Planning what to do when you finally arrive to your destination can be a little daunting. There are often so many different options and finding local providers to take you on all the things on your list can take hours. As a travel advisor, these are my go-to sites to recommend excursions to my clients during their visit! These sites are even great for inspiration when narrowing down where to go. Whether you are looking for small group tours, shore excursions, car transfers, or private experiences, you can find all your destination has to offer from these sites!
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Viator, a Trip Advisor company, is a booking site that connects local providers with travelers from around the world. They offer tours, shore excursions, transfers, and tickets to popular destinations across the globe. Nearly all of their options offer a super flexible cancellation policy and their customer support is easy to work with. Their providers cater to a wide range of budgets and interests. Group, small group, and private tour options are available at hundreds of destinations. You can use their search engine to inspire your itinerary or look for that activity you are ready to cross off your bucket list!
Take a small group food and wine tour in Italy, visit an elephant orphanage and giraffe center in Kenya, participate in a ramen cooking class in Japan, take a day trip to Machu Picchu in Peru, and so much more!
Project Expedition offers activities, transfers, shore excursions, and even multi-day trips! They have a wide variety of activity categories including, adventure and thrills, cultural immersion, water sports, wildlife and eco tourism, relaxation and fun, traditional outdoors, winter activities, and more! Project Expedition is my go to site to secure transfers from the airport to my hotel, hotel to rail station, or get me to my excursions meeting point. They have partners across the globe and have a flexible cancellation policy. While searching for shore excursions, look for the icons on some or use the filter for the excursions that offer a guarantee return to ship and/or cruise friendly refund policy if your ship skips the port.
Explore excursions like a sailing and snorkeling tour in Costa Rica, joining a small-group Oktoberfest tour, or taking a sunset whale watching tour in Canada.
Shore Excursions Group should be your first place to search for amazing opportunities for your time in port. Shore Excursions Group offers guaranteed return to ship, which is a must for cruisers. These tours are often less expensive than those offered directly from the cruise line you travel with. While a cruise line’s shore excursion may have 40+ people, Shore Excursions Group boasts their group sizes average at only 12 people!
Sign up for shore excursions to take a once in a lifetime look at glaciers from a Helicopter in Alaska, zipline and see beautiful waterfalls in the Bahamas, or take a candlelight cruise in the canals of Amsterdam, and more!
Tours by Locals is exactly what it sounds like, locals hosting private tours just for your group! They share all their favorite places and fascinating knowledge about where they live with you! In addition to tours, they also boast shore excursions with a No One Left Behind guarantee and promise to get you back on time. Tours by Locals is made up of over 5,200 guides in 174 countries!
Just imagine a private wine tasting tour around Santorini, Greece with the best sights, a private guide around the Louvre and visit to the Eiffel Tower, or a local guide to take you to the best spots to hunt for the northern lights in Iceland!
Amstar is a destination management company offering excursions and transfers across Mexico, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Curacao, St. Martin, Aruba, and Hawaii through local providers. Transfers range from shared transfers, to private transfers, and even deluxe private transfers. Amstar offers over 1,000 experiences and free changes and cancellations up to 4pm the day before a confirmed reservation date on many excursions; read the specific terms and conditions of each booking confirmation.
Explore the ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico, go on an off-road buggy tour in the Dominican Republic, or explore the water from a semi-submarine in Aruba!
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