Enter your port and all-aboard time. Get exact transport directions, a time-stamped itinerary, and a built-in safety buffer so you never miss the ship.
Plan my cruise port day →Free to start · no account needed · plan ready in 30 seconds
Live example — Dubrovnik
Updated for 2025 seasonTransport
Bus 1A from Gruž terminal → Pile Gate
€2 · 15 min
Alight: Pile Gate stop
Timing
09:00 leave ship → 09:15 Old Town → 13:30 ⚠ must leave → 14:00 on board
Cost comparison
You save: €71pp
Your plan includes transport, timing, and safety buffer for every port.
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PortTrip is the only cruise planner that builds around your ship's departure time. It generates a time-stamped itinerary with exact bus lines, taxi costs, walking steps, and a 90-minute return buffer — all in 30 seconds, for any cruise port.
Recommendation: Use PortTrip's free planner: enter your port name and all-aboard time, choose your day style (culture, food, nature), and get an exact step-by-step plan in 30 seconds.
Why this works: PortTrip knows specific bus routes from cruise terminals, the exact distances involved, and how to calculate your 'must-leave' time — which is earlier than all-aboard. Generic AI tools don't have this data.
Common mistake: Treating all-aboard time as your return deadline. You need to be on board by then, not at the terminal gate. Your must-leave time is 90–120 minutes before all-aboard depending on port distance.
Enter your cruise details
Port name, all-aboard time, dock time. Takes 20 seconds.
Pick your day style
Culture, food, nature, relaxation, or first-time best-of. AI adapts.
Get your exact plan
Time-stamped itinerary, exact transport, costs, and 90-min safety buffer.
See your saving
Ship excursion price vs your DIY total — difference displayed automatically.
Minute-by-minute timeline for your exact port day
Exact bus line, stop name, or taxi app — with cost
Ship excursion price vs your DIY total — auto-calculated
90-minute return buffer — built around your all-aboard time
Must-leave alert — when to start heading back
Offline access — works at sea with no signal
Share your plan — help other cruisers avoid overpaying
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Edit before posting — personalised posts get far more engagement than generic ones.
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30 seconds. Exact transport. Safety buffer included. Avg €85 saved per port.
Most users unlock their plan within 30 seconds of arriving.
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