Blue Cruise

Gulet cruise holidays are a dream come true. For me. And for most of people that try it out. But to be honest every year some people go on cruise and come back tottaly dissapointed. They did not like the food, they did not like the cabins, they did not like the toilets on board, they did not like the crew.....more or less everything was wrong! And the most amazing thing is that this kind of things usualy happens on gulets, where the reports are the best.
 There were 10 groups from start of may till end of august on same gulet, with same crew, same food, same standards and the reports all always superb! And then you get a report, where everything is wrong for that same gulet. If this happens, then it is clear....
we have an expresion for this kind of group. It is called "GULET HATERS"!

So if you have never been on a gulet cruise, there are 5 things you have to know about cruises before making a reservation.
Read them carefully and if you do not like what you see, book yourself a hotel. You will be a lot happier at the end.

Here we go:
no.1: ACCOMODATION ON GULETS: if you book an accomodation for 750 €/person/week in a 5 stars hotel, you will get very nice room, with nice balcony, big toilet and huge room. Gulets that have prices around 750 €/person/week are considered as standard gulets. The rooms will be air condiitoned, but they will be small and not with a lot of space to move around. So if you like huge rooms as in hotels, go to hotel. Cabins on gulets are made for sleeping only and nothing else. And a lot of times also the experience of spending the night on deck uner milions of start is....well it is nice, if you are that kind of person.

no.2: FOOD ON GULETS: in hotel, you usualy have self service menus with huge choices what to eat. On Gulets this is not possible. So do not expect self service menu with 100 of different choices. But you can expect a food, totaly tailor made according to your group wishes. And food is most of the time one of the reason clients are coming back. It is quality made and prepared and always with a sea wiev. You can eat in your swiming suit all the time. If this is something you hate, do not book a gulet cruise.

no.3 CREW ON GULETS: in hotel, there will be a huge number of waitters and crew taking care of your holidays. On a gulet, for your group of 12 persons, the same crew of 3 or 4 people will take care of all your wishes. This means 1 person on 3 or 4 people. Why reason come back every year on a gulet cruise? Because of great food and because of great crew. On the other hand if you prefer your own privacy, crew will be very very carefull not bother you, but they can not dissapear. So if you hate this, do not book a gulet cruise.

no.4 TRAVELING AROUND: if you are the kind of person, to lay in front of the pool or on a beach 10 hours/day and you only move from room - restaurant - pool - restaurant - room, then gulet cruise is not for you. On a cruise, you will check different bays and beaches every day. You can be in a different town every evening. You can explore new places every day. And you do not even have to go and ride with a bas to get to new destination. Your hotel is moving around with you. So if you hate new experience every day, gulet cruise is just not for you.

 no.5 SEA WIEV: if you prefer a holidays in a mountains away from sea and sun, then gulets are not for you. Gulet cruise is all about sea, swiming, sunbathing, relaxation, good food and checking new destinations every day. Everything can be arranged according to your wishes. On gulets you can play cards all day, you can party every night in different disco, you can do a lot of watersports, make a lot of land trips, or just lay down and eat incredble food. If you find yourself in this desription, then you should proceede with sending us inquiry :-)

What is the first thing when POPS out to your mind, when you think about yachting? If you close your eyes and imagine you are in the middle of Mediterranean sea Yachting, what is the first thing that you will imagine? My wild guess wold be something like this:
    - the wind is blowing nicely over your face and you hear nothing but the sound of your yacht cutting the waves 
    - the sun is strong, but you do not feel it while jumping around managing all the ropes and trying to achieve 10 knots on sails
    - while yachitng, you jump to your fridge and bring yourself a cold beer. the beer has really incredible taste while you are yachting on full sails. 
    - you feel like you are on a real adventure, full of adrenaline and wiling to make some more sports
    
 

However there are also a couple of other toughts, which come to your mind when it comes to yachting:
    - who is next to clean dishes and prepare a lunch
    - the size of the cabins is ultra small
    - I sure hope our skiper is capable to take us to next destination in this bed weather
    - The size of deck space is not realy comfortable. 
    - my wife and children are not very enthusiastic to sail and work during their holidays

Yachting is definatly a type of holidays which is unique. The feeling of freedom is non replacaple. And now you will probably think why we are explaining what yaching is all about on a gulet cruises concept web page. On this blog, I will try to give my personal opinion, why gulet cruises and yachting have some similarities.

As this is easiest to be done with testimonials of some passionate yaching people, that went on a gulet cruise because their wife told them they have to go, I will write their comments here:

John from the States
"When I came to a gulet sailing vessel, I thought this will be the most boring holidays ever. How wrong I was. Several times we did more then 9 knots on sails, I had tons of time for waterskiing, windsurfing and snorkling, which I usualy do not have and I did not have to clean dishes, cook food and sleep in saloon, because the cabin would be to small. We are coming back next year."

Patrick from Holland
"I love yachting and sailing. That is why every year I go to holidays to Turkey as some of the gulet cruises there are organized as 100% sailing all of the time. So I get my share of adventure and I also get papmpered by crew. "

James from UK
"Every year me and my 9 male friends go yachting to relax, drink, eat and have fun. Why my wife lets me go? Because I take her every year on a nice gulet cruise where she can relax, drink, eat and has a lot of fun, without moving with their finger." 

If you still think yachting and gulet cruises do not go hand in hand, I invite you to check a couple of pictures below. I am sure you will change your mind.