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The Weta workshop tour did not include quite as much time and detail as I would have liked. This is just because it is a standard tour offered by Weta and they can't show you everything they are working on for future productions. We booked two excursions through Viator on our recent cruise to NZ. We went on a Hobbiton tour from Tauranga and an excursion to th Weta workshop in Wellington. From the Viator web site if you are looking at a private tour you can e mail with the specific tour guide. They are not a tour provider, they are a broker, meaning when you need to contact them for some issue, it can get challenging, very challenging.
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Tour with 50% ports, we booked a Princess tour twice. It made sense due to circumstances and worked out fine. My wife and grand daughter who were on Diamond Princess to NZ in January booked a couple of tours with Viator, no problems, used reputable tour operators/transport providers. Explore some of the prettiest parts of Santorini and take in fantastic views of the off-shore caldera with this semi-private shore excursion designed exclusively for cruise ship passengers.
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Great prices usually, but some customer service issues. Earn commission when you book directly for your clients on travelagents.viator.com or send them Viator activities using your “share with client” link to earn when they book in-destination. As you book cruises for your clients this wave season, don’t miss out on exploring things to do for your clients in every port. Viator has a wide range of inventory around the world to give every client something memorable to do while they’re ashore.
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We are going going to zip line in St. Lucia and the ships excursion does not go to the Treetop Adventure Park. They have also put together custom tours for us in Spain and Italy. I was also going to recommend filing a claim with the credit card company, but you beat me to it. To the OP, just make sure you have everything documented, and then let Viator fight it out with the credit card company.
Visit an authentic Living Maori Village deep in the geothermal region of Rotorua on this full-day excursion, including a Hangi Lunch. Take in Abu Dhabi’s sights on a day trip from Dubai, led by a professional guide and usually conducted in several small groups. Spend the morning exploring Marseilles’ historical neighborhoods on a small-group tour with a guide. Experience the idyllic Saona Island on this full-day tour from the mainland via speedboat and catamaran. Experience the Dominican coast on the back of a horse during this half-day horseback riding tour.
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Travelers are now more aware of the freedom of choice when it comes to shore excursions
Really convenient way to find tours and good customer service. Again, as everyone said, Viator is a broker not a tour operator. I think it will last even though Viator is a sister company of Cruise Critic. The tour vendors have to be more flexible in these uncertain times.
I have used them several times for transfers/tours last time in HK and just booked a tour from LA to Las Vegas/Grand Canyon pre cruise on Island Princess. Just that if you had say a change in pick up hotel you need to contact their transport provider, in my case Lux Bus America, which I did yesterday as I changed hotels from Holiday Inn LAX to Embassy Suites, Anaheim. Consider booking cruise line shore excursions in smaller, more offbeat ports on itineraries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and South America. Is it better to book shore excursions through your cruise ship, or should you arrange port activities on your own, independently of your cruise line? That question is one of the most commonly asked by cruise travelers, and it doesn't have an easy answer. It all depends -- not just on circumstances but also on the ports of call and the travelers' own penchant (or lack thereof) for independent travel.
You won't need a tour to visit a couple of museums, shops, cafes or historic attractions. If the only thing that matters to you is cost and reliability, then Viator should be fine. If you are picky about the quality of your tours, I do not recommend them. We used them in Italy this summer, both for tours while on the land portion of our vacation, and the ship portion. While they are sort of a consolidator/wholesaler, we did find it difficult to locate specific tours outside of Viator online, so we were fine with using them. We did also find non-Viator tours for some portions, which were also good.
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Over the course of two hours, see the Tiberio Baths, Faraglioni Rocks, and more. Ability to have access to trusted reviews is very helpful. Only people that have gone on the tour can submit a review on Viator. See my comment above (#19) for my two experiences using them in Rome. Really interested on this Viator thing, so how does it work, buy the excursion then meet up with an agent onshore or go straight to the where it's gonna take place? We thought about this but as a group of 6 we will mostly likely need 2 taxis so a tour may end up being around the same price.
We never use an aggregator for third party excursions, we only book directly through vendors we have researched. Even if Viator didn't know when the ship was leaving, I would expect a local vendor to know that since his/her scheduling is dependent upon when ships will be in port. The information should be readily available on the port's information site or by calling the port authority. Offering an excursion that would be impossible to make is not an alternative. This was an unfortunate circumstance but Viator did nothing wrong. The tour operator tried to make it right by offering the tour at the next available time slot.
Windstar offers between four and seven tours in every port; mega-ships offer even more choices in each destination. In addition to the highlights tour, the roster for a given port could include culinary tours, historical tours, walking tours and active tours. The key is to diversify options for passengers, who might be a mix of first timers and repeat visitors with varying interests and abilities. Cruise lines work with licensed, well-reputed tour operators and hold them responsible for quality control. When taking a tour that involves traveling on helicopters, planes, parasails or boats, you want to guarantee your operator has been properly vetted for safety issues. Plus, you could conceivably find yourself stranded someplace remote if something were to go wrong.
Just as Windstar does not offer just one type of tour in each port, Witsoe suggests that cruisers diversify their tours across ports. "In Japan, you could see a castle in every port of call," she says, but that would get old after the third or fourth day. You'll be more satisfied with your trip if you book a mix of tour types and change up days of full-day tours with half-day outings and even a few days to wander around on your own. We are going on a cruise to the Southern Caribbean and would normally book the the cruise line for excursions. It appears the prices have doubled since our last experience and found a booking company thru TripAdvisor's reviews called Viator and hoping someone might have experience if they are reliable to book excursions. I've used them with great success across Europe and the states.
Shore excursions are one of the most important aspects of a cruise experience. Previously, travelers only had access to tours sold onboard through the cruise line. With the internet, passengers can easily go online and find the same tour for a much lower price than what the ship would charge. This leads many to either book direct or through their travel advisor. "The biggest mistake cruisers make when booking tours is incorrectly assessing activity level -- everyone in their head thinks strenuous means different things," says Witsoe.
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