50 Best Cruise Gift Ideas
If you have a cruiser in your life this list is for you. From great gift card ideas to home decor, cruise gear must-haves and more, this list has something for everyone at every price point. Perfect for everything from that special gift for your special one to the random co-worker you got for Secret Santa.
Best Gift Cards to Get a Cruise Lover
1. Cruise Line Gift Cards
Give the gift of cruising! If the cruiser in your life has a favorite cruise line, these cruise line gift cards can typically be used for the cruise fare, excursions, and even dining reservations.
🛳️ Carnival Cruise Lines
🛳️ Celebrity Cruises
🛳️ Holland America Line
🛳️ Princess Cruises
2. United Vacations Gift Card
Want to get them something they can use towards any cruise they want – plus airfare and hotel? A gift card to United Vacations would be a great choice.
3. Gift Card for The Cruise Maps
Not sure what to get them but know they’d love something customized from their cruises? Get them a gift card to The Cruise Maps so they can get a cruise album, a customized framed wall map, and more.
View the Cruise Maps Here and use coupon code LIFEOFIRISBLOG for 10% off
4. Gift Card for Shore Excursions from Get Your Guide
Wherever in the world your cruiser is heading to, if they want to explore more in-depth – Get Your Guide – is a premier local tour operator. Give them the gift of deeper exploration with a Get Your Guide Gift Card.
🎁 Gift Card Link ➡️ Get-Your-Guide Gift Card
Practical Gifts for Cruise Lovers
For the practical folks in your life we’ve got this collection of gifts – items every cruiser needs. Stock up their suitcase to get ready for their next cruise.
5. Travel Umbrella
A travel umbrella is one of the most convenient things you can toss in your suitcase. Pop this one in there for rain or sun.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Travel Umbrella
6. Sea Bands/Sea Sickness things
Does your favorite cruiser get seasick? Get them some sea-bands to help alleviate their sea sickness from the get-go.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Sea Bands
7. Magnetic Hooks
Most cruise ship walls and ceilings are magnetic so these magnetic hooks can come in handy for all sorts of things. From hanging up hats and jackets to keeping your lanyards with room cards organized.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Magnetic Hooks
8. Cruise Power Plug
Your usual power strips aren’t allowed onboard – but these little plug-in extra outlet do-dads are. Plug it into one outlet and give yourself a few extra USB spots to charge all the tech gear you’ve got.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Cruise Approved Power Strip Multi-Plug
9. Family Passport Holder
As our family has grown from two passports to six I’ve realized the value in a family passport holder wallet like this one. Keep all your travel documents together and save a headache.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ RFID Family Passport Holder
10. Poo Pouri
Cruise ship cabins are small and a little Poo Pouri can go a long way to keeping the cabin smelling fresh.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Poo Pouri
11. Packing Cubes
If you’re cruising with a family these are absolute lifesavers. Keep everyones stuff separated and organized with these packing cubes.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Packing Cubes
12. Wool Hiking Socks – for Alaska, Norway and Antarctica cruisers
Keeping your feet dry is one of the best ways to stay warm while cruising. Get the cruiser in your life these merino wool socks with a lifetime warranty.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ These bear themed socks (they also have moose!)
Customizable Cruise Gifts
Who doesn’t love a customized gift? From luggage tags to travel mugs, I love my personalized travel gear.
13. Cruise Map Album
These cruise albums are a fantastic way for a cruiser to keep track of all their voyages with real satellite data of their cruise itinerary. We’ve been filling one for our daughter every year.
Shop The Cruise Map Album here (use code LIFEOFIRISBLOG for 10% off)
14. Luggage Tags
Everyone’s suitcase at this point feels like it looks the same. Grab some fun luggage tags to make your suitcase stand out – easy to grab and hard to mistake for someone elses.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Embroidered Initial Luggage Tag
15. Personalized Travel Tumbler
Personalize these tumblers for your friend and they’ll think of you the whole time you’re cruising (and maybe bring you back something good?)
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Laser Engraved Personalized Cruise Ship Tumbler
16. Cabin Door Signs
Brighten up their cabin door (and make it easier for them to find in those long, long hallways) with some custom cabin door decor.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Fun Cabin Door Signs
17. Passport Holder
Whether it’s for their first passport or 5th, a sleek passport holder with a pocket for tickets (because yes, sometimes you still get paper tickets) is a great gift.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Adventure Begins Passport Holder
18. Family/Group T-Shirts
Be that family. Get the matching t-shirts. They are great to remember your cruise but also great for finding each other in a crowd during your cruise.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Custom Cruise Squad T-Shirts
Cruise Gift Ideas for the Home
Want to feel the cruise spirit – why not have some decorations in the home? From countdown to nautical decorations – we’ve got you covered to make your home feel like vacation.
19. Cruise Fund Piggy Bank
Pennies might be going away, but a cruise fund piggy bank can be great for friends and family of all ages. For kids it’s a way to save up some money for them to spend while on vacation, and for adults it could be that extra bit that gets you to your vacation.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Cruise Fund Piggy Bank
20. Cruise Countdown
Once your cruise is booked it’s time for the excitement and anticipation to start! A fun cruise countdown will keep you excited through those dreary days at work.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Ocean Wooden Countdown Calendar Blocks
21. Personalized Push-Pin World Map
Show off to your friends everywhere you’ve been – or just be excited you’ve been able to see so much of the world with these pin-able world maps.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Personalized Push-Pin World Map
22. Christmas Ornaments
Who doesn’t love a cruise ship Christmas ornament.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Glass Christmas ornaments
23. Cruise Card Album
Almost every single cruise line will give you a cruise card while sailing with them. Get one of these albums to keep track of your cruise cards.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Cruise Card Album from The Cruise Maps
Nautical Themed
24. Wave Necklace
This beautiful necklace is from Vermont based business Danforth Pewter. Bring the waves home with this gorgeous and lasting piece.
