08/24/2022
WE JUST RECEIVED THIS MESSAGE FROM ROYAL CARRIBBEAN. THE OTHER CRUISE LINES ARE SURE TO FOLLOW AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY DO!
HAPPY SAILING! BON VOYAGE!
Dear valued Travel Partners,
The time has come for us to welcome all adventurers back onboard, so get ready to reach out to your clients and secure their next cruise vacation with Royal Caribbean®!
Beginning with sailings departing on September 5th, 2022, we are welcoming all guests, regardless of vaccination status, on cruises departing from U.S. homeports – excluding itineraries visiting Canada and Bermuda, and also Transpacific sailings.
Should there be any changes to this guidance, we are committed to keeping you informed. Provided below are additional details.
Vaccination Recommended
• If eligible, we recommend that your clients joining us be fully vaccinated against COVID‐19. While vaccination is not required, we kindly ask all guests to disclose their status during check-in to ensure we maintain a highly vaccinated onboard population.
Testing
• Unvaccinated guests ages 5 years and older must present a negative COVID-19 test result taken within 3 days of our sail date.
• For sailing lengths of 9 nights or less, vaccinated guests, regardless of age, no longer need to test.
Accepted Tests
• Guests can now take advantage of at-home antigen tests (even unsupervised ones!) to satisfy this requirement.
• Proof of a negative test can be the printed or digital results, a clear photo of the self-test result, or the actual self-test in hand.
2022 Sailings Visiting Canada:
• While requirements for sailing have changed for some destinations, Canada’s local regulations and requirements are still in place and the vaccine and testing requirements for your sailing remain unchanged.
2022 Sailings Visiting Bermuda:
• While requirements to sail have changed for some destinations, most of Bermuda’s local regulations and requirements are still in place.
• This means your client's vaccination and pre-cruise testing requirements remain unchanged.
• The good news is we've removed boarding day testing, and any debark testing for sailings that end in the U.S.