Should you take your own pillow on a cruise?
Going on a cruise, no matter how long your journey may be, requires you to pack some essential items to make it through the trip.
One cruiser has asked other travellers on Cruise Critic if it is necessary to pack his pillow for his sea adventure.
“I was wondering if anybody every brings their own pillows. If the pillows are good, I won't worry about it. I just don't want to have neck cramps all week,” he asked.
Here are the responses he received from a community of avid cruisers.
CruiseDude_83 said: “Yes every cruise. It is not because I feel that the ones on the cruise are dirty i just sleep on my own better…”
ChristieNJ wrote” “Never! It's sad that the cruise pillows are WAYYY more comfortable than my own!”
CL-JW agreed: “We’ve found the pillows to be good on board.”
Tika shared: “I always take my little travel pillow with me when I travel. It is about half the size of a standard pillow and scrunches real small so easy to pack. I know some folks have asked their cabin stewards for different pillows and they always accommodate their requests. One line we cruised on actually asked us in a pre-cruise questionnaire what type of pillows we wanted and bed duvet or standard spread.”
Retiredawacs said: “I’ve travelled all over the world and I don't leave home without my pillow. I always find a way to make room for it. I've been told though that on our cruise in three weeks that there is a pillow menu to select from. We are staying in a GS. I still think I will take my own.”
Cruiser starlake shared his tricks to travelling with his pillow.
“I always take my own pillow. I don't have any problem with the ship's pillows, I just like my own,” he wrote.
“I have a standard size pillow and either make room for it in my checked luggage, or if there is no room there I have simply tied it to my carry-on and go through airport security. I have never been asked to find room inside the carry-on and have never had anyone even say anything about it. It is amazing if you look around airports and see how many people carry their own pillow.”
Do you pack your pillow when you go on a cruise? Let us know in the comments below.