hunnypi324 Posted September 20, 2023 #1 Share Posted September 20, 2023 how do I find out if the tour company are legit and have guaranteed ship return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
complawyer Posted September 20, 2023 #2 Share Posted September 20, 2023 try and google them, some sights have reviews from prior users. usually, viator is pretty reliable. what we do, however, is hire a taxi as soon as we get off the ship, show the driver the excursion description from the ship, and negotiate a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunnypi324 Posted September 20, 2023 Author #3 Share Posted September 20, 2023 thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICutTheCheese Posted September 20, 2023 #4 Share Posted September 20, 2023 1 hour ago, complawyer said: try and google them, some sights have reviews from prior users. usually, viator is pretty reliable. what we do, however, is hire a taxi as soon as we get off the ship, show the driver the excursion description from the ship, and negotiate a price. Yes you can try TO Google them but as a suggestion ShoreExcursioneer is very good and hads a great cancellation/refund policy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare 1025cruise Posted September 21, 2023 #5 Share Posted September 21, 2023 If you are asking about independent operators versus cruise excursions, you should post on the ports of call boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BirdTravels Posted September 21, 2023 #6 Share Posted September 21, 2023 6 hours ago, hunnypi324 said: how do I find out if the tour company are legit and have guaranteed ship return None "guarantee" ship return. They will provide you with a pick up time and duration. If they run long and you miss the ship, you're on your own. NCL "should" wait for you if one of their shore excursions is running late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiseMH Posted September 22, 2023 #7 Share Posted September 22, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 2:39 AM, BirdTravels said: None "guarantee" ship return. They will provide you with a pick up time and duration. If they run long and you miss the ship A good and serious excursion operator will cut the tour to bring you back to ship in time. The good ones even give you a written garantuee and will pay the money if you miss the ship and have to get to the next port. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunnypi324 Posted September 22, 2023 Author #8 Share Posted September 22, 2023 those are the one I'm trying to find out and get information about if possible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
European_CruiseGirl Posted September 23, 2023 #9 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Google the tour operators. If they have been in the business for a longer period of time you can be sure they will make sure you are back at the port on time. Being late even once would kill their business forever. I would avoid though ”a tour with a local” kind of things where the tour is not operated by a company but by an individual. They could simply change names/platforms/whatever and continue their tours even after some mishaps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchum Posted September 23, 2023 #10 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Also look for don't port don't pay options. There is never a guarantee you will be in a port on the advertised date and you don't want to be out of pocket. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchum Posted September 23, 2023 #11 Share Posted September 23, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 1:39 AM, BirdTravels said: None "guarantee" ship return. They will provide you with a pick up time and duration. If they run long and you miss the ship, you're on your own. NCL "should" wait for you if one of their shore excursions is running late. I have booked a number of "guaranteed" return to ship independent excursions. If you miss the ship they will get you to the next port. In reality they don't miss the ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted September 23, 2023 #12 Share Posted September 23, 2023 10 minutes ago, Catchum said: I have booked a number of "guaranteed" return to ship independent excursions. If you miss the ship they will get you to the next port. In reality they don't miss the ship. They know that with social media ever present, making passengers miss the ship will destroy their business. I even remember having read (probably on the cc forums) stories of independent tour operators helping each other out if one has a problem getting passengers back as they know bad publicity for one tour operator can affect all others when people might read about passengers stranded by an independent tour operator. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunnypi324 Posted September 23, 2023 Author #13 Share Posted September 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Catchum said: I have booked a number of "guaranteed" return to ship independent excursions. If you miss the ship they will get you to the next port. In reality they don't miss the ship. can you please recommend for spain and portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchum Posted September 23, 2023 #14 Share Posted September 23, 2023 Only used them in places like Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam etc. Where public transportation is not an option at the port. Spain and Portugal have excellent public transport systems, you don't need a tour operator, exception would be Alhambra which is such a distance I would consider a ships tour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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