Comments on: Pros and Cons of Booking Cruise Ship Shore Excursions

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 15 Sep 2023 21:15:51 +0000

I don’t think I have had a cruise tour where there isn’t someone who makes everyone else wait for them to show up before leaving. I think it might only happen one time IF just once the tour would just leave at the time it is supposed to. I actually like small or private tours because we don’t have to linger waiting for the person who doesn’t listen and know that shopping, etc. should be done on their own time, and not hold up the entire group. Cruise tours almost never take in the “good of the entire group” instead of the few. Sitting on a bus waiting for one or two people and cutting into everyone else’s tour time is unfair and inconsiderate but on large tours it ALWAYS seems to happen.

By: Walter Merckx

Walter Merckx — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:27:51 +0000

I think much more cruise ship shore excursions would be booked if they were less expensive. I think rates of appr 30 €/25 $ for half day and 50 €/40 $ for whole day (excl meals and entry fees) would attract much more guests.

By: Olive

Olive — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 18:57:00 +0000

I agree with your point about being guaranteed a timely return. That’s my biggest worry. (Check your heading of #1 in Disadvantages. :))