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"Of course you need to do what is most comfortable for you.\n \n\n\n\tI am not willing to sacrifice small tour sizes, flexibility, value and quality of a private tour for the minuscule chance that I might miss the ship. I may never get a chance to visit these places again and I want to make sure I have the best experience possible. To us - that means no big bus tours.  I reasearch companies thoroughly and discuss return times and traffic when relevant. I adjust times if warranted.  As a previous poster stated, no reputable tour company would ever risk missing a sailaway- their livilihood depends on it. We've participated in private tours in ports from Asia to Alaska, never once have we even come close to missing the ship. In probably over 50 tours - two have been ships' tours due to remote locations.\n \n\n\n\t \n \n\n\n\tThat being said - I have been on a ship that sailed without two of its own shore excursion groups (Royal Caribbean) in Italy.\n "
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