DIY Port Advice

[NoBoozeCruise]

If I do not book a port excursion with the cruise line and getting to the port requires a tender, do I pay additionally for it, or is it included on cruises?

[John Bull]

Tenders to & from the ship moored off-shore are always free of charge

 

JB 🙂

[BklynBoy8]

15 minutes ago, NoBoozeCruise said:

If I do not book a port excursion with the cruise line and getting to the port requires a tender, do I pay additionally for it, or is it included on cruises?

 

The tender service that is supplied by the ship in part of the transport needs of a passenger to  land.

 

It is free of charge.  But if you are not connected to a ship board excursion runned by the tour office, you may be asked to wait till all the excursions are transported to land. Then the ship will open the service to the rest of the passengers to use. The initial service maybe run by obtaining a ticket or tag related to the excursion passengers booked.

 

After that, ticket or tags may not be necessary to obtained.

 

One thing to be aware of, be sure to follow the ship instructions of the tender operations. And the time when the final tender will leave land, last opportunity to get back to the ship at the end of the day. 

[mom says]

A slight amendment to the previous post. Early ship excursions do have priority tender boarding. After that DIYers tender on a first come basis, depending on the ticket they were given. You will receive information ahead of time as to the procedure for getting the tender tickets.

 

Arrange your time so you are back at the tender dock well before the last tender is due to leave.