December 8th, 2017
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 for the winter 2017/2018 season. Charters are booking now and some companies have even had boats going out in November. To help with their recovery, most charter companies have new boats on the way. Most notable is The Moorings with 70 new boats that are due to arrive by year end. To help plan your next sailing vacation, BVI Traveller has compiled a list of over 40 charter companies, marinas and watersports companies who are or plan to be operational this season. With less boats in the water, sailing the BVI’s this season will be a unique experience. You just might find a private cove with blue skies, turquoise water and a white sand beach… all to yourself!
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