A tip for saving space in your cruise stateroom

One of my first cruise customers back in 2002 came back from her trip telling me how much space her family saved in their stateroom by getting an “over the door” shoe organizer. I have since recommended this to many of my cruise clients, and I have had many positive replies.

Examples:

“The idea of the shoe hanger over the bathroom door was just great, as it kept things easily in reach.”

“One of the best things we did pack was one of those over-the-door shoe organizers for the bathroom! Oh boy was that the best idea ever!!!”

Another comment from our Disney cruise discussion list: “We take an inexpensive over-the-door plastic shoe organizer for the bathroom–really helps with the clutter and extra storage.”

Well I finally decided to take my own advice and buy a over-the-door shoe organizer for our February 2006 Caribbean Princess cruise (pictured to above). It worked great! Our stateroom wasn’t that big so the extra space the shoe organizer gave us really helped, and it did keep all of our shoes and beach shoes organized. The shoe organizer didn’t take much space in my suitcase, either, when folded up. For our family of four we ended up using 22 of the 24 “shoe holes” in our organizer – just right!

The shoe organizer will be a regular guest on our future cruises now (starting with our big Mediterranean cruise on the Carnival Liberty in May 2006).