tender

[jillfeng85]

Next visited a port that needs tendering before. Do you need to pay to get tendered? Do you need to book ahead? Or you just show up in the morning? On the way back, if the ship is leaving, say 8pm, when do you have to get to the return tender site? 

 

Thank you, 

[ewenwash]

No charge for tender.  No reservations. First come first served.

They ask that people on excursions access the tenders first in the morning.

The daily info sheet lists when the last tender leaves the port, and I recall hearing announcements.  Also, the tender staff on shore and ship know the schedule.

[ewenwash]

If you are pre-planning your own excursion and need to know the time you must be back to catch the tender, I'd plan 1 hour before the ship leaves.  Though seems the last tender was sometimes about 30 minutes before ship departure.

[Host Jazzbeau]

The size of the tenders on small ships like Azamara is relatively larger compared to the behemoths of the sea, so we have always been able to get on a tender whenever we were ready to go even when not on a ship excursion.