Do I Need a Passport? 2026–2027 Rules by Destination (Cruises, Mexico, Caribbean, Europe & More)

Do you need a passport for your trip? For Hawaii, Puerto Rico and closed-loop cruises, legally no. For everything else, yes. Here is the destination-by-destination breakdown for 2026, straight from State Department and CBP sources, plus the one scenario that convinces almost every client to bring the passport anyway.




