housemartin71

Thanks to everyone for their good advice.  We're definitely looking at both options as well as combining some Regent tours with a few one-off or 1 day private tours.  For those who have used Regent, is there a minimum 'transit' time between morning and afternoon tours?  I do feel that this is somewhat wasted time, since I assume you're driving back to the ship, but, at the same time, we do need to grab a quick bite of lunch.  

We are scheduled for a Baltic cruise this coming August.  I was checking the shore excursions for St. Petersburg, trying to decide whether to use Regent's or book a private tour (we are a family of six).  It seems that we could see almost everything we wanted to see if we combine a morning Regent tour and an afternoon Regent tour.  On each day, we'd have from 30 to 90 minutes between tours.  Is that permissible?  I'm not quite sure when we'd eat lunch, too.

St. Petersburg is the main reason we're chose this itinerary, so we'd like to make sure we see everything.  I'm leaning towards just booking a private tour for the ease of touring. Has anyone had experience just using Regent tours for this port and, if so, what did you think?

If you're allowed one device per suite, does this mean one device can be logged in at a time (i.e. you can use different devices at different times) or that you can only use one device?  

Just noticed that the State Department travel advisory for Russia is Level 3, meaning "Reconsider Travel". I can't imagine that St. Petersburg is any less safe from a terrorism standpoint (one of the factors mentioned) than other big cities in Europe.

Is the other list factor, harassment of US citizens by Russian authorities and a diminution of resources available to aid US travelers, that big a deal?

Curious what people think of this.

Thanks for the tip. Sadly, the ferry doesn't run on Sundays, which is the day that we would be in Tilbury.

Not entirely sure what we would do, perhaps head out to Canterbury or Leeds Castle. There will be 6-8 or us, so I think a taxi is not a good option. Thanks for the tip, though.

Does anyone know if it's possible to rent a car at the London Cruise Terminal in Tilbury? If not, is it easy to find taxis at the terminal?