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Re: sailing charter on tortola
[Re: mimmi]
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11/25/2011 01:48 PM
11/25/2011 01:48 PM
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Dugg
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Hi There was a thread about Festiva Adventure Club started by gingersnap on June 20. It is apparently a timeshare on a crewed Lagoon 440. Gatorman1 briefly described two trips with them. There were earlier posts but they are long gone. The only one I managed to save was from July 4, 2008 : “Hi Festiva Sailing Vacations are associated with Elite Island Yachts. They had a web presence at www.eliteislandyachts.com/ which has been discontinued. They were at Nanny Cay (at least in 2004) and had Lagoon 440's. Apparently this entity is part of Festiva Resorts and their cats are berthed with Catamaran Company. Check out www.festivasailingvacations.com/. They were recently advertising for help in the BVI Beacon (July 3, 2008: “Elite Island Yachts/Festiva Sailing Vacations requires professional crew couples to start October 10, 2008 for next charter season. Must have extensive experience in term charters. Captain must have Skippers ticket, STCW and Dive Master qualification. Chef must be proficient in on-board cuisine. Established Couples only. Please email your Resumes to: [email]jtownsend@festivaresorts.com”[/email] Peace Dugg & Chris” Hope this helps. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Cheers.gif" alt="" /> Peace Dugg & Chris Our VI pics are at http://picasaweb.google.com/papadugg/ and 2011 pics are now present
The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand with no bottom and no shoes, no shirt, and no problems...KC
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Re: sailing charter on tortola
[Re: Richieg1g]
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11/25/2011 02:35 PM
11/25/2011 02:35 PM
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Dugg
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Hi Did a Google search on Festiva and the results were not encouraging although all of them were about the resorts they own. I don’t have much faith in what I see on Trip Advisor either, but all of the comments I saw were, again, about their resorts and were negative. The reviews on Festiva Sailing Vacations in Trip Advisor, on the other hand, were pretty uniformly favorable (surprise!). Looks as though you should just opt out on the timeshare presentation. Just search for “Festiva Sailing Vacations BVI”. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/handshake.gif" alt="" /> Peace Dugg & Chris Our VI pics are at http://picasaweb.google.com/papadugg/ and 2011 pics are now present
The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand with no bottom and no shoes, no shirt, and no problems...KC
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Re: sailing charter on tortola
[Re: Dugg]
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11/27/2011 05:01 PM
11/27/2011 05:01 PM
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Why anyone would go on a Festiva boat instead of a private crewed boat is beyond me. We were once horrified when docked next to a Festiva boat watching the so called chef use box potatoe mix to serve with their main course. And their boats are not any kind of a deal. Stick with a private crewed charter cat where you get a real team including often an award winning chef.
Capt Doug Chef Wendy
Professional crew, yacht charter brokers, and all round nice fun people.
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Re: sailing charter on tortola
[Re: sail2wind]
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11/29/2011 01:15 AM
11/29/2011 01:15 AM
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We did our first Festiva charter in October and it was the one of the best of our seven trips to the BVI, with six private charters and one land-based previously. We did not have a timeshare, went off-season on an all-inclusive crewed charter, meals and BOOZE and diving, all for $3400 a couple! Time-share couples were about a $1000 less but they also pay yearly dues. You just can't beat it--our gourmet chef had lived in New Orleans and did a great job, seasoned well. She boiled potatoes for a salad and the fruits and veggies very fresh and crisp. We had filet mignons and pork loin with a tamarind sauce that was excellent. Then there was the banana pancakes, frittatas, bloody Mary's, and Bailey's with the coffee to start the day off. We also had gluten-free bread and crackers available per request. Festiva have staff that buy and stock each charter based on preferences, and the chef works with what they have, so no two charters will be ever be the same. We celebrated an anniversary and the crew made a scrumptious cake and served champagne. The other couples we were with were compatible but there were some on the other boats I was very happy weren't on our cat...if you have friends or family to fill the the other cabins, it would be easier to lime than with an obnoxious woman that would rather be on a cruise ship. However, anyone adventurous enough to do it at all will probably have like-minded people on board. The Lagoon 440 was the best layout of any we have been on, with ample fridge space. We couldn't have afforded a charter without the good airfare using points and the charter deal in off-season when it was quiet and uncrowded. We went to Anegada, Jost(White Bay and Great Harbor), Cooper, Virgin Gorda, Peter, Sandy Spit, Norman, and CGB + and hit a lot of beach bars. After buying some very expensive pre-charter drinks and meals on Tortola, our expectations had plummeted before we boarded . We were very pleasantly surprised, the crew excellent, food and drink good and plentiful, and the memories pricelss. I highly recommend Festiva and would do it again in a heart beat. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Cheers.gif" alt="" />
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Re: sailing charter on tortola
[Re: Winterstale]
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11/29/2011 12:08 PM
11/29/2011 12:08 PM
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Did they ever leave the dock? The way that review is written, they could have sat at the dock and spent the whole trip eating <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" />
And I agree - unregistered reviews are suspect.
Matt
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Re: sailing charter on tortola
[Re: Winterstale]
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11/29/2011 04:26 PM
11/29/2011 04:26 PM
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Dugg
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Remember the eleventh commandment “Truth cometh only from the Registered”. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" /> Peace Dugg & Chris Our VI pics are at http://picasaweb.google.com/papadugg/ and 2011 pics are now present
The sun and the sand and a drink in my hand with no bottom and no shoes, no shirt, and no problems...KC
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Re: sailing charter on tortola
[Re: mimmi]
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11/03/2012 12:18 PM
11/03/2012 12:18 PM
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Any feedback from your trip? A friend of mine wants to go in 2013.
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Re: sailing charter on tortola
#15334
11/13/2012 02:16 PM
11/13/2012 02:16 PM
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Anonymous
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You will not be disappointed going on a Festiva trip. We just got back from going to Cancun and this was our 6th Festiva trip. Had been to the BVI twice before with Festiva. It's hard to believe any reviews you read as people in general are just so hard to please and like to complain about the most minuscule things.
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