How we check
The trust information on this site is only useful if you can trust how we got it. Here is how we check, what we leave blank, and what we will never do.
The Excursion Edit brings the things that matter in port — whether an operator’s public-liability insurance is confirmed, the all-aboard deadline and hours ashore, live government travel advisories, and an operator’s own stated accessibility — to the surface, so you can weigh them before you book, not after.
Where our facts come from
We work from primary and official sources, and we do not treat commercial cruise-guide aggregators as a source of record. Where we have verified a fact against an official source, we say so on the page — “Verified by The Excursion Edit against official sources” — with the date we last checked it. We keep the underlying record of what we checked, and we’re happy to show it if you ever want to see it.
What “not stated” means
When a source is silent, we leave it blank rather than guess. There are three honest states only — stated yes, stated no, or not stated — and we never fill a gap with an invented number, time or phone number.
What we don’t do
We don’t tell you whether a tour is “right for you”. Whether something fits your day, your pace or your mobility is your call — we put the facts side by side and let you decide. We are not a tour operator or a booking agent, and we never invent prices: where a live price isn’t available to us, we link you to the operator’s own page rather than show a guess.
Day trips under your own steam
Where a port page suggests independent day trips, every route comes from the transport operator’s or authority’s own published pages, and anything in quote marks is the operator’s own words, with the operator named. Two things we deliberately never state: fares, and departure or return times we would have to work out ourselves. Timetables change with season and service, so rather than print a number that could be stale by the time you sail, we link you to the operator’s own live departures page — and say so plainly when no fixed time exists.
How fresh it is
Every fact carries the date we last checked it, and live travel advisories refresh automatically from the official UK FCDO and US State Department feeds. Each port page shows a “what we’ve checked” panel with those dates, so you can judge how current the information is.
Questions
If anything here isn’t clear, or you’d like to see how we verified a particular fact, reach us any time at connect@tourcrest.co.uk.