🎁 Danforth Pewter Nautical Wave Necklace
25. Anchor Christmas Ornament
Coming again from Danforth Pewter is this gorgeous anchor ornament. These are designed to last a lifetime and will not disappoint.
🎁 Danforth Pewter Anchor Christmas Ornament
26. Blanket
A nice nautical themed blanket can get them excited for the sun and surf.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Nautical Anchor Blanket
27. Nautical Themed Earrings
Who doesn’t love some anchor earrings to remind you of being at sea? This set of 5 earrings adds some inexpensive fun to the vacation.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ 5 Pairs Nautical Themed Earrings
28. Anchor Tie
The classic anchor tie – a perfect cruise classic.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Navy Anchor Tie
29. Cruise Themed Socks
Socks are a fun and practical gift. Get your cruiser some cruise socks to keep their toes warm until they can get their toes in the sand.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Life is Better on a Cruise Socks
30. Picture Frame
Commemorate your cruise with a cruise picture frame.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Fun “Cruising is Good for the Soul” Picture Frame
31. Digital Picture Frame
Have a million picture from your cruise on your phone? Put them on a digital picture frame and actually see them! I’ve gotten my family these and love the Frameo app with them to add pictures.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ 10.1 inch Frameo Digital Picture Frame
Stocking Stuffers & Small Gift Ideas
Need just a little something? Here are some great gifts ranging some practical to whimsical.
32. Cruise Lanyard
A lanyard is a safe spot for your cruise card.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ 2-Piece Classic Cruise Lanyard
33. Book: 1000 Places to See Before You Die
I love this book and have been checking places off for years. A fun way to get excited about exploring the world.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ 1000 Places to See Before You Die
34. Cruise T-Shirt
Cruising through life – the most classic of all cruising tees.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Cruising Through Life One Port at a Time T-Shirt
35. Cruising Ducks
These little guys have become a cruising tradition. Is it silly and arguably a little bit wasteful? Yes. Is it a lot of fun to hide them and find them? Also, yes.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Cruise Ducks for Hiding with Tags – 76 Piece Set
36. Small USB fan
When it’s stupid hot these things give some much needed relief.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Portable Handheld Fan
37. Wake Up Alarm Clock
As you might guess inside cabins are dark, super duper dark, these help you stay on more of a schedule with a wake up light alarm clock.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Wake Up Light Alarm Clock
38. Over the Door Organizer
These over the door organizers are extra handy if you’re traveling with a baby or toddler. It’s a great and easy place to put organize all those extra things you need. Really it’s great if you’re traveling with more than two people in a cabin. Trust me on this one.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ 5 Pocket Over the door organizer
39. Fun-silly things for theme nights (orange party)
Some cruise lines have themed parties onboard. It might be
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Orange Party Tutu and Party Accessories
Gadgets & Gizmos
40. Amazon Kindle e-Reader
If your favorite cruiser is an avid reader and they don’t have a Kindle yet – now is the time to get them one. This makes bringing all of their favorite books to sea – and then to shore with them for that relaxing beach day – easy.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Amazon Kindle Paperwhite
41. Instant Camera
These are so fun! Great gift for the tweens, teens, and more!
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 Instant Camera
42. Instant Photo Mini-Photo Album
A fun mini-photo album to put your cruise instant pictures in. Great for tweens.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Instant Photo Mini-Photo Album
43. Solar Powered Portable Phone Charger
You’re going to be sitting out in the sun anyway, why not keep your charger topped up while doing it? Never let your battery run out with a solar powered portable charger.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Solar Powered Portable Charger
44. Digital Picture Frame
Have a million picture from your cruise on your phone? Put them on a digital picture frame and actually see them! I’ve gotten my family these and love the Frameo app with them to add pictures.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ 10.1 inch Frameo Digital Picture Frame
45. Power Adapter
Most cruise ships will have standard US and European outlets but the hotels before joining the ship will not. Put one of these adapters in your bag to make sure you’re covered.
🎁 Recommended ➡️ Power Adapter
Make Your Holiday Cruise Extra Festive with These Gift Ideas
46. Santa Hats
Can you go wrong with a Santa hat? Instant festive mood boost for everyone – plus I found these extra fun ones that light up!
🎄 Recommended ➡️ Light Up Fun and Festive Santa Hat
47. Mini Tabletop Christmas Tree
Is it maybe a bit much to bring a mini-Christmas tree, but it brings the festive feel of the room to a whole new level.
🎄 Recommended ➡️ Mini-Tabletop Christmas Tree
48. Mini Customizable Christmas Stockings
What’s a Christmas Tree without stockings? These customizable stockings make your cruise more special.
🎄 Recommended ➡️ Mini Customizable Christmas Stockings
49. Holiday Cabin Door Decoration
Yes, you can decorate your cabin door (on pretty much every line). Bring some holiday cheer to your hallway with this Christmas door decor.
🎄 Recommended ➡️ Merry Cruisemas Cabin Door Decoration
50. Merry Cruisemas Sweatshirt
I am a huge fan of an ugly Christmas sweater. The more festive the better. Here’s a Merry Cruisemas sweatshirt for your holiday cruise.
🎄 Recommended ➡️ Merry Cruisemas Sweatshirt
There You Have It – The Best Holiday Cruise Gifts
Happy Gifting and Happy Cruising!
