Lindblad Expeditions Health & Safety Protocols
As industry pioneers, Lindblad has been bringing travelers to the farthest reaches of the planet for over 50 years. Lindblad has decades of experience balancing adventure and safety, plus deep-rooted networks in the communities where Lindblad explores.
Pre-Departure Requirements
To best ensure a successful voyage, Lindblad recommends that all guests take a pre-departure COVID-19 test within five days of the start of your expedition. Lindblad also continues to recommend that you follow all CDC travel guidelines, including masking and social distancing, prior to joining the group and exercise extra caution leading up to your voyage.
Lindblad Expeditions does not require guests (regardless of age) to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 at the time of their trip. Lindblad Expeditions recommends that all guests be up-to-date with their COVID-19 vaccinations before travel.
Staff Requirements
Anyone who has traveled with Lindblad before knows the expedition team will do whatever it takes to ensure exhilarating discoveries run smoothly and safely. And the small scale, plus high staff to guest ratios, allow Lindblad to provide extra attention to all the sanitation efforts.
Cleaning Products & Protocols
- ACT CleanCoat: Long before the advent of the novel coronavirus Lindblad trialed a new onboard cleaning and disinfecting system called ACT CleanCoat. It proved so effective, Lindblad rolled it out across the fleet, and today it offers an added layer of protection as Lindblad head back aboard. Read more about it at expeditions.com/purity.
- The frequency of cleaning and sanitizing has been increased in all public spaces with an emphasis on high-touch surfaces including, but not limited to, elevator buttons, door handles, public bathrooms, and handrails.
- Industry-leading sanitizing protocols are used to clean guest rooms, with particular attention paid to high-touch items including doors, furniture and faucet handles, telephones, light switches, temperature controls, and luggage racks.
- Minimized contact with guests; hotel staff will offer to return at an alternate time for occupied rooms.
- All bed linen and laundry are changed before and during each voyage and, as always, washed at a high temperature and in accordance with CDC guidelines.
- Increased sanitation protocols are in place for all back of house operations including, but not limited to, meal preparation, loading provisions, and storage of consumables.
Disclaimer
Regular meetings keep the finger on the pulse of what's happening globally, and as the latest research and public health recommendations evolve, so will the policies. Lindblad will continue to update the protocols in accordance with local, state, federal, and international regulations and guidelines.
