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Diving Couples - SailDivesTM combines the best of Sailing and Diving into one terrific vacation experience.
Couples with a non-scuba diver - You can Sail - Dive - Together on an all inclusive fully crewed liveaboard catamaran yacht. Sailing, snorkeling, visiting small villages and shopping, exploring natural wonders, star gazing, romantic walks on the beach, and water front meals every day. With 1 or 2 dives per day, you will both be happy: enough dives for the diver; and plenty on non-SCUBA time that you can spend together. All Prices are Per Person Double Occupancy in U.S. Dollars |
| Season | Departing Dates for 2012 |
BVI/Belize |
Tobago/St Vincent* |
| High | 7 JAN - 28 APR | $2,596 | $2,787 |
| Medium | 5 MAY - 28 JUL | $2,263 | $2,454 |
| Low | 4 AUG - 20 OCT | $1,931 | $2,122 |
| Medium | 27 OCT - 15 DEC | $2,263 | $2,454 |
| High | 22 DEC - 29 DEC | $2,596 | $2,787 |
* Price difference include 15% VAT in Tobago and St Vincent, all port fees, charges, park fees. All Prices are subject to change if local taxes change.
All Inclusive SailDives TM – 7 nights in a private cabin for 1 or 2 persons with in suite head and shower on a beautiful catamaran yacht. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and healthy snacks, plus unlimited beverages including beer, wine and alcohol. One mid-week and Friday night dinner on shore dinner on your own. Package includes a minimum of 6 to 15 SCUBA dives during the week depending upon the package and local conditions, all scuba gear rentals (except for wet suits and dive computers), and all water sports equipment. Crew consists of Captain/Dive Master and First Mate/Chef.
Your private cabin can accommodate 1 or 2 persons and includes a private in suite head and shower. A single in cabin pays 1.5 times the Per Person price.
Boarding Saturday 5 PM includes dinner at 8 P.M. and de-boarding the following Saturday at 9 AM includes breakfast before your departure.
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| Much more diving than our typical SailDives, includes a total of 15 dives in both the Atlantic and Caribbean, boat, critter, drift, wreck and night dives. Gear rental, tanks, weights, lights ALL INCLUDED. (BUT we do NOT provide wetsuits or computers) | |
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Also includes an additional 2 nights in Lagoon Lodge with A/C and private swimming pool, for a total of 9 nights accommodations in total.
London Bridge, The Sisters and Speyside are ALL INCLUDED in the Tobago Dive Safari! Arrive Friday and check into Lagoon Lodge at 4 P.M. Dive Safari includes welcome cocktails, and dinner Friday night and breakfast Saturday morning. Triple Atlantic dives Saturday morning, lunch on your own. Board your yacht at 5 P.M. |
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| On the following Saturday breakfast on the yacht and your belongings will be transferred back to Lagoon Lodge. Enjoy the day touring the island or lounging at your private pool while your gear drys out. Saturday lunch and dinner on your own. Depart Sunday morning from Lagoon Lodge at 10 A.M. | |
Check out the itinerary
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You must be Advanced certified or earn it on the trip, and you must dive with a computer or your diving times will be limited.
On any SailDive TM, if you would like to take a PADI refresher course, or get certified for Open Water or Advanced we can arrange for a PADI instructor to crew on your trip. Please contact us in advance for pricing, scheduling and details on availability.
Get your P.A.D.I. Advanced certification on any Tobago Dive Safari TM. Our itinerary includes all of the speciality dives needed for your Advanced Certification, even on either of the 3 day Tobago Dive SafarisTM
Any available cabins for "Mixed Charters" are listed under that location, simply click on the link.
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Reserve A Cabin in Bequia |
Reserve A Cabin in Tobago |
Reserve A Cabin in Tortola |
If you would like to Pick Your Week to schedule a SailDivesTM charter, click the contact us and tell us what week or weeks you would like and we will respond with availability. With SailDivesTM, you only need to book 2 guest cabins for us to schedule and confirm the charter. We will then offer the remaining cabin or cabins on our website as a "Mixed Charter".
If you have a date for your vacation and only want one cabin, you make a refundable $500 deposit and we will post your week for a mixed charter on our website so long as the yacht remains available.
If another person books a 2nd cabin for that week, then the charter will be confirmed.
