Strict rules of 2,000-person ‘spicy’ nude cruise with strict one everyone knew to follow

Your idea of a 2,000-person nude cruise is probably far different from reality, as it's not exactly a rule-free environment.

Walking around in your birthday suit on board comes with certain limitations that travellers need to be aware of.

Texas-based company Bare Necessities Tour and Travel has been organising nude cruises since the 90s, and one passenger revealed what it was like on board.

Taking to Reddit last year, the 67-year-old said he and his 61-year-old wife set off from Tampa, Florida, and were heading to places like Mexico and Honduras for a nice break.

While it wasn't a 'swingers cruise' nor a 'sex positive environment', the anonymous traveller made it clear that it was 'a crowd with lots of nudist experience', so no amateurs here.

And contrary to belief, passengers can't disrobe as soon as they get on the ship.

Bare Necessities have been offering nude cruises since 1990 (Bare Necessities)

You've got to be a certain distance away from shore to make sure the cruise is in international waters where certain norms don't apply.

The man explained that the captain would make an announcement about 30 minutes in 'when clothes can be removed'.

"Same, in reverse, going into port," he wrote.

And if a passenger chose to strip down, which wasn't a compulsory activity, then they best be prepared to carry around a towel with them at all times, as 'one must only sit with a towel under one’s bare butt', and luckily for them, clean towels were available all over the ship.

But the most important rule of all? No photography.

Not everyone on the cruise is required to remove their clothing (Getty Stock Images)

The 'no photography' rule seems to be a recurring rule amongst nude cruises alike, and, according to the traveller, the rule was made abundantly clear to passengers the whole time.

"I was much less worried here than I have been at nude beaches," the Redditor explained. "Almost no one had phones with them outside their cabin. There were many signs posted.

"There were a lot of staff from the charter company whose job it was to enforce good naturist etiquette."

The thought process is that it's meant to create a more relaxed atmosphere, so guests can feel comfortable on board without their pictures being put up on the internet.

He added: "And I've spent time online researching nudism, and I've never seen a single online photograph from the cruise except for the group shots that people voluntarily pose for.

Taking pictures of passengers is a big no-no (Getty stock images)

"For those reasons, I wasn't concerned."

Well, at the time, he claims it cost $2,500 (£1,853) per person, as much of the crowd was made up of 'lots of nudist experience'.

And in case you're wondering, all staff on the cruise remain in their clothes apart from the 'male/female duo' who perform in the theatre.

When talking about the crowd, the passenger claimed there were 'relatively few younger couples' with it tending to be 'skewed older,' however, he said it was still 'an accepting crowd'.

LADbible Group has contacted Bare Necessities for comment.