Alaska Cruise Travel Tips

Travel Tips:

Classroom Attire: Your preference, there is no dress code. However, we do recommend bringing a light jacket or sweater since sometimes the conference room is cold.

Travel Documents: You will need a passport that is valid for at least 6 months after entry to Canada. US citizens can find more information by visiting the Travel State Website. Non-US citizens, please contact your native country's respective department for more information. We recommend to make two paper copies of your passport (leave one at home with a trusted person and keep one in your suitcase) and also take a picture to keep in your phone as well as emailing it to yourself and / or saving it on a file server you can access such as dropbox. Having an accessible copy will make your life much easier if your passport is lost.

Transportation: We recommend flying in to Seattle International Airport (SEA) the day before the cruise and spending the night in Seattle to ensure you do not miss the cruise ship due to travel delays.

Tipping: The cruise purchased from CME Custom Travel includes gratuities. However, we recommend tipping the porter at the dock as well as your guides on excursions. Additionally, any cruise staff members that go beyond normal service will be extremely grateful if you leave an additional gratuity.

Drink Package: We recommend purchasing the drink package even if you do not drink alcohol. Why? The drink package includes a small internet package or a discount on the complete internet package. It also includes a daily credit for excursions as well as two dinners in the specialty restaurants. So, you will receive benefits exceeding the cost even without partaking of the alcohol.

Activities:

On the ship:

Included:

The Pools
Water slides
Nightly Theatre
Fitness Center
Live Music

Additional Fees:

Go Karts
Spa
Laser Tag
Arcades

Excursions:

Juneau

Skagway

Scuba Diving or Snorkeling (with some planning, you could get scuba certified on this trip)

Ketchican

Day Trips:

Chichen Itza

Week Trip:

Tren Maya

Tours:

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CME experience

CME vacations was excellent. I attended the hospital medicine review and throughly enjoyed it. The content was very relevant and up to date . The speaker Dr. Steve Burgess was very good. Nice content. I attended from Raleigh , NorthCarolina and would highly recommend it . I plan to come again. It was a nice vacation as well as we had plenty of time after the conference and to spent with family and had lot of fun! The planning was very good and good communication.
Melaine Roushini Rajanayagam,
Raleigh , NC.

Melaine Rajanayagam

CME Conference - Orlando, Florida - Dec. 18-21, 2024 - Hospital Medicine Update

12/21/2024

hospital medicine up date

excellent and convenient for family.

Fernando Moraflores

Great experience

I had a great experience in Orlando . Early conference makes it easy for people to go out and enjoy the day after . I really recommend this

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This was my first CME vacation experience . I truly enjoyed my self . Aside from the holiday spirit, the lectures were well delivered and engaging. I liked that we started and ended on time. Lectures were delivered in a non- threatening manner. I will definitely like to do this again. I am definitely going to change a lot of things I do in practice. Thank you Dr Burgess for this. All the best.

Ibiene Osuobeni

Great way to get CME and a Vacation

This update had great content with up to date guidelines and studies. Content was concise and presented at a perfect pace. The half day sessions allowed for time to enjoy a vacation with my family.

Kellie P.

Updates for me and vacation for my family

This opportunity is a win-win situation. I get up-to-date information pertaining to all the major issues I treat in hospitalized patients and my family gets a chance to go on an extra vacation. We’re all really happy about it.

J DeRubeis

12/20/2024

Great evidence based review of important topics in hospital medicine

i enjoyed this lecture series as it addresses common hospital issues and treatment plans with accompanying society recommendations with up to date studies supporting said recommendations. I particularly like the mention of new or smaller studies that show emerging information we need to keep an eye out for future changes. Each slide has year and reference to journal article that slide is based on, which makes it very easy to look up particular article if you wish to review specific information related study.

Elizabeth

Informative

Lecturer is knowledgeable and a good orator, and course is well organized. Informative and with recent trials reviewed. Great way to stay up to date while allowing time to spend with family in a fun place.

Gunjan

Orlando cme

Very informative and engaging sessions! Enjoyed

Maryam

Excellent Presentation

Wonderful CME program well organised speaker is very knowledgeable and aurator .I would highly recomend.Information is very useful for clinician and lots of recent updates and recommendations

Pramesh Dave

Amazing class to the point, ends on time to give you time to enjoy with families and friends

Rahel

Outpatient CME DEC 2024 San Diego

This is the first time I’ve attended CME vacation primary care and I really enjoyed it. In the past I’ve only attended the all day exhausting lectures. This was much better- Work and life balance. The lectures were evidence based and applicable to daily practice. Both of the lecturers are practicing physicians and were very engaging with the attendees and open to questions and feedback.

The group attending the conference was ideal and location was good too. Will definitely look into a CME on a cruise or the Caribbean.

Shahena Master

CME Vacations, LLC

12/14/2024

5+++ stars

This is my first CME from the CMEvacations or any vacation type CME course and I loved it! The content is super relevant and is presented in an excellent format that kept my attention the whole time. I would highly recommend this course to all the busy primary care providers.

Sophia Chun

CME Conference - San Diego, California - Dec. 11-14, 2024 - Outpatient Medicine Update

Concise with high yield medical updates

1. Very open to questions and discussions including following up on topics raised
2. Communication style - emails, live streaming, in person learning. Presentation generally concise and easy to understand.
3. Great choice of hotel location in downtown San Diego Bay

Kim Thanh Nguyen

An informative class and much needed vacation

I had the privilege of experiencing a wonderful conference that was highly informative and convenient; moreover, having the option to tour the beautiful city of San Diego afterwards has been an added bonus. The instructors for the program were easy to talk to, and very helpful with questions. I'll do a conference with CMEvacations anytime!!

Peter L Bochniak II