Royal excursion or private?

[nyllrap]

We book non-cruiseline excursions and tours almost exclusively. Yes, it saves money often, but much more important to us is that they are typically much smaller groups, and a more personalized experience.

 

We exercise our due diligence (well, I do...hubby just trusts me!), by only using tour companies with favorable reviews on CC, TripAdvisor, and other sites, as well as policies we agree with pertaining to cancellation, refunds if applicable, etc.

 

In this day and age, if a tour company causes guests to miss a ship's departure, that one review on an online site would pretty much guarantee the end of that business. We don't cruise as much as many here, but we have never had an issue and don't anticipate one with the excursions we book.

 

Same here! I always make sure I have at minimum 2 hours wiggle room to get back to the ship from when the tour is supposed end.

[bigque]

we have only done 4 cruises before this one and have almost always done our own thing, jumped on a bus or could walk into the towns etc. The only ship excursion we did was when we went to St Petersburgh, which was our first cruise and it was easier for us to do that then.

 

 

Thanks everyone for your input and opinions. Rogueperson, Good idea on the length of stay in port, thank you 😊

 

 

Bigque, are you going to nachi with Royal or by yourself?

No Royal excursion to Nachi. I booked it on their web site!

[SAHMof3]

No Royal excursion to Nachi. I booked it on their web site!

 

Hoping Royal also doesn't do a Mr. Sanchos excursion either. :o

[Johnkut]

We did our own excursion for dune buggy's. It's a personnel tour for the 9 of us. We picked our own time for pick up. They will make sure you get back to the ship in plenty of time. Cozumel is only 30 miles long and 9 miles wide.