cac&mjn Posted July 24, 2008 #1 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I believe the search is down.......... what is the typical price range of shore excursions booked with the ship? TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelcat2 Posted July 24, 2008 #2 Share Posted July 24, 2008 It would help if you posted the ports you will be visiting. Some ship excursions (Alaska) are extremely expensive. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cac&mjn Posted July 24, 2008 Author #3 Share Posted July 24, 2008 It would help if you posted the ports you will be visiting. Some ship excursions (Alaska) are extremely expensive. :) Cozumel Belize City Costa Maya Costa Thomas de Castilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy The Wanderer Posted July 24, 2008 #4 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Hmm., I've done those ports, last December. All I can find right now is this: DATE: Tuesday December 18, 2007 PORT: Santo Tomas de Castilla TOUR CODE: SST-2265 EXCURSION: Visit to Q'eqchi Indigenous River Community DURATION: 6 Hours DEPARTS: 9:00 AM PRICE (US$): $125.00 # OF TICKETS: 2 It was worth it. Can't find any of the other prices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy The Wanderer Posted July 25, 2008 #5 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Oh, I found these too: YOUR SHORE EXCURSION REQUESTS: DATE: Sunday December 16, 2007 PORT: Cozumel TOUR CODE: COZ-1827 EXCURSION: Exploring Cozumel by Jeep & Snorkel DURATION: 4 1/2 Hours DEPARTS: 12:30 PM PRICE (US$): $79.00 # OF TICKETS: 2 DATE: Monday December 17, 2007 PORT: Belize City TOUR CODE: BLZ-6675 EXCURSION: Lamanai Mayan Ruins & New River Cruise DURATION: 7 1/2 Hours DEPARTS: 8:30 AM PRICE (US$): $89.00 Avoid that Cozumel excursion like the plague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Cruiser Posted July 25, 2008 #6 Share Posted July 25, 2008 We have noticed the price of shore excursions, like everything else, going significantly up. As the value of the dollar declines and the cost of everything else goes up, that is inevitable. You really have only three choices: arrive at the port and go solo and take your chances, book a ship's tour, or make private advance arrangements. Your choice on "solo" depends a lot on (1) the port and (2) your personal independence and flexibility. Sometimes solo has worked well for us, other times not so well. The ship's tours are a bit pricey by our standards but usually pretty well done and predictable. But one of the things you can predict with unfortunate reliability is you have a good chance of encountering Jake Snake on your ship's tour (holds up the bus by arriving late, really late, complains loudly and constantly, asks repeated stupid questions of the guide, and/or starts lobbying to go back to the ship well before the tour is completed, and worse. You want to throw him/her overboard!) We have had generally good luck arranging private tours in advance. Easy to do in some places, nearly impossible in others. We've discovered if you can link up with one or two couples in booking a private tour, the cost is about the same or only a little bit more than booking a ship's tour. So we arrange private tours whenever we can. Just got back from a sensational Black Sea cruise on Navigator. Our four private tours were sensational. But our ship's tours were quite good too. Jake Snake must be adverse to the Black Sea. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCCruzQueen Posted July 25, 2008 #7 Share Posted July 25, 2008 The next Voyager Western Caribbean cruise is Dec. 1. The Regent website states that the excursions come available for booking on Aug. 3. You should get an idea of the possible excursions and costs then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelcat2 Posted July 25, 2008 #8 Share Posted July 25, 2008 We have done the Western Caribbean cruise. In this particular case, Regent was not the way to go (I did a review of this on CC -- Navigator, 2007). We found private and small group tours that were wonderful -- priced competitively (less than Regent). There were six ships docked in Cozumel -- several thousand people there. There are small group tours that are very good. Belize -- loved the cave tubing excursion (private excursion). Our Regent tour in Key West was a disaster -- not a matter of money -- it was just a mess (120+ Carnival passengers guzzling (not even sure how to spell that) beer with only 6-7 Regent passengers. While I believe that Regent has some wonderful tours -- it seems that there are better non-Regent excursions offered in the Western Caribbean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy The Wanderer Posted July 25, 2008 #9 Share Posted July 25, 2008 Unless Key West is completely new to you, just get off the ship and walk around. Very pleasant, and it's free. In Guatemala, we took the ship's tour instead of a private tour on the advice of a woman who posts sometimes who is Guatemalan. It turned out very well--it was a concierge tour, i.e., fewer people, and it was very nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrpingtonT Posted July 25, 2008 #10 Share Posted July 25, 2008 On two occasions we have not called at scheduled ports because of diversions due to medical emergencies. I know that this is not an infrequent occurrance, but if you have booked a Regent shore excursion you will not incur any charge. I suspect you may well have to pay at least part of the charge if you have booked private arrangements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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