We have been on many cruises and most of the time have taken the ships tours. One of the benefits of taking a ships tour is that should your tour be late getting back to the ship, supposedly the ship will wait.
On our recent trip to South America, I booked the ships shore excursion for the majority of the ports. Princess Cruises does not require that you prepay for the excursion and you can cancel up to 24 ours in advance.
The ship tours have buses filled with 40 people. The private tours have a mini bus or van with 6 to 14 people. The private tours will custom your tour and pull over to the side of the rode or stay in a location longer, if you are having a good time.
he ship is very strict on the schedule.
We met some really wonderful people at the beginning of our trip and decided to cancel the majority of the ship's excursions. We met our new friends in a common location and got off the ship together.
Upon exiting the ship, we always found a tour company holding up a sign, ready to take us where we wanted to go, often at a fraction of the price of the ship's tour.
If you are a nervous traveler and cannot go with the flow, I would recommend booking through the trip.
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