Key steps to stay safe in cruise ports with travel warnings

A number of popular cruise ports are under travel warnings. He

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00:00Hello there, cruisers. I am Dan Klein, executive editor of Come Cruise With Me.

00:03He is Dennis Post, co-owner of our travel agent partner, Postcard Travel Planning.

00:08Dennis, you've heard a lot about parts of the Bahamas being dangerous.

00:11Now, Aruba, where we are now, is famously pretty safe, but you walked up earlier today and got us a cab.

00:18How do you know when you're in Nassau, when you're in Cozumel, when you're in Aruba?

00:21How do you know what a safe cab is?

00:24You know, you're ex-military. You can take anybody. I'm not.

00:28But I could easily be taken prisoner and raffled off in pieces back to my family.

00:33How do you make a good choice about what a safe cab is and what isn't?

00:36So most of the ports, all the ports that we go to normally, they're going to have a cab system there that's controlled by the government.

00:44That's what's the first thing you want to do.

00:46You don't want to go off on a beaten path down a side road and get a cab.

00:50So that's the first thing.

00:51The second thing is they all usually have licenses and stickers.

00:54And we had somebody fall prey to somebody that didn't have a license cab and a cabbie.

01:01And I think that was in the port.

01:04It can happen anywhere.

01:05And I'm going to say, the other issue is don't be alone.

01:09Now, unless you're someone who's way too tough to trifle with, don't be alone and ask the price.

01:16Say, hey, I want to go to this beach.

01:18Roughly, what's the price?

01:19I'm in Cozumel.

01:19I want to go to Mr. Sancho's.

01:21I want to go to Paradise Island.

01:23And they'll come back and they'll say, it's X per person or it's X per distance.

01:26It can vary by market.

01:28But don't get in a cab.

01:29It's like going to a restaurant that just has the question marks on the prices where it says market price.

01:34The market price on the lobster is more if you don't ask before.

01:37Know where you're going and use common sense.

01:40Aruba is not dangerous.

01:41It is a safe place.

01:42That doesn't mean you should flash money.

01:44That doesn't mean you should talk about the diamonds you just bought.

01:47Don't wear your gold tiara.

01:48Whatever it is, be smart.

01:51Be careful.

01:52I am Dan Klein.

01:53He is Dennis Post.

01:54Come cruise with us soon.