auntieS Posted October 11, 2023 #1 Share Posted October 11, 2023 (edited) Leaving for Ancient Med Treasures (pre extension Istanbul) tomorrow! Anyone ever register their cruise trips with STEP? We have cruise/ pre and post (Athens 4 day) extensions/air/travel insurance all with Viking. Not really worried about regional conflict affecting our cruise directly, and assume we would be taken care of by Viking if escalates and does affect our itinerary, but...worth registering just in case? Edited October 11, 2023 by auntieS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Lew- Posted October 11, 2023 #2 Share Posted October 11, 2023 I register all our European travel with STEP... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formernuke Posted October 11, 2023 #3 Share Posted October 11, 2023 I also always register my trips. Little effort and it may help some in an emergency 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike07 Posted October 11, 2023 #4 Share Posted October 11, 2023 I recommend registering. I don't want to paint a dark picture of the world, and I'm not piggybacking on what is happening all over the news, but I would recommend registering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare aungrl Posted October 12, 2023 #5 Share Posted October 12, 2023 We also always register ours, and have done for several years now. Just an added measure of security that takes no time at all to put in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami74 Posted October 12, 2023 #6 Share Posted October 12, 2023 What is STEP? When i googled it nothing that seemed relevant popped up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike07 Posted October 12, 2023 #7 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Just now, Tsunami74 said: What is STEP? When i googled it nothing that seemed relevant popped up Smart Traveler Enrollment program from the US State department. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami74 Posted October 12, 2023 #8 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Thanks. I will look into it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OneSixtyToOne Posted October 12, 2023 #9 Share Posted October 12, 2023 Just now, Tsunami74 said: Thanks. I will look into it Here is the State Department link https://step.state.gov/STEPMobile/Default.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanciEA Posted October 12, 2023 #10 Share Posted October 12, 2023 I have registered us for years. It's on my "to do" list before every international trip. It makes it much harder for the US Government to help you if they don't know you are in a country when something happens there. It's really easy to use once you create an account with the State Department. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vnb2003 Posted October 21, 2023 #11 Share Posted October 21, 2023 We have registered with STEP for at least 20 years. There were times when we would get alerting emails do not go to a particular part of the city with detailed map or do not go anywhere and stay at the hotel/house. It gives you peace of mind that people know where you are and could alert you and your family. It is crazy World right now 😒 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavementends Posted October 22, 2023 #12 Share Posted October 22, 2023 I started to register for STEP once and it seemed like it asked for a great deal of info (all my hotels? all my stops??). Do I remember wrong? So I did not find it easy, and as the trip was a non-dangerous one (western Europe) I gave up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vnb2003 Posted October 22, 2023 #13 Share Posted October 22, 2023 No, you remember right. They need to know where you are in case of emergency. unfortunately, we all could see what could happened anywhere now…🙁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 1985rz1 Posted October 22, 2023 #14 Share Posted October 22, 2023 39 minutes ago, pavementends said: I started to register for STEP once and it seemed like it asked for a great deal of info (all my hotels? all my stops??). Do I remember wrong? So I did not find it easy, and as the trip was a non-dangerous one (western Europe) I gave up. 23 minutes ago, vnb2003 said: No, you remember right. They need to know where you are in case of emergency. unfortunately, we all could see what could happened anywhere now…🙁 I signed up a week or so ago for a South America trip and a New Zealand trip. I gave them my cell number and that was sufficient. I only had to specify the countries I was visiting with approximate dates. I didn't need to provide any hotel or port stop information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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