sland Birds bills themselves as the "Caribbean's Premier Charter Airline". They are up and flying again after the hurricanes and can help you travel to destinations throughout the Caribbean including Anguilla,...
Michelle Hodges, Sales & Reservations Manager for BVI Villa Rental/Coldwell Banker BVI contacted me with the following hurricane recovery update. Michelle said, "Our team is hard at work on Tortola and...
Sylvia Driver, Director of Horizon Yacht Charters in the BVI provided this update on their fleet. “Horizon’s BVI fleet has more wonderful, brand new yachts arriving in time for the upcoming 2018-19...
I just got a call from Elaine, the owner of BVI Snuba. She wants everyone to know that they will be up and operational in December from their base in Leverick Bay. Elaine said, "If you've wanted to try...
Read MoreJust 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...
The big question I am getting from tourists is: "Are there any places to rent in the BVI after Irma?". Well, Mac Tyre who runs Purple Pineapple Villa Rentals says there are. He has several villas ready...
Rooms on Tortola after Irma are scarce, however, Anita, the owner at Fort Recovery Hotel, confirmed that there are 1,2 and 3 bedroom villas that did survive the storm. She said there is some construction...
Dick Schoonover of CharterPort BVI reports that they are up and running and booking charters now. CharterPort BVI is a central agent for professionally crewed charter yachts in the British Virgin Islands....
Read MoreSean 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...
TradeWinds Sailing Vacations has announced that they are back in business in the British Virgin Islands. Team TradeWinds BVI sent out their first charter after Hurricane Irma on November 5th from Nanny...
Kay and the Sunchaser Scuba Team located at Bitter End Yacht Club in Virgin Gorda reports that they are working hard on getting their dive shop back up and running. "New equipment and stock is ordered,...
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