After choosing the ship and cruise itinerary, there is another question to be resolved, do I do any excursion Or do I decide to stay on board and organize it on my own every time I want to leave the ship?
A typical thought is usually, I will decide, well, although it is possible that you can hire the shore excursion from the same boat, most of the time the demand is such that there are no more quotas, With what you have no choice but to hire a local guide, or simply get to know the city for yourself.
And beware! Because for example Royal Caribbean It requires that the excursions be contracted at least 4 days before.
La easy fix is to hire the excursions with the shipping company itself, which is obviously more expensive than doing the visit on our own, but the organization and consequences of arriving late to the ship would be assumed by the shipping company itself, and it is not a negligible risk.
So summarizing these are the options when organizing shore excursions, either alone or with other cruise passengers.
Going out alone and rummaging through what that implies of taxi drivers, public transportation, insecurity and doubt.
Have a group outing coordinated with other passengers on the ship through an advertisement that we have found on the Internet or other means.
Hire an excursion from the ones offered by the shipping company.
In general, the excursions offered by the shipping company have some advantage, Since they are more comfortable and generally well organized, they also include food in most cases.
The excursions are not compulsory, no one can force you to do them, and the information about them can be downloaded from the company's own page, or obtained from the excursion office, where they will also inform you of their characteristics, if they are suitable or not for minors, what footwear they recommend ... in short, whether you hire it or not, it is always a good point of reference to ask in this office about the most interesting points for know.