We are back from our family vacation in the great state of Alaska! While on the cruise portion of the trip, my husband and I fell ill. Last week I ran a poll of what you would do given our situation.

Late at night, my husband and I decided to get tested for Covid. To us this was important because we were to go on an excursion first thing in the morning. If we had COVID, we didn’t want to expose people to it.

It turns out that we did test positive for COVID.  We went to the onboard medical clinic at 8:00 a.m., and no showed for our excursion. The medical staff completed the necessary documentation for us to get reimbursed for missed excursions and to alert the ship’s staff that we were in isolation in our stateroom. My husband recovered after one day in isolation, and it took me three days before I was released.

Most people in the poll said they would have waited until the morning to get tested or would have gone on the excursion.  It turns out that we were too ill to go on the excursion, whether we had COVID or another bug.

Here’s a shout out to the wonderful staff at Princess Cruises who did an exemplary job of checking on us several times each day while we were in isolation.  They brought us our meals daily and asked what we needed regularly. The staff were truly exceptional in their customer service both while we were ill and when we weren’t. It was a wonderful family vacation!