1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Gary Bembridge author of &quot;The Cruise Traveler's Handbook&quot; provides another 60-Second Cruise Tips. For more visit http://www.60secondcruisetips.com and http://www.tipsfortravellers.com/cruise-travelers-handbook Excursions will add significant amounts to your cruise budget. A family of four can easily spend over $200 a day on cruse line excursions. With even basic three-hour coach-based tours around a port of call costing about $50 per person, cruisers always ask me for ways to save money without missing out on seeing the best that a port has to offer.I use and recommend taking the local hop-on hop-off bus tour. Virtually every port I have been to has one of these. Most seem to be run by global operators like &amp;ldquo;City Sightseeing&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;Big Bus Tours&amp;rdquo; with reliable standards, quality and good prices.Hop-on Hop-off buses usually stop at, or close to, the port and sell tickets as you disembark the ship. The tours provide a helpful map of the city, take you to the key sights, provide multi-lingual recorded commentary and run frequent schedules - enabling you to hop off at the sights you want to without worrying about long waits for the next bus. Visit city-sightseeing.com and bigbustours.com to check if your ports are covered before cruising. &amp;nbsp; Essential Cruise Tips http://cruisetips.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2869046/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/2869046