History
Trinidad and Tobago Sightseeing Tours was founded in 1985 by Charles Carvalho. The lack of tour operators in T&T at the time and his experience in the travel industry led him to this venture. The company initially started off by taking groups on overseas trips as well as Tobago. It didn’t take long until the need for local options was realized and thus our tour portfolio was born. Our main clientele were always cruise ships who’d offer our jobs hiring near me tours as “shore excursions” to their passengers as a sightseeing option during their one-day visit to T&T. The very first cruise ship we served was the Royal Viking Star. We also began offering our tours to general tourists through our website and popular travel websites such as Viator and TripAdvisor. Over time our service range expanded to full destination management including transportation and hotel arrangements as well.
Accreditations and Membership
We are a proud member of
FCCA
Florida Caribbean Cruise Association since 1993
TTITOA
Trinidad and Tobago Incoming Tour Operators Association since 1990.
TTTIC
Trinidad and Tobago Tourism Industry Certification since 2002.
THRTA
Trinidad Hotels, Restaurants and Tourism Association since 2007.
Awards
We have acquired awards and certifications over time, some of them are:
2000
Certificate of Appreciation from the National Training Agency
1993
The Professionals award from Lawson International
1995
The Professionals award from Lawson International
2005/2006
High Volume Tour of the Season (Trinidad Highlights & Scenic Drive) from Princess Cruises
2006/2007
Tour of the Season (Port of Spain Highlights & Cultural Show) from Princess Cruises
2007/2008
Tour of the Season (Port of Spain Highlights & Angostura https://xjobs.org/ Distillery) from Princess Cruises
2008/2009
High Volume Tour of the Season (Trinidad 4×4 Adventure) from Princess Cruises
2009/2010
Tour of the Season (Tobago Highlights & Folkloric Show) from Princess Cruises
2009/2010
Tour of the Season (Rainforest Adventure & Asa Wright) from Princess Cruises
2003
Honoured Member of Who’s Who Historical Society
2015/2016
Ministry of Tourism/ Tourism Development Company in recognition of valuable contribution to the cruise season
2001
Certificate of Appreciation from Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards
1990
Hospitality Award from the Trinidad and Tobago Tourist Board
Services
Transfers
Ground, sea, and air transportations between seaports, airports, hotels, attractions etc.
Sightseeing Tours
Nature, adventure, cultural, historical, eco, agro, and everything else Trinidad and Tobago has to offer
Destination Management Service
From hotel bookings to event organization – you name it, we do it
Luxury Chauffeur Services
For those who want to ride in style
Cruise Ship Shore Excursions
- Port of Spain, Trinidad
- Scarborough, Tobago
- Charlotteville, Tobago
Past and Present Clients
- AIDA Cruises
- Azamara Club Cruises
- Carnival Corporation & PLC
- Carnival UK
- Celebrity Cruises
- Club Med
- Costa Crociere
- Crystal Cruises
- Cunard
- Festival Cruises
- Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines
- Hapag-Lloyd Cruises
- Holland America Line
- Kristina Cruises
- Marella Cruises (was TUI Cruises)
- MSC Cruises
- Ocean Village
- Oceania Cruises
- P&O Cruises
- Phoenix Reisen
- Ponant Yacht Cruises & Expeditions
- Portuscale Cruises
- Princess Cruises
- Quark Expeditions
- Randstad
- Royal Caribbean International
- Saga Cruises
- Sea Cloud Cruises
- Seabourn
- SeaDream Yacht Club
- Silversea Cruises
- Windstar Cruises
Major Projects and Achievements
In 2016, we managed a partial turnaround operation for the Costa Magica in Tobago alongside or port agent sister company. It entailed the transportation of over 250 embarking and disembarking passengers, guest meet & greet services, luggage transport and priority deliver to/from vessel and all formalities (Customs, Immigration, Airport & Port Authority). We executed this operation without incident and within all budgetary and logistical constraints.