The world famous Soggy Dollar Bar in White Bay on Jost Van Dyke posted the following on December 9th on Facebook. "Guess who's back, back again, Shady's back, tell a friend... 93 days after two Cat 5 hurricanes,...
Grant Headifen, Director of NauticEd, a global online sailing education, certification, and charter broker company made a ceremonial presentation of a check to the British Virgin Islands at the 2017...
Just saw on Facebook a post from guests visiting Pirates Bight Restaurant on Norman Island. They said, "We enjoyed a great Sunday Funday lounging on the beach, sipping great cocktails and relaxing in the...
New places are opening up every week. So come on folks.... sail your yacht, fly your jet or drive your limo ("well maybe not a limo!"), but please come to the BVI. When you are here, make sure you visit...
Read MoreJust received this update from the Top of The Baths Restaurant & Bar on Virgin Gorda. They said,"We are excited to let everyone know that we have re-opened our doors officially today, November 16, 2017....
Just got a message from Toni McGann from Red Rock. He said, "It's with great pleasure we announce the reopening of Red Rock Restaurant & Bar. After many hours of rebuilding and painting we are finally...
Sean Palmer, owner of Aromas Cigar & Martini Bar at Tortola Pier Park reports that they are now open for business daily! Aromas was born out of a love for fine wines and good music, and has become the...
CocoMaya is Virgin Gorda’s newest restaurant, bar and cocktail lounge – fusing elegance on a white sand beach… They like to call it beach chic! They are very pleased and excited to announce that...
Read MoreVal Rhymer, owner of Myett's in Cane Garden Bay, just announced that Myett's Chill Zone on the Tortola Pier Park has reopened for business. She wants everyone to know they can come down and enjoy great...
It looks like the restaurants in the BVI have taken the lead in the rebuilding and recovery effort as many of them have already reopened in the first 8 weeks since Irma. Some started with just generators...
While most of the restaurants on the North shore of Tortola were hit very hard, Evelyn Dawson, owner of D'Coal Pot Restaurant in Carrot Bay, reports that "We survived Irma and are working hard to open...
BVI Traveller was created in September of 2017 to help tourism in the British Virgin Islands recover from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Irma.
To that end, we met our goals. In the past 7 years there have been over 1.2 million visits to the website and over 3 million pages have been viewed. There are over 1,000 pages on the site featuring news posts and detailed listings on all hotels, villas, restaurants and sailing charters located in the BVI. The BVI Government and many business, hotels, villas and sailing charters have all agreed that the site “moved the needle on tourism” after Irma.
The site, however, has run its course. It has served its purpose by bringing visitors and local businesses together to rebuild the tourist industry and it is now time to shut down operations for good.
I want to thank everyone for your help and support.
Chuck Metter