fletcher57 Posted December 21, 2010 #1 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Hi, On Holland America's web site you can see how much shore excursions cost before you book the cruise. Is there some way of doing the same thing for Princess shore excursions? Thanks. Joyce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted December 21, 2010 #2 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Hi, On Holland America's web site you can see how much shore excursions cost before you book the cruise. Is there some way of doing the same thing for Princess shore excursions? Thanks. JoyceThe answer is no. The difference between HAL and Princess is that on HAL, you actually purchase and pay for the excursion when you reserve it. On Princess, you are merely reserving and don't pay for the excursion until the end of your cruise (the tours are charged to your onboard account when you board the ship.) On HAL, once you board, you can't cancel a tour without penalty unless you book another tour. On Princess, you can cancel any tour up to 24-48 hours before arriving at the port without any penalty. If you are interested in a particular tour, post the information on the board and someone will be sure to have the info from a previous cruise. That's no guarantee that the cost will be the same but it'll give you an idea of the cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toto2Kansas Posted December 21, 2010 #3 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Hi, On Holland America's web site you can see how much shore excursions cost before you book the cruise. Is there some way of doing the same thing for Princess shore excursions? Thanks. Joyce Before you have your cruise actually booked, no, there is no way to see exactly what the shore excursions will cost. Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny AZ Girl Posted December 21, 2010 #4 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I believe you can see the price when you book through your Cruise Personalizer once the excursions on your cruise are available. At least that is how it was on our previous Princess cruises. When you just look up an excursion on the general website page there are no prices though, only a description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted December 21, 2010 #5 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I believe you can see the price when you book through your Cruise Personalizer once the excursions on your cruise are available. At least that is how it was on our previous Princess cruises. When you just look up an excursion on the general website page there are no prices though, only a description.You have to be booked on the cruise to see in it your Cruise Personalizer and thus the excursions. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lvs2Cruise2 Posted December 21, 2010 #6 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Before you have your cruise actually booked, no, there is no way to see exactly what the shore excursions will cost. Sorry! I have my cruise booked and when I go on my cruise personalizer to look at excursions it says at the bottom "Unable to process now, try again later". It also says excursions are available 120 days out from the cruise. I'm 124 days out so I'm anxiously waiting to see if prices show up once I reach 120 days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted December 21, 2010 #7 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I have my cruise booked and when I go on my cruise personalizer to look at excursions it says at the bottom "Unable to process now, try again later". It also says excursions are available 120 days out from the cruise. I'm 124 days out so I'm anxiously waiting to see if prices show up once I reach 120 days!It should say, "Up to 120 days." In reality, it can be 120 days, it could be 90 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toto2Kansas Posted December 21, 2010 #8 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I have my cruise booked and when I go on my cruise personalizer to look at excursions it says at the bottom "Unable to process now, try again later". It also says excursions are available 120 days out from the cruise. I'm 124 days out so I'm anxiously waiting to see if prices show up once I reach 120 days! We have had shore excursions available from just under 200 days prior to less than 70 days before our cruise departure date. You just have to keep checking. There are times (I have been told) when the cruise line is finalaizing contracts for some excursions, so they aren't available as early as others are. Yours could be available at any time, so it's just best to keep checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lvs2Cruise2 Posted December 21, 2010 #9 Share Posted December 21, 2010 It should say, "Up to 120 days." In reality, it can be 120 days, it could be 90 days. That's what I meant.. Up to 120 days.. Thanks for the quick replies, I'm anxious to reserve so I'll keep checking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astro Flyer Posted December 21, 2010 #10 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Another thing to consider is that I've seen prices increase before a cruise through the Cruise Personalizer & also once onboard. So if you think you'd like to take a Princess shore excursion, book it early. Once onboard you have until about 36 hours before the tour to cancel without any penalty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRauppius Posted December 21, 2010 #11 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I have a 14 day Alaska cruisetour booked for July 23, 2011 and already have been able to select and confirm all of my land and cruise port excursions. And so it would appear that at least some cruises/tours allow/encourage excursion shopping far beyond the 120 days mentioned in this thread. It turns out that the early booking is quite important in high season Alaska touring as I noted a number of Princess excursions, and/or most desirable departure times for their excursions, already showing as SOLD OUT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare hcat Posted December 21, 2010 #12 Share Posted December 21, 2010 you may also be able to call Princess & find out what the charge was last yr- some on our roll call were smart enough to get the prices last yr so they have been sharing them .. knowing ahead for our Great Britain cruise makes it easier to know what to book privately, what ports to try & save expenses with some local bus tours & which ones to use the cruise line excursions in.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Error Posted December 21, 2010 #13 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Our cruise to the Norweigan Fjords in late June 2011 on the Crown has just released all info of excursions including prices on our cruise personaliser. Have just reserved 4 for the 2 of us......very very excited now!!!!!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny AZ Girl Posted December 21, 2010 #14 Share Posted December 21, 2010 You have to be booked on the cruise to see in it your Cruise Personalizer and thus the excursions. :( That's true. I will browse the general listings before my tours are posted on my cruise personalizer to see what I can expect to be available. However, more times than not I will have independent excursions booked buy the time they are available through Princess. Occasionally a tour I want will only be available through the cruiseline, or due to time restraints/distance I will choose to book through the cruiseline. Then I have to try and wait patiently like everyone else!:eek: Once I wanted a whale watching excursion that was listed on the general descriptions. I had given up and booked something else when it did not appear at the same time as the bulk of the excursions. I was thrilled when it appeared 60 days before the cruise and I was able to switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikibird Posted December 22, 2010 #15 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I have my cruise booked and when I go on my cruise personalizer to look at excursions it says at the bottom "Unable to process now, try again later". It also says excursions are available 120 days out from the cruise. I'm 124 days out so I'm anxiously waiting to see if prices show up once I reach 120 days! Try again, I booked our Huatulco and SJDS excursions over a month ago. It might have just been glitching. I wish they would hurry up and put the Panama/Colon excursions in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmtee Posted December 23, 2010 #16 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I received an e-mail from Princess last week saying that shore excursions are available to pre-reserve - and my cruise isn't until July next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunny AZ Girl Posted December 23, 2010 #17 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I received an e-mail from Princess last week saying that shore excursions are available to pre-reserve - and my cruise isn't until July next year. They probably have some up now and will add more later. That is what happened to us. Once they have their contracts signed with the vendor and prices are locked into place they usually get them posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duck addict Posted December 23, 2010 #18 Share Posted December 23, 2010 I paid off a March 24, 2011 cruise on November 29. I was able to view (downloaded excursion list next day) and was able to make my excursion reservations on the 30th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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