Travelers on a shore excursion. (Photo Credit: Venture Ashore/Shutterstock)
Venture Ashore offers a range of tour offerings that appeal to a variety of groups, interests and budgets, and they offer a number of advantages for group travelers. Travelers can take advantage of these carefully curated experiences around the world from Asia and the Pacific to Europe and the Middle East and everywhere in between.
Travelers can find a variety of experiences searching by specific cruise or by particular port or check out Venture Ashore's Essential Collection, which include the key sights in a destination.
Venture Ashore's excursions are ideal for both individuals and easy to book for groups. Specifically for groups, Venture Ashore provides something that cruise lines often do not—the ability to customize excursions for their customers. Travel advisors have more earning opportunities, more options for their clients and more flexibility.
Here are five reasons to book a group excursion with Venture Ashore:
Dedicated Group Specialists
Parties of 12 or more can take advantage of Venture Ashore's dedicated groups service, which includes a team of personal specialists that are available to assist in crafting a seamless, tailor-made experience from start to finish. The group specialists are available to guests from the start of booking throughout the experience, handling all of the logistics. Venture Ashore also has relationships with the best tour operators in each and every port.
Exclusive Rates and Amenities
Group itineraries come with perks!
Group travelers can take advantage of exclusive rates that are only available through Venture Ashore. Other benefits include special amenities and inclusions within the custom itinerary. All group itineraries put affordability first and are carefully curated to each group's needs.
Always-True Guarantees
Group itineraries are no different from Venture Ashore's shore excursions and are secured by its always-true guarantees. This includes the Back-to-Ship Guarantee, Don’t Port, Don’t Pay Policy and its industry-leading 7-Day Cancellation Policy, which allows for a full refund for cancellation up to seven days prior to the tour.
Flexible Booking & Low Deposits
Venture Ashore endeavors to make booking easy for travelers. The company offers low deposits, flexible payment options for the entire group and flexible cancellation policies. In addition to a Groups Specialist who handles all the logistics, there is a group web page to keep everyone informed.
Venture Ashore excursions can be customized for each group's needs. (Photo Credit: Venture Ashore/Shutterstock)
Custom Experiences
The Group Specialist handles everything for the group, including crafting the best possible itinerary catered to each individual group's needs. The specialists negotiate the best rates and the best inclusions in order to create a memorable experience for everyone on the trip.
Venture Ashore Group Specialists recently incorporated a Pesto-making class in Italy for a group cruising the Mediterranean. They also helped a knitting club that was cruising together enjoy a more themed and authentic experience through a shore excursion that took them to a knitting museum.
For larger groups of 20 or more, group leaders can travel for free with a special promotion if the group is booking an Essential Collection excursion. Venture Ashore loves working with travel advisors to help craft amazing experiences for clients. They can book groups of any size and advisors can request to join directly from the travel agent portal on the Venture Ashore website.
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