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Your cruise starts today.

Add your cruise and everything falls into place: the ports of call, the weather at each port, a suitcase that fits the forecast, excursion ideas and your crew. Once you’re home, your memories and your cruise passport are waiting for you.

Free on iPhone, iPad, Android and in your browser.

The Embarkation home screen: the countdown to boarding, the upcoming cruise and the ship’s live position.

From packing to memories

Embarkation keeps pace with your cruise: getting ready to sail, enjoying the voyage on board, then keeping the best of it once you’re home.

  1. 20 days out

    Before you sail

    • The countdown and handy reminders
    • Your ports of call and the weather at each one
    • A suitcase that fits the weather
    • Excursion ideas for every port

  2. Day 3

    On board

    • Your crew together with a simple code
    • A shared logbook
    • On-board bingo
    • Your ship on the map, with its wake

  3. Back ashore

    After the cruise

    • An album of your memories
    • A recap of your voyage
    • Your passport and its stamps
    • An image to share as a story

Add your cruise, the rest follows

Enter your ship and dates, or pick your sailing from the catalogue: Embarkation finds the itinerary and gets the trip ready with you.

Ports and weather: each day of the cruise with its port of call, its times and the forecast.

Ports of call and their weather

Each port of call with its times and its weather. While departure is still far off, you see the usual weather for the season; 5 days before the port, the real forecast takes over.

Seasonal averages 5-day forecast
Weather tips for your suitcase: what to pack and what to leave at home, each with its reason.

A suitcase that fits the weather

Tips written by an AI from the weather at your ports, added to your packing list in one tap. Five days before each port, they follow the actual forecast and become definite.

Leave the puffer jacket at home: it won’t drop below 20 °C.

A tip 5 days before the port
Excursions: for each port of call, your time ashore and things to see, with activities to book.

Excursions that fit your time ashore

Ideas for each port based on your time ashore, and real activities to book with our partner GetYourGuide.

Partner links: Embarkation may earn a commission on bookings, at no extra cost to you.

On board, the whole crew on the same course

Invite your travel companions with an eight-character code or a simple link, and you’re all together on the same cruise.

The logbook
The moments of the day in a few words and a mood. The ship’s position is added automatically.
On-board bingo
A towel animal on the bed, the captain’s dinner, the midnight buffet: tick the square when the moment comes.
The map and the wake
Cruise ships at sea, live, and for yours its speed, heading and wake over the last 24 hours.
Passengers met
The number of Embarkation members who were on board with you. A number, never names.
The crew: the invitation code to share, spelled out in signal flags, and the people on board.
The live map of cruise ships at sea, with search, your fleet and a cruise line filter.

After the cruise, keep the best of it

Every cruise becomes an album: photos, words, moods and highlights. Share them with your crew or keep them to yourself.

The cruise recap

A stories-style recap retraces your voyage: miles sailed, ports of call, highlights and passengers met.

Your cruise passport

It counts your cruises, ports and countries, and collects stamps: First boarding, Sea legs, Night watch, Old salt… Share it as an image ready for your stories, reels and posts.

A cruise album: the photos and the memories written after the trip.
The passport: the profile, the cruise, port and country counters, and the referral rank.
The passport image to share as a story: rank, counters, stamps and invitation QR code.

What about your next cruise?

In the Explore tab, browse upcoming sailings by destination, month, length, budget, ship or cruise line.

  1. Explore: upcoming cruises filtered by length and sorted by price, with their starting price per person.

    1 Search

    Upcoming cruises, sorted by price or by date.

  2. A cruise page: the dates, the starting price per person and the price of each cabin type.

    2 Compare

    The itinerary, the dates and the best price found for each cabin: inside, ocean view, balcony or suite.

  3. The quote request: passengers, preferred cabin, flexible dates and a message.

    3 Request a quote

    Our partner travel agency checks availability and replies by email, with no commitment.

Indicative prices per person, collected daily from cruise lines and agencies. The final price is confirmed in the quote.

Bring your loved ones aboard, earn your stripes

Everyone who joins Embarkation with your invite link brings you closer to the next rank. Your stripes show on your passport and on the image you share.

  1. Cadet on sign-up
  2. Deckhand from 1 friend
  3. Boatswain from 3 friends
  4. First mate from 5 friends
  5. Captain from 10 friends
  6. Commodore from 25 friends
  7. Admiral from 50 friends

Ranks are purely for bragging rights: they come with no rewards.

The ranks, the invitation code, the field for a friend’s code and the number of Embarkation passengers met.

The ship’s rules

  1. Article 1: it’s free

    Embarkation costs nothing: no subscription, no ads.

  2. Article 2: your data is not for sale

    We don’t use your data for advertising and we don’t sell it.

  3. Article 3: our partners are disclosed

    GetYourGuide activities are partner links, and quotes are prepared by a partner travel agency, which only receives your request with your consent.

  4. Article 4: you choose who sees what

    Each memory is for your crew or for you alone, and you only appear in a ship’s passenger list if you choose to.

A question before you board?

The answers are in the FAQ, and the on-board guide walks you through the app, port by port.

All aboard

Hoisted in port, flag P, the Blue Peter, means the ship is about to sail: everyone must return on board. Embarkation is waiting for you, free, on the App Store and Google Play.

On a computer? Open Embarkation in your browser.