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Should The Independent Tour Accident In Chile From Celebrity Cruise Lines Scare You
fter the deadly accident business.
that took place in Chile,
while passengers from the Their equipment is A-one and they
Celebrity Cruise Lines were always have English speaking tour
touring independently, I thought directors. (They also supply
I would share an excerpt from our other language guides.) You never
book, How to Make “Your First have to wait in line to get into
Cruise the Best Vacation” of Your museums or other attractions- a
Life. After reading our advice big time saver. And of course,
from this excerpt, please see my all of the work is done for you
comments on the piece and the by the tour companies and the
accident at the bottom. cruise line. And it is safe. The
cruise lines would never put you
What About Touring? (Excerpt from in a dangerous situation. There
the eBook) are always a couple of cruise
line employees on the tour to
Tours can be purchased form the make sure no one gets lost and
cruise line, done on your own or that the bus leaves with the same
you can combine the two. Booking amount of people that it started
it through the lines has some with.
advantages. Some of them are
obvious. The cruise line has When going to a new or exotic
thoroughly examined the places port I would recommend the cruise
they will take you and will rate lines excursions. Some of the
them according to their most wonderful excursions we have
difficulty so you know ahead of taken were cruise line tours.
time if this is the right tour Imagine flying the Spruce Goose
for you. They are always run by over the mail route to outlying
local tour companies and these salmon fisheries in Alaska or
companies want to keep that hitting all the highlights of
Rome in one day, or going to By being late you are
China Beach in Vietnam. These are inconveniencing all the others on
things we never could have the tour and jeopardizing the
arranged on our own. remaining stops that are
scheduled. The tour company has
Every country has an embassy or a an appointed time to get you back
tourism web page to give you to the bus and they always honor
information on destinations, that. When you get back to the
festivals, feast days, or the ship look all around your seat
days of Carnival in Buenos Aires. for your belongings and don’t
forget the rack overhead.
The shore excursion booklet will A little etiquette while touring
also provide you with information on a bus: Leave the front and
on how difficult or easy the tour second seats for people who are
is. This is especially important on canes or have difficulty
for people with any sort of walking. It’s hard to get down
disability. The duration of the bus aisles when you have a
trip and any stops along the way disadvantage.
are included and on many, lunch
is part of the tour. When On the flip side of cruise
traveling in foreign ports such excursions, you will be traveling
as Russia you will dine on the in buses with lots of people.
regional food. Here you will encounter lost time
loading and unloading of lots of
Really, for a first time visit people. It will always be more
this is the way to go. And if you expensive than doing it on your
chose this option, when the tour own. You’re paying for the work
guide tells you to be back at the that has gone into the sites
bus at a certain time, be there. visited and the expertise of the
guide. Then there is the problem meet some fun people on the
of the people who want to shop cruise buddy up with them on the
and those who just want to see cab ride to reduce the price. If
the cultural sights. And although you are going to book excursions
this has never happened to me in through the cruise lines do it
over 50 cruises, you might get a early or better still do it
guide that is difficult to before the cruise. Most lines
understand. will let you do this.
When touring on your own, make Comments after the Accident.
sure you have the name and number
of the port agent in case of an Though all of the above is solid
emergency. (This is quite handy advice, I would add a word of
if you miss the ship). caution. In the poorer areas of
the world, I believe it is much
The cruise lines in most cases safer to go with the cruise
will let you know what a typical excursions tour options. The
taxi ride will cost if you are cruise lines only hire companies
only going into town. Always that have been thoroughly
negotiate the cost of the tour screened and have superior
before the taxi ride. Be sure to equipment. In the third world
speak to the tour desk to find countries, by using local
out if there are any areas that companies you do not have this
are unsafe to visit. guarantee. I am not saying that
the tour company involved in this
There have been a couple of times accident was substandard, since
where we toured independently but accidents do happen, but I
used the cruise lines excursion question the route they were
list as a guide to what to see in taking. A local Chilean official
that area of the world. If you said that the road was very
dangerous, curvy and narrow. I do the other hand you could feel
not believe a cruise company tour perfectly safe taking an
group would have taken such a independent in tour in the
route. Caribbean or Alaska. For more
information of the eBook, “First
You must use common since when Cruise Best Cruise” see the
booking excursions. Of course, it website below.
will be safer to tour with the
cruise lines in places like Viet Copyright © 2006 Mary Hanna All
Nam or China or even Africa. On Rights Reserved.
About the Author:
Mary Hanna has cruised the world on over 60 cruises. Mary has written eBooks, Software Reviews and Articles on Internet Marketing, Cruising, Gardening and Cooking. Visit her websites at: http://www.FirstCruiseBestCruise.com, http://www.CruiseTravelDirectory.com and http://www.WebMarketingReviews.com or contact mhanna@cruisepublishing.com
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