No tux, but he will wear long pants

It was interesting to read “Elegance Still a Cruise Essential” [Letters, March 21]. I average three cruises a year and have cruised the gamut from Windstar to Windjammer. I travel only with carry-on baggage, which holds my snorkel gear and a few changes of underwear and T-shirts.

For formal nights, I don a pair of long pants, a Mexican wedding shirt and shoes, so as not to offend my more formally clad shipmates. Obviously, I never eat in the main dining room. Many cruise ships have alternative dining areas available where my more casual style of cruise wear is acceptable.

Joseph A. Lea

Mission Viejo

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My wife and I were thinking of going on a cruise, but after reading “Elegance Still a Cruise Essential,” we changed our minds. I think life will go on if we miss the savoir-faire of a social environment. I’d prefer to be with the plain folks who wear shorts and sandals and camp at the river with their families, not snobby socialites.

Juan Martinez

Ontario

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