Captain and Crew first, boat second. A quality broker who has been on the boat recently, knows the crew personally, and has recently book trips with that crew is the key to success. Your broker should take the time to learn your expectations and then search for a crew and a boat that caters to that level and type of expectations.

Level of food service, level of party atmosphere, does your group actually want to sail, do you want to dive most days? Do you want a social chairman who will lead you group as the life of the party? Or would you rather have bus driver that moves the boat for you in near mute silence each day.

A quality professional travel agent should never book a resort she has not visited very recently, the same with a crew and boat. In our three plus decades of chartering. The number one issue we have encountered is new friends at the beach or bar who for whatever reasons do not match with the crew running the boat they rented over the phone from a large charter operator.