5 frank cruise tips the cruise line won't tell you

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1-03-2011 @ 9:35PM

dawn said...

yeah, with a group, skip the ship sponsored shore excursions. they are much cheaper at port. we got a tour of honduras all day for 20 a person (we were charged 10 a person but we tipped well) when the ship was charging 80 or 90.

1-03-2011 @ 11:00PM

BobH said...

Dawn, Yes, tours on shore are cheaper than the ship price. However, I always heard that if a SHIP tour ran into trouble the ship would wait for its return. Not so with private tours.
Last cruise, through the canal, a ship's tour DID have a bus break down and DID wait for its return.
Local tours are good, once we got one in Ketchekan, AK and covered the totum park and the ancient native village for less than one of them through the ship. The ship split them for more than the one we took. However, we were back in time for lunch and the ship didn't leave til about 4.
Use you head and don't press the departure time.
Have FUN!

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