Press Release
20-03-2008: Experience the best of both worlds at the Bitter End Yacht Club
If the British weather is getting you down, then planning a Caribbean break cruising on a luxury catamaran might just be the answer. But if you’re a passionate sailor and your partner prefers to be pampered ashore, then picking the perfect holiday can be fraught with problems.
The Bitter End Yacht Club in the British Virgin Islands has the solution with its Island Cruise Package. Visitors can enjoy the luxury of cruising on Leopard Jet Stream, a 45 foot catamaran, complete with captain, first mate and chef, and spend the nights enjoying the shore based facilities of the Bitter End Yacht Club. Or, if you fancy one week cruising the Caribbean, and spend one whole week ashore, that can also be arranged.
Only reachable by sea, the Bitter End Yacht Club is so named because it is the last island outpost before the open waters of the Atlantic. Voted the Caribbean resort with the best view in 2007, the Bitter End offers barefoot elegance with its beautiful beaches, freshwater pool, spa, shops, restaurants and bars. The lush beachfront resort is a sailing and sports mecca, with near perfect year-round sailing conditions, eternal sunshine and crystal-blue waters. Known for its casual, safe communal atmosphere and robust activity programmes, Bitter End has proved itself a favourite destination for couples, families and groups, many of whom return year after year.
Originally set up as a private retreat in 1973, it continues to be run by third generation members of the Hokin family. The resort has grown organically by catering to the needs of passing yachtsmen who stop to replenish stores and visit the club’s restaurants and bars, and to offer the perfect singles, couples and family vacation.
The resort includes more than 85 beachfront, bungalow-style guest rooms, the world’s largest complimentary fleet of watercraft, 70 moorings and 20 slips, an on-site sailing school, two restaurants, a full-service spa, an Emporium, shops, a freshwater pool and three private beaches. The barefoot elegance that characterizes this island outpost is why Bitter End is regularly hailed as one of the top full-service resorts in the world.
If not already accomplished sailors, guests can learn to sail at Bitter End’s U.S. Sailing-accredited Sailing and Windsurfing School, dive with the world-famous Kilbrides Sunchaser Scuba or take advantage of the resort’s legendary Club fleet, featuring over 100 well-maintained watercraft, and its more than 15 weekly excursions to many of the BVI's treasured islands and reefs.
The Bitter End Yacht Club is just 12 miles from Tortola, 30 miles from St. Thomas and 75 miles from Puerto Rico. For more information or to make reservations, visit www.beyc.com.
The costs for the Island Cruise Package at the Bitter End Yacht Club starts at $7,450 (US Dollars) for two people. Peak season runs from December 16 – April 30 and off season is from May 1 – December 15.
For more information contact Bitter End Yacht Club special events director John Glynn at jglynn@beyc.com or 001 203-656-0799.
Further press information from Alice Driscoll or Jane Adkins at ADPR +44 (0) 1460 241641 Fax +44 (0) 1460 242719 or email alice.driscoll@adpr.co.uk or jane.adkins@adpr.co.uk
March 2008 (BEYC02)