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New website gives
consumers an edge. Travelers can
now compare shore excursion
prices and details side-by-side
between 4 top sightseeing
operators and all the major
cruise lines.
Travel Direct announced a new
web site:
http://www.shoretoursgroup.com/
targeted to consumers who want
to shop for the best deals on
sightseeing tours for ports of
call that their cruise ship
visits.
Shore Excursions (aka
Sightseeing Tours, or Shore
Tours ) are one-day tours
offered in various port cities,
and include many options for
adventure and entertainment when
you reach a port of call. They
are a great way to enhance a
guests cruise experience while
seeing more of the ports on
their cruise.
At Shore Tour Deals,
consumers will find a wide
variety of exciting, appealing,
and enriching shore excursions
at prices, in most cases, lower
than those of the cruise lines.
Browse By Port, Cruise Ship, Departure Date and Duration.
Consumers can shop thousands of destination activities, and pre and post cruise things to do! Each port features tours that appeal to diverse interests. Whether they enjoy history, nature, adventure or simply sightseeing, here consumers can learn more about the 300+ ports All The Top-Brand Cruise Lines visit each year, as well as key points of interest, favorite activities and the full range of independent shore excursions offered by 4 shore excursion experts to help consumers explore. Travelers can compare prices side-by-side and choose the shore excursion that's right for their family.While other web sites sell cruises and other forms of travel, Shore Tour Deals focuses on the expertise of 4 shore excursion experts and offers multiple choices, so consumers can select the highest quality shore excursions delivered by local experts at a price to fit just about any budget. Since these companies are not like a cruise line, focused on a revenue producing and profit maker, such as shore excursions, independent sightseeing and shore excursion firms allow you to travel in much smaller groups offering a more personalized experience often at a better price.
In fact, for groups of 4 or more, travelers can usually arrange a private shore excursion for less than the cost of a large cruise line tour. The site also offered a large number of unique cruise excursions that cannot be purchased from the cruise line.
To help consumers navigate the Shore Tour Deals web site, consumers can use the web site's Cruise Shore Excursion Comparison Shopping Tool to compare shore excursion rates and details at companies such as Shoretrips, Shore Excursions Group, Port Promotions, or Viator. The site even includes links to the cruise line's own sightseeing tour listings so consumers can compare cruise line prices to the independent tour operators. Travelers can view shore excursions based on a number of criteria, depending upon the company chosen. Consumers can view excursion types, sizes, small group excursions, scenic, cultural and shore excursions for very active people.
"Our goal is to provide access to exceptional travel experiences to cruise passengers in the ports they visit around the world. To accomplish this, we have gathered four of the most experienced sightseeing tour operators, who have compiled an exceptional array of tours delivered by local experts with decades of experience serving travelers and delivering excellent tours" says Marty Trencher of Shore Tour Deals. "We're Introducing a whole new way to finding shore tour, shore trip and excursion deals when shopping for a cruise. These companies are experts in providing exceptional shore excursions. They understand that in today's fast paced world, vacations have become an increasingly important way to relax, reconnect with family and friends, and experience new and interesting places. With this in mind, they provide the highest quality tours by performing extensive research, site inspections, and detailed reviews. While other companies also offer excursions, we strongly believe you should check these four companies out and determine for yourself, if their expertise and approach set them apart. The large cruise lines sell shore excursions - typically in very large groups visiting high traffic sites. These companies focus on smaller groups visiting more interesting and authentic locations using more personalized local operators. While the cruise lines are experts in delivering cruises, these companies are experts in delivering shore excursions." he added.
Consumers can find more information at the companies shore excursions web site; http://www.shoretoursgroup.com/ Shore Tour Deals is part of a family of travel-related web sites, such as Cruise Direct Online, Cruise Reviews Online and Cruise Traveler Magazine, all part of Travel Direct Corporation.
Labels: 2012-2013 cruises, Cruise Lines, cruise ships, shore excursions, shore tours, sightseeing tours
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