The threat of a lodging tax (on top of other fees and restrictions and on top of the difficulty/cost of getting to Tortola) was my breaking point and one of the reasons we booked our next charter out of Puerto Rico. We might swing by the BVIs for a few days, but the bulk of our charter will likely be spent in the SVIs and USVIs. They lost probably $15,000-20,000 in BVI-based revenue for the sake of a few hundred dollars in taxes and fees. Is it a coincidence that a few charter companies recently established new bases in Fajardo? Or are they hedging and giving their clients other options in the Virgin Islands? We are also looking much closer at alternative locations to charter in the Caribbean as well as elsewhere. We love the BVIs and their people, but there are plenty of other venues we can go sail.