Cruise: NEVER pack this popular household item in your luggage – it’s a huge safety risk

Among the lengthy list of banned objects were candles and any “items that generate heat or produce an open flame.”

This also included incense, coffee makers, clothes irons, travel steamers, heating pads and hot plates.

“Laundry areas were the only places where passenger clothing irons were permitted. With tile floors and metal walls, the laundry areas were less combustible than the cabins which had carpet, drapes, and bedding,” cruise ship worker Jay Herring revealed in his book The Truth About Cruise Ships. 

Fortunately, the clothes iron ban doesn’t mean cruise passengers have to walk around looking crumpled. Many cruise lines offer laundry services to help their customers beat the creases.

All Fred Olson and PO Cruises, as well and some Thomson Cruises, offer self-service launderettes with ironing boards, according to Cruise Critic. Carnival also offers self-service laundrettes.