Ladys Mom

We used a company called Tours by Locals in a number of ports throughout the world. They will pick you up close to the ship and give you whatever kind of tour your would like. We have have some of the most special experiences ever, using this company.

My DH and I used to spend hundreds of dollars on our seapass cards on Celebrity and Azamara. After five cruises we became Elite and between that and our shares of RC stock and very generous OBCs from our travel agent, our last cruise total was under $200 for four of us. We get drinks and specialty coffees in the Elite lounge in the morning and cocktails in the afternoon, so we don't order any drinks on board. We get 90 minutes of free internet each that keeps us going for a 7 day cruise. We don't buy any pictures because they all look alike at this point anyway. We only purchase on shore excursion on board (with none ahead of time) and get the rest at the port. We send out a load of free laundry and dry cleaning, etc., etc., etc.