You Don't Have to Be Taking a Cruise to Use CruiseAware™

CruiseAware.com™ is built for cruise travelers—but the country intelligence, health, safety, and preparedness information can be useful to anyone traveling internationally.

Whether you are flying to Europe, taking a family vacation in the Caribbean, visiting friends overseas, traveling for business, or planning an independent adventure, many of the questions are the same:

Is my destination safe? Are there health concerns? What should I know before I go?

That is where CruiseAware™ can help.

Country Intelligence Isn't Just for Cruisers

Cruise travelers often visit several countries in a short period of time, which is why CruiseAware™ was designed to make destination information easier to understand and use.

But the information itself is not limited to cruise passengers.

A traveler flying to The Bahamas, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Greece, Iceland, Ecuador, or another international destination still needs to understand many of the same issues a cruise passenger does:

• Current safety and security concerns
• Health risks and disease activity
• Vaccination and health recommendations
• Weather and environmental hazards
• Emergency numbers and medical resources
• Transportation and personal-safety considerations
• Local conditions that could affect a trip
• Practical preparedness information before departure

Whether you arrive by cruise ship, airplane, train, or automobile, the destination risks do not disappear.

Think of CruiseAware™ as a Travel-Intelligence Starting Point

Travel information is available from many excellent sources, including government and international health organizations. The challenge for travelers is often knowing where to look, what matters, and how the information applies to their trip.

CruiseAware™ is designed to organize and contextualize travel health, safety, and preparedness information so travelers can better understand the destination before they arrive.

Official organizations remain the authority for their own advisories and recommendations. CruiseAware™ provides an additional layer of traveler-focused intelligence that can help put that information into practical context.

Before Any International Trip, Ask These Questions

How safe is the destination?

Conditions can vary significantly from one country—or even one neighborhood—to another. Knowing the general security environment, common traveler risks, transportation concerns, and areas requiring increased awareness can help you make better decisions before and during your trip.

Are there health risks I should know about?

International travelers may encounter health issues that are uncommon at home. Depending on the destination, considerations might include mosquito-borne illnesses, food and water safety, respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal illness, heat exposure, or vaccination recommendations.

The time to learn about those issues is before you travel, not after becoming ill.

What happens if I have an emergency?

Travelers should know basic emergency information before leaving home. That can include local emergency numbers, access to medical care, embassy or consular resources, travel insurance considerations, and what to do if medications, passports, or travel documents are lost.

Are weather or environmental conditions a concern?

Hurricanes, extreme heat, flooding, wildfires, poor air quality, earthquakes, volcanic activity, and severe storms can affect travelers regardless of how they reach a destination.

Travel intelligence should therefore be part of ordinary trip planning—not something reserved for major emergencies.

Particularly Useful for Older Travelers and Families

Preparation becomes even more important when traveling with children, older adults, people with mobility limitations, or travelers who depend on prescription medications.

Before traveling internationally, these travelers may need to think more carefully about:

• Medication availability
• Medical facilities
• Accessibility
• Transportation
• Heat and hydration
• Travel insurance
• Emergency planning
• Distance from appropriate medical care

A beautiful destination can still present practical challenges. Understanding those challenges before arrival gives travelers more options.

Business Travelers Can Use CruiseAware™, Too

Business travel frequently involves short notice and destinations the traveler may know little about. Before a meeting, conference, site visit, or international assignment, CruiseAware™ country intelligence can provide a quick orientation to health, safety, security, transportation, and destination conditions.

Even experienced travelers benefit from checking current conditions rather than relying on what they remember from a previous visit.

The Same Destination. The Same Risks. A Different Way of Getting There.

Consider someone spending a week in Nassau. One traveler may arrive aboard a cruise ship. Another may fly in and spend seven nights at a resort. A third may be attending a business conference.

They are traveling differently—but once they leave the airport, resort, conference center, or cruise terminal, they are encountering many of the same destination conditions.

That is why CruiseAware™ country intelligence has value beyond cruising.

Know Before You Go

CruiseAware™ began with a simple idea: travelers make better decisions when useful health, safety, and preparedness information is easier to find and understand.

Cruising remains at the heart of CruiseAware™, but international travel intelligence does not stop at the cruise terminal.

So the next time you are planning an international trip—even if there isn't a cruise ship anywhere on your itinerary—take a few minutes to research your destination.

Travel Smart. Travel Safe.

1. 1.Explore destinations on CruiseAware™
2. 2.View current health and safety alerts