More packing tips for cruises

Packing for your honeymoon, world cruise or when travelling with under threes? Here's how to get there stress and crease free: • If it’s the holiday of a lifetime, why not let the professionals pack for you? London’s Blossom and Browne (www.blossomandbrowne.com) offers a jet-set travel service where you take them the clothes you want to take on your cruise and they give them back to you: laundered, ironed, and perfectly packed. A similar service is available from concierge company Practical Princess (www.practicalprincess.com). If you are travelling with young children, and taking a cruise plus hotel stay remember that companies such as Tinytotsaway (www.tinytotsaway.com) or Bebebel (www.bebebel.com) will deliver baby products, food and heavy items to your destination. • A hint – don’t put gift-wrapped items in luggage you are checking in – if your case has to be opened for inspection, the lovely wrapping you paid extra for will be torn off! You can usually make sure this doesn’t happen to gifts in hand luggage by asking the inspector to scan the item and producing a receipt for its purchase. • Your cruise ship’s laundry service can deal with your dirty clothes but it’s always sensible to avoid sending them delicate or liable to shrink items – pack some handwash and deal with those yourself in your cabin. Remember that regardless of your expressed wishes, jeans sent to a cruise laundry always come back with mirror sharp central creases!