
Cruise ship damage or weather interruption.When it comes time to fly home, you need an actual U.S. also prevents a return by ship to your expected U.S. The need for medical evacuation back to the U.S. An injury or illness while on your cruise may require a doctor or hospital visit or worse, admission to a local hospital and you miss your ship’s departure. Events can occur during your cruise that prevent you from returning to the U.S. Why You Should Have a Passport on a Closed-loop CruiseĮxpect the unexpected. READ NEXT: Do you need a passport for an Alaska cruise? If your cruise is not closed-loop and you board, for example, in San Diego for a one-way Panama Canal cruise to Ft. Note: Royal Caribbean’s private island, Labadee, though part of Haiti, does not require a passport. If this is the case, without a passport booklet you will not be allowed to cruise or go ashore on those islands.Ĭaribbean nations that require cruise passengers to have a passport include: Barbados, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Martinique, St. Keep in mind that some Caribbean countries on your closed-loop cruise might require a U.S. Passport Cards have the same limitations at an EDL. only by land or sea and only from Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean) or a Passport Card.Ĭheck with your state to see if it offers an Enhanced Driver’s License.

You may also present an Enhanced Driver’s License (allows you to re-enter the U.S. You will be required to present a government-issued birth certificate and a laminated government-issued photo ID, denoting photo, name and date of birth. citizens will be able to enter or depart the U.S. On such a closed-loop cruise and without a passport, U.S. passport booklet (like in the above photo). Lauderdale then technically you do not need a U.S. Lauderdale then visit a foreign county (ex. If you are going on what’s called a “closed-loop” cruise (for example, leave from Ft. Mostly, whether or not a passport is required depends on your itinerary.

Do I Need a Passport for a Caribbean Cruise?

passport”? After I received this same question again today, I decided to put together this passport advice article. I receive emails from readers who ask, “I’m a United States citizen taking a cruise from the U.S. The answer is yes, you need a passport to take a cruise from the U.S to the Caribbean…and no you don’t.
