I would think Cozumel would give you the best bang for your buck.I was thinking ~5/6K. I love all diving so not looking for anything specific!
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I would think Cozumel would give you the best bang for your buck.I was thinking ~5/6K. I love all diving so not looking for anything specific!
Are you sure you pulled for January 2023?Can you send the link? I am on their site now and only see the 3K price. But this is so tempting!
Since you booked a trip to the Bahamas, I am going to assume that you will be flying out of YYZ and not YVR. (If you ARE flying out of YVR, there are non-stops to Fiji and I would recommend that you look into one of those.)Amazing! I think I was pulling the wrong month. This is great. Getting to Palau from Canada will suck, but I am going to start exploring. I booked a "warm up" LOB in the Bahamas from Dec 31 to Jan 6th with Blackbeard. So going to try that out first. Then explore upgrading to this for later in the year!
Thanks! Yes, YYZ. Which is good considering all of YVR is shut down these days...Since you booked a trip to the Bahamas, I am going to assume that you will be flying out of YYZ and not YVR. (If you ARE flying out of YVR, there are non-stops to Fiji and I would recommend that you look into one of those.)
Keep in mind that for your budget of $5-6k, there may be "better" options than Blackbeards even within the Allstar family of Live Aboards. I personally have been on the Aqua Cat 5 times (also based in Nassau) and I love it. It has been said that Blackbeards is much like "camping at sea".
You might also want to take a look at something from the Explorer Ventures group of LOBs. They are running some very good sales (30% off in some cases) right now and it might bring something into reach that you hadn't previously seen as within your budget.
One final thought is that you may want to keep an eye on Single Divers. It is not a "single club", but a dive travel group that focuses on divers who for whatever reason are traveling alone. They may (or may not) have a trip that will catch your eye.
Have a wonderful time!Thanks! Yes, YYZ. Which is good considering all of YVR is shut down these days...
I have heard that blackbeard is "roughing it", but figured it was a low-frills option just to get my fins wet, untill I figure out what's next. It was also such a last minute trip that some of the nicer boats were sold out around that time. And who knows....camping on the sea might be what I need to disconnect and get my bougey head to the real world for a bit - hahah!
Will check out the other options ! Thanks