Native Way Watersports Question

We booked a tour on-line with Native Way Watersports, the Rays, Reef, and Rum Point” excursion in Grand Cayman.

I just received an email from them asking me to fax my credit card number to them to guarantee my reservation.

Does anyone know if this company is legitimate? And has anyone in the group faxed their credit card number to them?

I’m a little bit concerned about faxing a credit card number when most companies have secure websites or paypal.

Hiya! We used them last year (and are using them again next month). The credit card request is just to hold your reservation. We paid cash at the excursion; our credit card was never charged. They are a great group and the tour is a ton of fun.

I called them instead. It gave me some piece of mind rather than faxing that info to them. ;) The company is legitimate, and we didn't have a problem. We were a little anxious trying to get back to the ship, though. We made the last tender.

I have used them twice and recommended them to friends who also enjoyed them. This was the same tour your doing. They are legit and good people. Enjoy!:)

We just got back from using them for a private tour. It was wonderful. We had 14 people and the boat all to us! I think they said they were in business for 15 years. Enjoy!

The people at Nativeway are great. I have toured with them many times (and have had to cancel my tours when the ship couldn't make it into GC) - they were always very accomodating and didn't charge a fee when the ship was a no-show.

We also did a tour with them in October. They requested that I fax my credit card information to them as well. I didn't have any problems and the tour was amazing. We didn't have many people on our tour either. I think there was maybe 12 of us and 5 of the 12 were in my party. You'll have an amazing time!

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Great company - 3rd time next week!

Don't worry, Be Happy!!!!!!!!!!!

We've used them three times with no issues regarding unauthorized use of the credit card. The first two times we paid cash upon arrival & it was not charged. The third time we left the charge on the card & were billed correctly. I would not hesitate to use them again. We have done RRR twice of the three times & it is one of the best tours ever! Have a great time!

It's nice to see all the reassuring posts as I was thinking about booking with them in May. On the Rays, Reef and Rum Point tour, do you go to all the different locations by boat?

When we did the tour, in October, they drove us (by a bus) to their boat and we went to all the locations by the boat. I tend to get seasick on smaller vessels, but had no problem. I would recommend this company highly! However, just as a warning, they required cash (perhaps, because we obtained a group discount), which was a surprise to a couple of the families who had several members on the tour. This was told to us, at the time we booked, but we'd forgotten in the months before the cruise. Not a criticism, at all ... just a warning.

THEY WERE FANTASTIC!! Much nicer than all of the other tours out there. They keep the size of their tours much smaller than most.

When we did the tour, in October, they drove us (by a bus) to their boat and we went to all the locations by the boat. I tend to get seasick on smaller vessels, but had no problem. I would recommend this company highly! However, just as a warning, they required cash (perhaps, because we obtained a group discount), which was a surprise to a couple of the families who had several members on the tour. This was told to us, at the time we booked, but we'd forgotten in the months before the cruise. Not a criticism, at all ... just a warning.

I didn't know this was the one you booked, Lorna! Joe and I booked this for next month!

Thanks for all the good reviews. Sure hope we can tender in. I don't want to miss this one...and just faxed my # today!

We used Nativeway for our Stingray City / Island tour (for non snorklers) and liked it a lot. We faxed our CC over and used that to pay for the tour.

Here is a picture from our webshots album showing the rear of the boat. We had 16 people on the boat.

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2500945620096246620QEnuuQ

Thanks to all of you for your input. Sounds like this tour definitely needs to go on our list.

We used Nativeway in September and it was great. We purchased the pictures on CD and it arrived in about 3 weeks.