Shuttle Buses

[spunkymoldy]

Does Holland America offer free shuttles at each port to the town/city? I am going on the Ancient Wonders cruise next year and was wondering if anything was offered?

[RuthC]

Not usually, anymore. Was a time that a free shuttle was pretty much standard, but that hasn't been my experience the last several years. Once in a while, yes, but it's not the usual and customary. There is usualy a shuttle for a fee.

Sometimes the shops or tourist bureaus will get together and sponsor a shuttle, but HAL doesn't even let the passengers know about it until the very last second.

[alsas]

sorry not easy answer. On the world cruise most ports shuttles were provided. 18 day pannama no shuttles. When docking makes it a long way to taxi or port does not allow you to walk in dock area they will provide shuttle to taxi area. Happy sailing Alsas

[Copper10-8]

Hard to say nowadays but I agree with Ruth, that it has become rare for HAL. We had a shuttle in August in Helsinki but they charged us $5 a piece for it's use

[jhannah]

If I remember correctly, in Belfast a couple of months ago they charged $8 per person each way. We took a cab and got there quicker (didn't want to wait for the bus to fill up.)