If not, either you get your deposit back, or use it for a different week with the Price Lock Guarantee.
You pay the price in effect when the deposit was made, even if the price has increased at the time you take your trip.
So if you transferred your 2011 deposit to a different week in 2013 or even a different location, you would still pay the 2011 price for that week and location. We will be happy to explain how this works.
Book Well in Advance
Bookings are only possible until that yacht is booked for any particular week. All bookings are "First come first serve". "On Hold" availability is only guaranteed for 24 hours. Virtually all charter weeks book up 6 months before departure, even in low season. You should plan to book 9 to 18 months in advance for best choices during peak season.
We are accepting bookings for all of 2012 and 2013. All 2013 bookings that are confirmed before June 30, 2012 are honored at the listed 2012 prices. Bookings made after June 30, 2012 will reflect 2013 price increases.
There is a high, medium and low season for Caribbean Travel that correlates with the winter in North America and Hurricane Season. The low season is Hurricane Season which peaks in September and October. The mid season is summer recess from school in North America. The high season is the rest of the year, particularly December through March when it is cold in North America. The High season usually books 12 months in advance.
We have two locations: Tobago and Bequia that are below or at the Southern edge of the Hurricane Belt. These locations offer great bargains during low season because they are generally unaffected by Hurricane season, but are greatly discounted.
You deserve a GREAT vacation!
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Booking and Confirming Your SailDives TM Vacation |
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The best way to book is to call us at Office: 786-361-3303 or Skype: 786-220-3313 or send us an email so we can help you plan your vacation as well as suggest locations and times based upon your level of experience and what you are most interested in. (To preventing Spamming we can not list our email here but we will provide it after you contact us!) Our experience can help guide you to make your trips with SailDives one of the best vacation experiences you will ever have, as well as save you money! For example, our locations in St Vincent and Tobago are below the hurricane belt and therefore can save you BIG dollars!. So a couple on the Tobago Dive Safari can save $1,712 by traveling in LOW season rather than HIGH season. That saving alone will typically cover all of your transportation costs with spending money left over. For those of you who would like to read all the fine print and gritty details please indulge yourself in the painfully detailed explanations that follow. | ||
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We have 2 types of charters: Mixed Charters; and Private Charters | ||
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Our web site lists locations and travel weeks that have open cabins on "Confirmed" Mixed Charters. It will show total cabins and how many are still available for that week.
You can either: book an open cabin on a “Confirmed" Mixed Charter”; or book at a location and week of "Pick Your Week". | |
| Booking on a “Confirmed” Mixed Charter | Our web site will list any open cabins on a confirmed mixed charter. This means that the charter is “confirmed” with one or more other people sailing on it.
To book a cabin for this week and location, simply make the $500 deposit online, indicate the cabin location and week desired. We will contact you by email to confirm and review your selections, pricing and terms. Your cabin booking is only a deposit and is not “confirmed” until the full cabin price is paid. After 2 business days your booking is released if not confirmed. This means it will appear as available on the website and someone else who confirms before you do will bump your booking. You can confirm at any time before it is released by payment of the balance due on the cabin. AIF must be paid before boarding. | |
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| Booking “Pick Your Week” Mixed Charter | To book "Pick Your Week" - you must pay for a minimum of 2 cabins, with at least 1 person per cabin. Then any remaining cabins will be available on our website as a “Confirmed" Mixed charter.
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| Request a Week | If you desire a specific week, you can also make a $500 deposit and request a Mixed Charter be set up for that week:
Your listing as a request is not a confirmed Mixed Charter, and may expire unless someone else books a 2nd cabin at least 30 days before depature. Examples: #1) Someone books a whole boat charter for that week before a 2nd cabin is confirmed; #2) The 2nd cabin is not confirmed more than 30 days before depature so the Request expires. If your request expires, your deposit is fully refundable or transferrable with our Price Lock Guarantee: your price is the price in effect at the time of the deposit, even if you change seasons or locations. |
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| Private Charters and “Boat Pricing” | If you book all the cabins, i.e. an entire yacht, you will have a “Private Charter” and will receive a whole boat discount. Our charters have 3 guest cabins, for a maximum of 6 passengers plus crew. In Tortola BVI we may be able to provide a 4 cabin ship for a maximum of 8 passengers.
