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Re: Voyage Charters
[Re: sdrunner]
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04/28/2022 06:30 PM
04/28/2022 06:30 PM
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Joined: Oct 2021
Posts: 160 Pittsboro, NC, USA
CarolinaSailor
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Voyage Yacht Charters is a first class operation. It is family owned and operated, among one of the best in the BVI. Smaller operation than others, but highest quality service. If you were to check social media sites, you can't find any negative comments, pretty unusual. I have used about ten different charter operations over the last 30 years, and this is the best.
All of the Voyage Yachts are great, obviously the newer ones cost more, but are in the best shape.
I particularly like that they are based at Sopers Hole, a beautiful, clean harbor. I stay on board the night before just to make getting underway the next morning that much easier. A few good places to catch dinner within walking distance right in the harbor area.
If your flight is at 1:30 pm on a Saturday, plan on either taking the 7:30 am ferry or getting a water taxi at 8:30 am.
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Re: Voyage Charters
[Re: sdrunner]
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04/28/2022 06:58 PM
04/28/2022 06:58 PM
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Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 3,359 Cane Garden Bay, Tortola
JasonHelmbrecht
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thank you CarolinaSailor!! Your vote of confidence for Voyage is all I needed. Is Sopers Hole near a ferry? Looking on-line it shows about a 30 min ferry ride from Tortola to STT. Assuming its on-time I was thinking 10:00am would be plenty of time. Arrive St Thomas at 10:30--taxi to airport by 11:30 at the latest. Would 2 hours not be enough time for carry on and Global Entry? Sorry I am truly starting here with a blank slate, and I want to maximize my time on the water and prevent a water taxi as its about $200 per person (one way). Currently no 10am ferry but maybe by the time you charter it will change (likely it will). on weekends, you need every but of 2 hours at the airport. Most recommend 3 but the GE will help. Be sure you're comparing apples to apples. The ferry is well over $100pp these days so a $200 private boat is not as unreasonable as it sounds. Check all these details closer to your trip.
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Re: Voyage Charters
[Re: sdrunner]
#281240
04/28/2022 07:28 PM
04/28/2022 07:28 PM
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Posts: 160 Pittsboro, NC, USA
CarolinaSailor
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Main issue will be what ferries are running on the specific day you will be travelling. The ferries out of Road Town take 1 hour to get to the ferry dock in STT. Then add one to two hours to get through both USVI and US customs/immigration (yes, you go through both in way back from BVI) and security, even with GE. Right now there is no Sopers Hole to STT ferry right now. May change, but I would not count on it.
If you take a water taxi, takes a total of 2.5 -3 hours from being picked up to the airport (includes going to St. John-Cruz Bay for USVI C&I, then being dropped at Red Hook Then taking taxi to airport). Then you go through US C&I at airport. Saturdays are busy even in low season.
Best advice I can give you to avoid stress - just go ahead and take early transport from BVI to USVI, eat lunch at or near airport and take it easy. It is a travel day. Cutting it close, getting sweaty and bothered not best way to end vacation, imo.
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Re: Voyage Charters
[Re: sdrunner]
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04/29/2022 10:39 AM
04/29/2022 10:39 AM
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Posts: 886 Louisville, KY
NoelHall
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I'm thinking if your budget allows you to book the Voyage 480 and captain, and fly your family of four to St. Thomas, you could also handle the private water taxi. Both 'Chillout' and 'Island Time' have good reviews. Do your family a favor and opt for the private water taxi and they will handle all the logistics of travel between USVI and BVI. A sleep on board at $750 is a little pricy, so perhaps take a taxi from Soper's Hole to Sebastian's on the Beach (or other accommodations), as there is no lodging at Soper's Hole. The Voyage 480 is a great boat, with generator, air conditioning, and water maker. It also sips fuel.
Noel Hall "It is humbling indeed, to discover my own opinion is only correct less than 50% of the time." www.noelhall.com
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