Had an excellent “Post COVID” experience with Barefoot.

Debbie, Monica and Thor did a great job to get a yacht ready at short notice (due to delayed... read more test results) and did their best to ensure we had a good time.

We chartered Willow Dew a well maintained Lagoon 39, Andrew’s yacht briefing was in depth and we had no issues. Highlights of the trip included swimming with turtles at Tobago Cays and lovely meals at the Sandy Lane yacht club (currently first night free) and Mustique (Recent COVID test required).

On the whole a great experience.

  Fantastic charter once again! We used Barefoot for the first time in ‘18 and chartered the Pelican Pete. We decided to try the Lady Di this time since we’d heard... read more she was a little faster. The Lady Di has definitely seen better days when she was younger, but she had everything we needed for our 8 day/7 night cruise through the grenadines. We used the galley for at least one meal a day and it was fine. I didn’t expect the comforts of my home kitchen, so I didn’t have huge expectations. However, the galley was important to me.

The staff at Barefoot are very professional and friendly. They were very helpful and gave fantastic suggestions with our itinerary.

To sum it up, we have made charter reservations for the Lady Di next year!

  My husband and I are first-time sailors, and we enrolled in the BOSS with Barefoot Charters. We were matched with an instructor and one other student, and spent 7 glorious... read more nights on a live aboard 38' Lagoon sailing the Grenadine Islands together. We spent the days making our way south to Bequia, Chatham Bay, Mopion, and the Tobago Cays. Nights we made anchor in safe harbours next to the lobster beach BBQs and shared sunsetters at the floating bars. How amazing was that!

We highly recommend the adventure, and are looking forward to our new retirement hobby. Thank you Brian and Jimmy, you are both patient and skilled, and shared your local knowledge so we could get the most out of our holiday! We will be back!

  This was our 4th charter with Barefoot and they (the charters) have got better every time. This year we chose an almost new 40ft catamaran and she was a joy.... read more Everything on board worked as it should and the boat was really comfortable and clean. We loved having a spacious freezer and 2 fridges as that enabled us to stock up with provisions for islands where it isn't so easy to find what we like to eat. My husband skippered the boat and we hired a crew from Barefoot - he was just wonderful; kind, thoughtful and very hard working. He also caught 3 fish on the trip, gutted and cooked them too! A truly magical holiday and we will return again soon. Barefoot are highly recommended!

  Since Tripadvisor won't let me edit my review, I deleted the original, and now I can't choose the right date, which was October 2018.

Because Barefoot was my first... read more charter, I had nothing to compare it too, and I feel like my review wasn't positive enough (although it was also 5 stars). I did a charter with another company (one of the big companies) and it gave me something to compare with my experience at Barefoot.

Barefoot wins hands down in every aspect. The customer service is simply superb, and the facilities are amazing. I knew I had a great experience, but I had no idea how much better it was than other companies/locations.

Original review:
I am glad I ignored the negative reviews and went with Barefoot. This was my first charter, and Barefoot made everything easy by being extremely friendly and helpful. We chose to stay on the premises the two nights before and one night after our trip. The room was very nice -- extremely clean, great view. The restaurant, The Driftwood, is top notch. The food is great, it's beautiful, and the restaurant/bar staff are friendly and fun. We had a great time staying there, and will do it again on our next trip. I don't want to leave anyone out because everyone at Barefoot is great, but we spent the most time with Khalvin and Donnette, and Debbie did a great job answering all of our questions and making arrangements to get us prepared for the trip.

But it's all about the sailing, right? We did ASA certification on Lady Di with Captain Ritchie. We sailed from St. Vincent to Bequia to Mayreau, to Petit St Vincent, to Union Island (go to Happy Island), to Tobago Cays, back to Bequia and then back to Barefoot on St Vincent. During the day, we practiced docking, mooring, man overboard, navigation and other ASA curriculum. We anchored at Petit St Vincent and cooked on board, but every other night we ate and drank at great restaurants and bars. Captain Ritchie gave us great instruction and was a great tour guide. We had a great time with him.

It was an absolutely amazing week. There is no question we will be back.
Date of experience: October 2018