Venture Ashore introduces 200 new tours for 2024 due to increasing demand

03.04.2024 - 12:13 / traveldailynews.com / Theodore Koumelis

Venture Ashore expands with new tours in Europe, the Caribbean, Asia and North and South America, including Alaska.

NEW YORK, NY – Venture Ashore, the independent shore excursion company, is announcing 200 new tours for 2024 in key locations such as Italy, France, Greece, Caribbean, Thailand, Canada, Mexican Rivera, South America, Alaska and Vietnam. With tours including cooking, water-based and thrill-seeking experiences. The introduction of these new tours follows a successful year in 2023, which saw a 63% increase in demand.

Travellers are looking for more meaningful, authentic and unique experiences when they travel in order to become immersed in each destination they visit. Venture Ashore continues to focus on small group tours and private experiences and has added more tours where there is increased demand, for example in Roatan, where there are more cruise liners alternating their itineraries to avoid congestion in port. Customers can book experiences that are up to 40% lower than cruise line prices through the Essential Collection tours. There is also a back-to-ship guarantee, don’t port – don’t pay security, flexible seven-day cancellation policy and high-quality experiences.

Kirsty Bachelor, Director of Sales, Venture Ashore, says: “To announce 200 new tours for 2024 is a great achievement for the team at Venture Ashore. The cruise industry has witnessed an impressive bounce back and following an increase in bookings to our key destinations in 2023, this has allowed us to provide our guests with new exceptional experiences. All our tours are handpicked by our highly knowledgeable team, that have over 100 years of combined experience in the cruise and travel industry. We work closely with our travel agent providers to enhance their customers’ cruise reservations by delivering shore excursions and experiences that will live long after their cruise has finished.”

New cruise excursions available to book with Venture Ashore for 2024:

The best way to explore and see everything that Cinque Terre has to offer in a day is by train. The first stop is Manarola, a charming and picturesque villa with its brightly coloured tower, houses and steep narrow alleyways leading to the seafront. Other villages on the tour include: Riomaggiore, Vernazza, Corniglia and Monterosso.

Travellers will depart from Le Havre and be taken by private transfer to the D-Day Landing Beaches sites, where nearly 80 years ago the most pivotal battle on the Western Front took place. Other locations visited include Pointe du Hoc, Omaha Beach, Coleville-sur-Mer and Arromanches Port. During the tour, guests will be able to learn about the history of the battle from an expert Venture Ashore tour guide, as well as having a packed