Hi, I’m Nadia Corven, the person behind Cruises Master.
I have sailed nineteen cruises across five lines since 2018, and I started this site because every packing list I found online was written by someone who had never had to fit a week of clothes into a cabin with two drawers. Now I measure the cabin before I unpack: drawer depth, outlet count, whether the door actually takes a magnet.
The lists here are checked twice — once before sailing, once after, against what came home unused. That second pass is the one that matters, and it is why a list on this site is usually shorter than the one you were given.
What You’ll Find Here
Cruises Master covers the practical end of cruising: packing lists by length and climate, cabin storage and organisation, door decorations that survive a week at sea, formal night outfits, first-time questions nobody answers straight, comparing lines against each other, and what is actually worth booking in port.
How I Decide What to Publish
Three rules. Numbers come from something I measured or counted on board, not from a brochure. Any guide that recommends a product says who it is wrong for as well as who it suits. And if a topic has nothing to add beyond what the cruise line already publishes, it does not get written.
How This Site Pays for Itself
Some product links here are affiliate links, which means I earn a small commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. Nothing is recommended because it pays better, and every guide names the cases where a product is the wrong choice. The full wording is on the affiliate disclosure page.
My Mission
The first cruise is the one you overpack for. The point of this site is to hand you the list that fits the cabin you actually get, before you start folding.
New guides go up on Pinterest first. If something here did not work the way I said it would, tell me — that is how the fixes get made.