tom's port guides?

[hokiefans]

On 1/6/2024 at 2:32 PM, IWantToLiveOverTheSea said:

Hi hokie fans.  You wouldn't happen to have links (or pdfs) that cover these ports, do you: Visby, Ronne, Warnemunde (Berlin), Stockholm, La Goulette, Palermo, Livorno, Naples, Marseille or Barcelona? I'm trying to help someone in Australia about what to do (without using a lot of ship excursions) in those cities. 

Visby - no

Ronne - no

Warnemunde (Berlin) - no

Stockholm - yes

La Goulette - no

Palermo - no

Livorno - yes

Naples - yes

Marseille - yes

Barcelona - yes

[cr8tiv1]

I just ran across this thread. Amazing what you can find when you do a Google search.  Thanks everyone who are keeping Tom’s memory alive.  
 

I have the Southampton guide.  

[snichols23]

On 8/31/2023 at 4:06 PM, redbchtrvlr said:

link doesn't work

worked for me. only a couple of ports wouldn't open

[Wfetter500@hotmail.com]

On 10/8/2023 at 9:37 PM, roblc1 said:

So sorry to hear this info.  I used Tom’s Guides for a Mediterranean cruise and a Canada trip.  His info was invaluable.   I do have most of the New England/ Canadian guides saved as PDF downloads incIuding the Charlottetown driving one.  I can try to upload if anyone wants them.  Perhaps other people may have some saved as well and we can collect as many as we can. I also have Dominica.  

 

[Wfetter500@hotmail.com]

I would be so grateful to have the port guides for a cruise this fall for Boston, Portland, Sydney, Halifax and/or Saint John if you have any of those saved as PDFs. 
Thank you so much! 
 

[IWantToLiveOverTheSea]

I think this is the Boston guide.  Obviously it's old, but may still be helpful.  I went to Wayback Machine, played around, and found a link to Tom's home page.  I tried something there other than the "Guides" tab, and found something which Tom had written about New England/Canada ports in general.  My pc shows the url for Boston as https://web.archive.org/web/20211110152131/https://www.tomsportguides.com/uploads/5/8/5/4/58547429/boston-04-21-2013.pdf

 

Good luck.  I'll see if I can find more.

 

Edit: Sorry.  I guess Boston is reachable from the "Yumm" link above that was posted by Lyn (?? maybe).  And I looked at that site and there are one or two other New England or Canada guides there too.  

 

If anyone is looking for Asia (which Tom never covered) I found a link to a site that has some guides.  There aren't that many cities represented, or in as much detail as Tom's, but at least it's a start.  And I think the person was working on more when I looked last year.  

Edited March 22 by IWantToLiveOverTheSea

[IWantToLiveOverTheSea]

Blogs are always helpful.  And whatsinport gives very basic info on where ports are located.  But Tom's guides, while they didn't cover the whole world, were the best.  

[snichols23]

port info on cruise critic is really good. check it out.

[Out of Iowa]

So very sorry to learn of Tom's passing.  I printed and used his Monaco information when we did our Mediterranean cruise some years ago.  His information was accurate and definitely improved the quality of our port day there (while helping us avoid a LOT of stairs and some steep hills).

 

Somewhere I have a port guide to the Azores tucked away in case I can go there one day...but I'm not sure if it was Tom's or someone else's.

[Lily Y]

hi Hokie fan, can you please share the guides for Livorno & Naples? 
Do you happen to have guides for Messina or Valletta?

[MadameCor]

I’d been having trouble downloading the port guides from the Wayback Machine while others were posting links that worked for them. All I could see/download was the cover page 😕

 

I finally figured out the problem: I needed to use my laptop instead of my iPhone. If you’re having trouble accessing the guides on the Wayback Machine and with loading Tom’s site, try from your computer or laptop. 
 

and see the other port guide suggestions people in this forum have made. 

[mfrost55]

I was just able to download several from this archive link https://web.archive.org/web/20230602205810/https://www.tomsportguides.com/port-guides.html

 

This is the index page of all of his guides. Good luck.

[anthonyy7]

Thanks, I was able to download ports I wanted or may need in the future.

[MadameCor]

Check-in starts tomorrow!! 🎉🚢‼️😃

[SuziCruises]

On 8/4/2023 at 3:53 PM, mrp4352 said:

Oh no!  I had just used them a month or so ago and was going to go in and grab his driving guide for Charlottetown for our cruise next month!  Hope all is ok!

Did you find a driving guide for Charlottetown?  We'll be there in two weeks and just starting to look at car rental options.   

[mrp4352]

34 minutes ago, SuziCruises said:

Did you find a driving guide for Charlottetown?  We'll be there in two weeks and just starting to look at car rental options.   

No. We drove out trying to find the bridge (which we didn't find- LOL!), then drove out to the National Park, stopped at a little cafe for lunch and Cows for ice cream (Don't miss Cows) before heading back to port. The island is small enough you can just strike out in a direction and enjoy the drive!

[SuziCruises]

1 hour ago, mrp4352 said:

No. We drove out trying to find the bridge (which we didn't find- LOL!), then drove out to the National Park, stopped at a little cafe for lunch and Cows for ice cream (Don't miss Cows) before heading back to port. The island is small enough you can just strike out in a direction and enjoy the drive!

Thank you.   Who did you rent your car through?

[mrp4352]

58 minutes ago, SuziCruises said:

Thank you.   Who did you rent your car through?

ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR, 384 UNIVERSITY AVE STE A, CHARLOTTETOWN, PE C1A1W1 (902) 894-5004

 

They picked us up just outside the port area and dropped us back there. Lovely employees and a great little car.

[SuziCruises]

7 minutes ago, mrp4352 said:

ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR, 384 UNIVERSITY AVE STE A, CHARLOTTETOWN, PE C1A1W1 (902) 894-5004

 

They picked us up just outside the port area and dropped us back there. Lovely employees and a great little car.

Thank you so much!