Yes, Vantage now requires all guests to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at least 14 days prior to departure. Upon arrival at your destination, you will be asked to produce your vaccine card displaying your name, vaccine type, and the date of your doses. We recommend that you keep a picture of it on your phone and carry extra photocopies as back up in case it becomes lost or damaged. For more information on our updated health and safety protocols, click here.
Yes, all Vantage associates are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at least 14 days prior to joining you on your journey.
All travelers are required to submit a Wellness Declaration form to their tour leader upon arrival. Click here to print or download the form, fill it out, and bring it with you on your journey.
On small ship ocean cruises and river cruises, masks will be required in public areas of the ship. Onshore, masks will be required in accordance to local regulations.
Guests are encouraged to bring their own personal protective equipment including extra face masks and hand sanitizer that suit their preferences, but Vantage will provide each guest with a face mask as part of their pre-trip documentation. Vantage will also have hand sanitizer available for use throughout the tour.
A traveler with a positive COVID-19 test will be safely and comfortably quarantined, whether onboard a river or ocean ship or traveling by land. If this occurs onboard, the traveler will disembark when possible for quarantine at an appropriate facility onshore. In all instances, a second test will be performed to confirm the first. If the second test is positive for COVID-19, we’ll make arrangements for the guest to recover in their quarantine location before they return home.
Our tour leaders are trained to look out for the key symptoms and have power to isolate the guest(s) from the group and ensure they receive medical attention. There will be a doctor onboard all Ocean Explorer and Ocean Odyssey cruises who can assess travelers as needed.
If there is an instance of someone on tour falling ill, Vantage will follow a specific protocol to ensure the health and safety of both the affected traveler and the rest of the guests onboard.
Yes, if Vantage receives a notification that a traveler became ill within 14-days from the time they returned home, we will notify the other participants. The name of that person will not be disclosed. Should we learn that a Vantage associate on your tour became ill during that time, we would notify travelers on that departure as well.
Yes. Vantage will facilitate PCR tests for border crossings during journeys as well as for re-entry to the United States.
Yes, our Travel Protection Plan helps protect you from many unforeseen circumstances that may arise before or during your trip, which could include necessary medical, quarantine or repatriation expenses related to COVID-19. For more information about the Travel Protection Plan, please visit Allianz Global Assistance.
