Who slept in your cruise cabin before you? You’ll never know

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Your cabin might have a scary past you don't know about.

Cruise cabins undergo thorough cleaning and sprucing up between sailings. But with ships having a typical lifespan of 30 years, there’s a good chance many other passengers have sailed in a guest’s stateroom before them.

While passengers can research various aspects of their trips before departing, information about specific cruise cabins may be limited. Cruise Lines International Association, the industry’s leading trade organization, told USA TODAY it “is not aware of any publicly available database that provides a comprehensive history of a specific cruise cabin.”

“There is publicly available information about ships more broadly,” CLIA said in an emailed statement. “The CDC’s Vessel Sanitation Program publishes inspection scores and reports that are searchable by ship and cruise line. Cruise lines may also publish information about ship refurbishments, dry docks, accommodation categories, and updated deck plans. However, these resources do not constitute a cabin-by-cabin historical record.”

That doesn’t mean travelers…

Original source: https://www.usatoday.com/travel/