We can accomodate up to 11 cabins on three yachts for groups up to 22 depending on the location: Boat A -3 cabins; Boat B & C - 4 cabins. To obtain the “boat price” discount requires a minimum of 5 pre-paid AIF passengers at that location and 3 cabins for the week selected. Contact us for a firm quotation. | |
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Dive Shops |
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| Dive Shops and Dive Groups | If you are a dive shop or group please contact us for a firm quote with discount.
At some locations we have access to more than one yacht and can handle up to 22 passengers on 3 yachts. We also have some yachts with 4 cabins for up to 8 passengers. Contact Us about Refrerral Credits for all referrals, Link Exchanges and Commissions. | |
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Transferring Deposits – In the event that you wish to cancel or change your $500 booking deposit on trips that have not yet been confirmed, you will be given a 100% credit toward any other available booking of your choice together with our Price Lock Guarantee. However, confirmed cabins are not transferable, nor may they be canceled for a refund. No confirmed cabin payment is refundable. Please obtain travel insurance to address such risks.
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Your cruise price includes a private cabin with in suite head and shower and passage on a luxury catamaran for one week. All packages include a ship crew: licensed Captain and First Mate/chef; and dive crew: Divemaster and Rescue Diver. You are not required to crew, hoist, drive, cook, clean, carry, or set-up dive gear however you may participate in any crew task if you desire.
All inclusive meal plan includes all breakfasts and lunches on board and five dinner meals on board, snacks and beverages. You will be contacted by email before your departure with helpful information and advised to respond with special dietary meal or beverage requests which we shall try to accommodate.
You will have unlimited access to beverages such as coffee, tea, bottled water, fruit juices, soda, milk, beer, wine and alcoholic beverages. Fresh fruit is available at all times.
All applicable service fees, V.A.T., tourist taxes, local taxes, Marine Park fees, docking, mooring, insurance, fuel and energy costs that are locally assessed, incurred or collected are included. Sales and Use taxes, if any, that you are liable for as a result of your residency are not included.
Some packages also include photos or videos of your vacation.
You will have free access to snorkel and scuba equipment, kayaking, deep sea fishing. Dive gear rental is included in all packages but you may bring your own dive gear. At the end of your dive we will provide you with a list of dive sites, depths, and times and will sign off on your log book. Your dive package may include 1 or 2 dives per day and may or may not include special dives in Marine Parks and night dives. The decision about what activities to do is yours and we try to provide you with options if you choose to skip a scheduled dive.
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Transportation - Air fare and ground transportation to and from our dock is not included.
Off Ship Meals - One mid-week dinner and Friday night dinner is not included, as well as any meals you elect to have off ship. Late arrivals or early departures may miss a scheduled meal.
Wetsuits - Wetsuits and dive computers and not included and are not available for rental. Please bring your own if you desire to use them.
Canceled Dives - In the event that the captain or divemaster determines that conditions make one or more scheduled dives unsafe, there is no refund for the cancellation of that dive. We will try to substitute another dive en route if possible, but there is no adjustment in price if dives are canceled or if you do substitute or additional dives while aboard. Optional dives, such as rendezvous dives, or dives that requires special permits or fees, are not included, but may be offered at an additional charge. Typically, this type of optional rendezvous dive in restricted marine parks will cost about $75 (U.S.) and is paid by you directly to the diver operator in cash.
Tour Fees and Spending Money - Any fees for local guided excursions or transportation are not included. Many local operators do not accept credit cards. We can not advance cash to you during the cruise or for any expenses you incur with third parties. You should have adequate spending money for on shore meals, beverages or anything else you desire to purchase.
Gratuity - A gratuity for the crew is customary. You may give a gratuity to any crew member or to all collectively as you desire. Gratuity for the crew is not included. We suggest a minimum gratuity of $250.00 per cabin or 10% of the All Inclusive Fee. Most charters add a 15% gratuity to your bill. We believe however, that to insure the best service, you have the option of what, if any, gratuity to include.
Trip Insurance - Trip insurance is not provided. Nor do we provide insurance for your health or the cost of any medical treatment you may require while on our ship or exploring on land. We do not provide insurance for diving accidents, evacuation costs or decompression treatment. We do not provide insurance for the loss of your luggage or personal property. You should obtain insurance to protect yourself against these risks.
You deserve a GREAT vacation!
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