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...
Here's the latest update from Michelle Heyns at Epic Yacht Charters. She said "Now that the crewed yacht charter season is in full swing, we have had very positive feedback from charter guests and crews...
Voyage Charters posted the following update on Facebook. They reported, "It has been three months since Irma impacted the BVI. Besides being a time of immense adjustment and change, we find ourselves even...
Yates Yacht Charters has been specializing in Caribbean crewed charters for well over 22 years. They represent sailboats, catamarans, powerboats and luxury motor yachts in every size and price range. Contact...
Read MoreJessica Perraton-Jones, owner of The Charter Yacht Company, contacted me recently with the following report. "I just returned from our annual Charter Yacht Shows at Nanny Cay and Yacht Haven Grande and...
The BVI Charter Yacht Society (CYS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1982 by independent owners of crewed yachts in the BVI. It is the only BVI government recognized body within the crewed charter...
Just got word from Els at BVI Yacht Charters in Port Purcell. She said, "Our first bareboat and crewed charters went out last week and came back with great reviews! Both groups loved their vacation and...
When it comes to being on the water, the BVI will definitely be open for business this season. A majority of the yacht charter companies in the BVI have already announced that they will be back in business...
Read MoreSteve Howes, partner and instructor at Surf School BVI gave me the following update. "Irma tossed our storage container several hundred yards inland, but miraculously most of the boards inside survived...
Heather Wood from Regency Yacht Charters wants to get the word out that the Regency Charter Fleet is open for business and that they have yachts heading out now for charters in the Virgin Islands. The...
Best of BVI Boats offers a wide range or crewed charter yachts, specializing in the BVI. Trudi King from Best of BVI told me that their clients were one of the first to charter in the BVI after Irma setting...
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