No matter how many cruises I take, I always stress a bit about time, so I thank my friend Kay for

Taking a cruise, keeping track of time can be difficult sometimes because you've got differences sometimes between local time and ship time, and it can be a big mess.

But one easy and cheap solution is this. It's a little analog keychain that you can easily hook onto your bag to make sure you never lose track of time.

Now, ships operate off of ship time, and that can get confusing when ship time differs from your time at home, which differs from what your phone says, and then you get to port and your phone automatically updates.

And if you venture out on your own at cruise ports instead of doing a cruise line excursion, which is what I usually do, that ship will not wait for you if you come back late.