Flights & The BVI's

Pricing Updated as of September 1, 2009.

Two Main Routes

Fly all the way...

Early morning departure from a main Canadian Center - Ottawa (YOW), Toronto (YYZ), Montreal (YUL) etc.

This takes you into a main US hub airport. As to which hub, all depends on which carrier you are with - Philadelphia (PHL), Chicago, Newark and Miami etc.

Then on to San Juan, Porto Rico (SJU).

Finally, a flight into Beef Island (EIS), which is an island at the eastern end of Tortola and connected by a short bridge. The airport is about a 25-minute cab ride to the Sunsail base.

Price is for the Learn-to-Cruise weeks is approximatley $785.00 CDN as of September 1, 2009.
Price for the Flotilla program as of September 1 is $1,522.00 CDN

Fly and Ferry...

Early morning departure from a main Canadian Center - Ottawa (YOW), Toronto (YYZ), Montreal (YUL) etc.

This takes you into a main US hub airport. As to which hub, all depends on which carrier you are with - Philadelphia(PHL), Chicago, and Miami etc.

Then on to St. Thomas, US VI (STT).

A five-minute cab ride then takes you to the Charlotte Amalie Ferry Dock. From the dock there are 2 or 3 ferry companies that will deliver you to Tortola. Make sure to purchase a round-trip ticket, average $70 US as of February 2009. The ferry ride is 45 minute to a hour depending on the company.

You need to be on the ground by 3pm in order to make the last ferries of the day!

The ferry routes - here again there are possibilities...

1) Straight to Road Town, Tortola.
2) West End, Tortola and then on to Road Town
3) Just to West End, Tortola.

At either West End or Road Town you will clear British Customs.

West End is a 15-minute cab ride to the base in Road Town.

As of Septmebr 1, the airline schedule do not allow you got get to the BVI's in one day. You will not land in time to make the last ferry of the day.
There are a couple of extra ground transfers required on this route option.

One side note - as we learned in January 2005 - it is much easier for Sunsail to provide service to you when you fly into Beef Island. Helping you deal with lost luggage or at the end of your trip on checking the scheduling of your flights out.