Born from a Bad Excursion (and a Very Long Pier)
It started the way most good ideas do, with something going wrong. After paying over $120 per person for a "premium" shore excursion that turned out to be a crowded, rushed, overpriced tour, we knew there had to be a better way.
We spent the next cruise researching ports ourselves: finding the local taxis, the hidden beach clubs, the family-owned restaurants the tour buses never stopped at. We saved hundreds of dollars and had a far better time.
Smarty Ports guides are the result of that research, written by cruisers, for cruisers. Every recommendation is grounded in personal experience and research. Every price is real. Every tip is designed to help you make the most of your time in port, on your own terms.
Our first guide, Cozumel, is currently being written for a future Amazon Kindle release. It is being designed so cruisers can keep their port-day plan on a phone or tablet without needing a Kindle device.
