Can diabetics go on a cruise?

Be sure to stay hydrated and have plenty of food to eat. One last thing, if you are planning a cruise or any vacation, enlist those you are traveling with to be a part of your diabetes team. Let them know more about your diabetes and how you manage it. Explain to them what it means if you are low and how they can help.



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Luckily, since you have diabetes, you get priority boarding, at no extra cost! All you have to do is notify the gate agent that you have diabetes, and they'll let you board early.

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Identify yourself: Wear a medical ID bracelet stating you have diabetes. Always carry a health card with your emergency contact and doctor's name and phone number. Test often: Blood sugars can fluctuate with changes like food, exercise/activity, sleep, stress, hydration status, and medications at different time zones.

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Cruise ships can treat a wide range of illnesses and injuries on board. Some onboard medical facilities look like urgent care centers, while others are more like doctor's offices. Health insurance often does not cover medical care on cruises, but travel insurance might.

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In general cases, cruise medical centers can prescribe and administer medications, perform minor surgeries and stabilize patients with more serious medical conditions. If your medical condition is treatable on board the ship, you will be given the relevant treatment or condition.

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Consider the TSA Pre-check option for convenience (tsa.gov/precheck). If you wear a continuous glucose monitor or an insulin pump, inform TSA staff that you are wearing a medical device for diabetes that would be damaged in the body-scanning device. Ask for a different security check.

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The insulin passport is a patient-held record that documents an individual's current insulin products (including biosimilar insulins) and enables a safety check each time insulin is prescribed, dispensed, and administered.

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