Venture Ashore Reviews 

We were recommended Venture Ashore by our travel agent as a company that would provide tours similar to the ones that the Cruise Line offered but at a much reduced price, we booked 3 tours and were absolutely delighted by the quality of the transport ranging from an 8 and 20 seat minibus to a double decker. The tour guides were first class, knowledgeable about the tour they were leading and helpful, nothing was a trouble for them and they always had a smile on there face which added to the overall experience.
Whenever we book our next cruise we will definitely be booking our tours with Venture Ashore , we have no hesitation in recommending them as they provide a service which can only be described as superb.

Our guide met us and took us around the main sights. As we were the only people who had booked, we had a taxi for just the 3 of us, and Ben our guide was happy to individualise our tour. We really enjoyed it and would book with Venture Ashore again!

Tour guide was amazing! He showed us all of the best highlights and places during this packed tour time. He took pictures for groups, patiently waited while the Gibraltar apes came to interact. Well organized, well paced, highly informative and engaging.

The guide on the tour was excellent as she was very knowledgeable and made sure we were all well looked after. Everything was perfectly arranged

I had initially booked a private tour from the ship to Rome. However, our plans changed and I called them (well over a week in advance) to ask if they could arrange for us to go to Florence instead. If not, I would be cancelling. The woman on the phone said she'd get back to me and never did. Three days before the tour, having never heard back from them, I confirmed cancellation via email and they responded that they weren't going to refund my money because it wasn't a week in advance. I decided to deal with it when I returned home. Then when we docked, there was a driver waiting because they never told him that we had cancelled. He was understandably angry which we had to deal with. Not a professional, buttoned up company and I'm still trying to get my money back.

Fantastic excursion treated like a v.i.p luxury air conditioned mini bus,very knowledgeable guide took great care of all the members of our small group.amazing trip for less money cannot rate it higher more that five stars .I would definitely recommend venture assured to everyone.

The guide we had was fantastic, he was very knowledgeable and showed great care towards my 90 year old father ensuring we had an enjoyable informative and accident free visit to Ephesus

Excellent guide. Very knowledgeable, and interesting. Made it a wonderful trip for everybody. Cannot rate him highly enough. Great value for money.

We had a superb tour with Shore excursions in Casablanca and can recommend this tour to anyone visiting this town while on a cruise.

I've used Venture Ashore before without issue, but this time was disappointing. First, we were required to book a ferry to our meeting spot separate from the Venture Ashore reservation, which in itself was not terrible, but it was very inconvenient having to get to the ferry, book the ticket, and wait for the next ferry for over an hour. I wish it was all rolled into one booking.

The biggest problem was when we got off the ferry. There was no tour guide to meet us. A local taxi driver read our voucher, made a few phone calls, and agreed to take us on the pre-paid excursion (presumably after agreeing to get paid by the Venture Ashore travel agency). Everything turned out ok in the end, but this was not the guide we were promised that would meet us at the dock. I was very scared for a bit.

Great pleasant guide. Very knowledgeable kept us informed.

We went on two trips whilst we were on a cruise to alaska. Both trips were great, easily accessible pick up points. Very knowledgable guides. Overall they made our cruise more memorable.

We recently took two "essential collection tours" with our NCL Epic cruise. We chose the shared tours because they were more reasonably priced compared to NCL’s options, and we were pleased to find that each group had fewer than 12 people. The tours were quite enjoyable, offering a nice break from the large bus excursions. Had a good time.

We just returned from our Norway cruise and used Venture Ashore for all our group excursions. Each and every one was fantastic! Super tour guides and drivers that took on the most narrow and winding road without a blink! They were on time and detailed each time. Thanks to Joy who set them all up for us and was patient throughout the process. Thank you Venture Ashore!

The Loen Skylift Adventure in Olden Norway was excellent. Well organized, and the views were wonderful. Well work doing!

We did the 3 trip package the first two at Juneau and Skagway where brilliant the third at Ketchikan needs improvement, hence 4 stars and not 5

We were expecting a group tour but just two of us were given a private tour of Istanbul by a very knowledgable and friendly guide. We saw everything we wanted to at a pace of our choosing. Great value and included taxis to and from the main tourist area.

We had a wonderful experience on our recent excursion. Venture Ashore exceeded our expectations and will definitely be our go to for future excursions!! Their competitor (Expedia) did not do what was reflected in the description and was a HUGE disappointment on multiple excursions.

We had 8 excursions with you and 7 of them were good. The one bad experience was at Pompeii. The VS guide was fine, but the guide inside Pompeii could not speak good English and did not take us to any good sites at Pompeii. This was my 4th time there, so I know what she DID NOT show us. Otherwise the other excursions were very satisfactory. Joe Hudson

Was very enjoyable. Saw a small bear and wonderful scenery. Driver was friendly and informative. By UK standards this was a very expensive excursion and the driver Aaron asked passengers to give a generous tip as he struggled with the high prices in Alaska, which they are. We gave more than we would tip in UK but he was probably disappointed. Drivers should be paid properly and not rely on tips in my opinion.