Princess post-cruise tour with LaGuardia Airport dropoff?

[Bilge Rats]

We have a cruise booked for this fall on the Caribbean Princess. Our flight home doesn't leave until almost 3 PM, so we were hoping to see a bit of New York City between disembarking and arriving at the airport. The "excursions" listed for our sailing have tour/airport dropoff combinations for Newark and Kennedy, but not LaGuardia.

 

Does anyone know if a post-cruise excursion with dropoff at LaGuardia is actually offered by Princess (maybe it is just a little too early for it to be listed...still about 4 months until we sail)?

 

Alternatively, can someone suggest a NYC tour operator or car service that provides something comparable?

 

All suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thanks so much!

[Got2Cruise]

LaGuardia is a 20 minute cab ride from JFK. You can take the JFK tour and then take a cab over to LaGuardia. Your flight is at three, so I would get to LaGuardia at 1:30. Inquire at the tour desk what time the bus brings you to JFK. I like those ship's tours for day of departure because they will hold your luggage for you on the bus.

[Keith1010]

It might be me but I would depart JFK earlier than 1:30 PM for a 3:00 PM flight. The drive could take longer plus I prefer to arrive to LaGuardia 90 minutes or more before the flight as crowds can be long.

 

Keith

[boo214]

if you do an online search for private nyc tours with airport dropoff you will find many such as this one that i found, for example: http://www.mykindoftown.com/airport_departure_tour.html

[Bilge Rats]

Thanks for all the suggestions so far! As this will be my first trip to New York, I did not realize that the airports were so close to each other. Boo214, have you done a tour with any of the independent tour operators? I would love to hear what your experience was like. Thanks!

[24fan]

We were on the Caribbean Princess 2010 for an eastern Caribbean cruise. My husband and I had an afternoon flight out of LGA and wanted to take a tour of NYC. We booked the tour of NYC during our cruise (it was NOT offered before); the tour left our ship around 9:00 a.m. We were able to put our luggage on the tour bus. The 3 hour tour was wonderful including a drop off at LGA. It was wonderful; I highly recommend it. My travel agent told me prior to our trip that Princess WOULD offer a tour during our cruise---I was apprehensive because I like to plan everything weeks/months before--but, this time--it worked out great! Good luck with your plannng! If you have any questions--I'll try and help.

[boo214]

Thanks for all the suggestions so far! As this will be my first trip to New York, I did not realize that the airports were so close to each other. Boo214, have you done a tour with any of the independent tour operators? I would love to hear what your experience was like. Thanks!

no, never done one. never needed to. i'm a new yorker born and raised.