SHORE EXCURSION RECOMMENDATIONS 

Each passenger needs to book their own excursions on line.

There are so many choices and details that it is impossible for us to send that information to you. There are no longer shore excursion booklets.  This is easy to do and full instructions are listed on the link below.

Booking Shore Excursions

We are often asked to recommend or help select our clients shore excursions.  

This really must be everyone's individual choice based on the information provided by Regent.  On the same excursion one couple will think it was terrific another couple will say it was the worst excursion ever. The way an excursion is run changes constantly so even if a Brown and Keene agent has taken a particular excursion it may be quite different from a previous experience.  We prefer not to make any recommendations and ask the the passengers make their own decisions in selecting their shore excursions.

Shore Excursion Waitlists

If a shore excursion has reached current capacity, then the a message will indicate "This tour is currently sold out, but you may add your name to the Wait List and you will be contacted should space become available". Check your names and click the "Add" button. When the waitlist clears, Regent will notify us as your Travel Agent and we in turn will confirm the reservation with you. This is an automated computer process and there is no need to call and check on your waitlist status.

If a waitlist booking clears

When the waitlist clears, Regent will notify us as your Travel Agent and we in turn will confirm the reservation with you. This is an automated computer process and there is no need to call and check on your waitlist status.

If your waitlist does not clear before sailing

A certain percentage of tours are held back for booking onboard the ship. Also people always over book and then cancel once onboard the ship and waitlists clear on the ship.  You can also go standby for no-shows by going to the appointed meeting place before the tour. If the demand is high when possible the ship arranges  for additional capacity.  The "limited participation" excursions are the ones that will probably not clear for example where there is only capacity for 10 - 20 people.

Tipping the guides

The local guides SHOULD BE TIPPED on the free excursions. Tips are all included onboard the ship but not on land arrangements. The guides make most of their living on tipping so I do encourage you to tip on all your excursions.