Welcome to the Royal Caribbean Blog podcast, a weekly look into the world of Royal Caribbean cruising.

I'm your host Matt Hodgeberg, and this is episode number 194.

Have you ever wanted to try something new or different in a cruise port but struggle to

find a tour that met your exact needs?

Or perhaps there's a short version that Royal Caribbean does not offer, but you're uncomfortable

going through a third party.

On this week's podcast episode, we will discuss a relatively new option by Royal Caribbean

that offers guests exactly the kind of short excursions they want, customized to what

their wants and needs happen to be.

Here we go.

One of the most common struggles as cruise ship passengers go through on any sailing is the decision to find a shore excursion that is perfect for them.

Royal Caribbean offers a wide variety of shore excursion options, and there are many more third-party shore excursions available to use, and yet some guests may find they are compromising on what the tour offers its length or pace.

Royal Caribbean decided to offer a third choice

that would include the best benefits of booking through Royal Caribbean directly with the diversity

of choices that can be found while booking on your own. Private Journeys is a relatively new option

by Royal Caribbean for guests to completely customize every aspect of what they want to do during

a port stop and make it the kind of experience that

curtails to their family or group's needs.

Having tried out private journeys on a recent cruise of my own, I wanted to talk about

this relatively new offering by Real Caribbean and explain what it is exactly, how it works,

and who might benefit the most from using private journeys.

And join me once again is someone who has an equal appreciation for the Royal Tots

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