ml silicone bottles. A solid shampoo bar skips the liquid rule entirely — ideal on shorter cruise security lines.

Pack a manual toothbrush (no charging needed), a small dental floss, deodorant, and a razor with replaceable blades for the cruise kit. A quick-dry microfiber towel takes up a quarter of a regular towel's space — a full 7-day cruise never needs more.

Build the cruise electronics kit in layers of regret. Layer zero, catastrophic to forget: phone, charging brick, one cable, and the eSIM or roaming plan already installed. Layer one, daily-use: 10,000 mAh power bank (about 200 g that pays for itself the first long transit day), headphones, and — for mixed destinations — a dust or water pouch.

Layer two, situational: the universal adapter (one is enough for a trip this length), a spare cable, the e-reader. Layer three, regret-tested: the laptop you won't open, the second camera, the tripod — each has to beat its carry weight for 7 days straight to come along. Two-port USB wall charger finishes the kit; everything charges overnight from one socket.