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The Pros and Cons of Cruise Line Shore Excursions

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๐Ÿ‘๏ธ 597 views๐Ÿ“… 3 years agoโฑ๏ธ 9:02
What This Creator Said
Creator Had Mixed FeelingsTips & Advice๐ŸฅˆExpert Creator
Veteran Cruiser

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Creator's Key Takeaways

official cruise excursions are more expensive i've never seen a cheaper one

you're not going to get left on the dock at the end of the day

we try and do a bit best of both worlds

Creator's Tips & Advice

โœ“Compare prices per case basis for excursions
โœ“Consider doing it yourself if port is close to city
โœ“Use official excursions for peace of mind and guaranteed return

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Getting left behind at port โ€” Official excursions guarantee ship waits for you

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat are the pros and cons of booking official cruise shore excursions?
QHow do official excursions compare to third-party operators and doing it yourself?
QWhen should you choose official excursions versus other options?

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YouTube Video Descriptionโ†“

In this video we take a look at the Pro's and Con's of booking an official shore excursion directly with the cruise line. When taking a cruise, one of the most important things for many cruisers are the ports of call you visit. For most, they will book an excursion directly via the cruise line, but is that always the best idea. In this video, we look at the pro's and con's, we compare to third party operators and also simply getting off at port and Doing It Yourself. This video is not sponsored, nor endorses any other the third party operators we mention, they are simply there for comparison, on costs and variety of options. As usual with our videos, our commentary is done in a single take to give you our honest, non-scripted opinions. And as always our videos and all content is shot by us, in 4K and no stock images are used. If you like our content, and we hope you do, please consider subscribing, we put new videos out EVERY Sunday (and occasionally a bonus one during the week) and if you could hit the Like Button too this will help us massively as we grow our channel, and if you really want to, hit to notification bell button to be told when our new videos are published. If you'd like to support the channel even more, you can now become a YouTube Member via https://www.youtube.com/c/SuiteNatured/membership or support us via Patreon https://www.patreon.com/SuiteNatured where you will get exclusive content, live chats, merchandise and much more. plus our eternal thanks for helping support us growing the channel. Our other excursion content https://youtu.be/n2fnHY6kUYs P&O Bilbao https://youtu.be/h7XR65m12Nc P&O La Coruna https://youtu.be/_TbYm4oNXPk - Cunard Full Review, including Vigo & Lisbon Excursions Thanks, Linzi & Mark Chapters 00:00 Intro to Official Cruise Line Shore Excursions Pro's and Con's 00:49 The Con's. Why you shouldn't book an official cruise line one. 02:05 Price Comparisons to Third Party operators 03:45 D.I.Y - You can go your own way. 04:42 The Pro's. Why you should use an official cruise line option 08:18 Final Thoughts on the Pro's and Con's to an official cruise line excursion cruise excursion ship excursions p&o excursion shore excursions