Does anyone know how to find out the cost of the excursions? I am referiing to the Voyager in the Med.
Thanks for you feed back.

Travel Freak, when your cruise gets closer (I think it's 60 days before your cruise), the excursion costs will be listed and also bookable, on the RSSC site.

If your cruise is in, say, July, you can start looking during March at other cruises that depart in May with similar itineraries to get a good idea of what your excursions and prices will be.

Travel Freak:

Of course, Karen is right. In addition, I would like to say that Radisson has always been very fair in terms of excursion cost. It is not a profit center. When you look at your European excrusion costs, remember the dollar euro situation. We took very expensive ($194 and $166) excursions to Granada and Sevilla that were worth every penny. If you have questions about excursions at your ports, feel free to ask; most of them have probably been done by at least a few of us.

Welcome Aboard!

I'll second what Marc says that RSSC is very reasonable. I'm sailing Oceania to the Med over the summer (no Diamond!) and they really add a hefty markup.

Also, RSSC also allows you to order individual excursions right online. Again, Oceania only allows you to buy a "package" of 6 or so excursions and won't allow you to do it piece meal and get what you really want. I think this is a great feature with RSSC.

My shore excursion online booking opened today on the RSSC website! I'm so excited -- now I can actually know what exactly is available at each port, and how much they cost. I'm quite surprised at how reasonable the costs are, too!

Travel Freak, when is your cruise? I'll be on the Voyager in the Med too, departing Funchal, Madiera on May 1. If we share some ports, I can tell you what excursions are available and how much they cost. I don't think you can see them online, however, unless you are booked on the cruise.

LeeAnne

A few comments on excursions.

If there are two of you, RSSC's excursion costs are fairly priced. I have found over 90% of them are of the highest quality.

If there are more than two of you, you can save money and have high level of personalized quality if you look into private guides. You can then customize the itinerary to your taste and avoid large bus crowds. Denise introduced us to this option and we have enjoyed wonderful experiences with her.

In St. Petersburg, we booked Red October for only 5 of us. It was the same price as the RSSC excursion for a busload. HOWEVER, the folks on the RSSC excursion were highly satisfied and had nothing to say but wonderful things.

We normally take a mixture of RSSC excursions (to meet others) and some private jaunts when we have special interests...to beaches via taxi, or we rent a car with another couple or through a private guide. You have to be careful going on your own at times and make sure you manage the timing of your logistics properly.

When we did our Italy cruise, we did not take a tour in Dubrovnick, but saw the city on our own, we did the same in Capri (some rented a car and had a lovely time). We took a private tour in Amalfi and took a couple of RSSC excursions.

What we have found is that RSSC is as flexible as possible with excursions. They allow cancelling and booking fairly close to the time of the excursion. We heard that one excursion was better than one we booked and the cruise desk switched us. Another day, we were going to the beach on our own and the day was rainy. We ran down to the desk minutes before the excursion was to leave and they got us on a great tour.

We have had excursions as low as the $30 dollar range and as high as $300 per person. I know of a few instances where folks were not pleased with the excursion and the money was refunded.

We have been very happy with RSSC's excursion desk. It is extremely well run.

Thanks for your responses. (sorry about my spelling in my 1st post) We are cruising in late May and are trying to decide on a private tour (for 2) of the Amalfi coast or do the ships excursion. We will wait until they list our excursions. Any
recomendations on a private tour?

I do enjoy reading all the post and feel like I already know the ship.

Thanks