Your own boat and captain to Jost Van Dyke, Norman Island, the Baths or Anegada. Post your trip free and local captains send real bids, usually within a couple of hours.
Get bids for your BVI trip →A private BVI day leaves Red Hook or Cruz Bay, clears customs, and spends the day on the stops you pick. Mixing US and BVI stops? Price it on the USVI & BVI planner.
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The middle of real bids captains sent on BVI trips on CharterBid. The per-person figure adds BVI entry fees and the tip and shares it across the group.
| Group | Full day (boat) | All-in per person | Half day (boat) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 guests | $1,600–2,000 | about $641 | $950–1,000 |
| 8 guests | $1,600–2,000 | about $340 | $950–1,000 |
| 12 guests | $1,600–2,000 | about $254 | $950–1,000 |
All-in = the middle bid for a full day + $75–$90 per person in BVI entry fees + a 15–20% tip, shared by the group. Price any route on the USVI & BVI planner; every route side by side on the price index.
Typical one-way run times in a fast boat in fair weather, before the customs stop.
Stops: White Bay (Soggy Dollar), Great Harbour (Foxy's), Sandy Spit
The classic first BVI day. Clear customs at Great Harbour, then beach-hop.
Get bids for this trip →Or take the ferry: times and fares on VIslandGuide.
Stops: The Caves, the Bight, the Willy T, the Indians
Norman has no customs office, so boats clear in at West End or Jost Van Dyke first.
Get bids for this trip →Stops: The Baths, Devil's Bay, Cooper Island or Marina Cay on the way back
The longest regular day. Calm mornings matter: the Baths close to boats in a north swell.
Get bids for this trip →Or take the ferry: times and fares on VIslandGuide.
Stops: Loblolly Bay, Cow Wreck Beach, lobster at Setting Point
Flat, far and open water. Expect a fuel surcharge and a longer, pricier day.
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Spots people ask captains for most. Tap one to see the stop or start a trip there.
Home of the Soggy Dollar and the original Painkiller cocktail.
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Snorkel the Caves, then lunch at the floating bar in the Bight.
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Granite boulders and sea caves, the most photographed spot in the BVI.
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Manchioneel Bay with a rum bar and snorkelling at Cistern Point.
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A tiny sand cay off Little Jost, a swim-and-photo stop.
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Flat coral island with empty beaches and grilled lobster.
See the stop →Photos via Wikimedia Commons: White Bay, Mattes, CC BY 2.0 de · The Caves & the Willy T, Matt & Nayoung, CC BY 2.0 · The Baths, P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cooper Island, giggel, CC BY 3.0 · Sandy Spit, giggel, CC BY 3.0 · Anegada, anoldent, CC BY-SA 2.0.
On BVI trips, captains on CharterBid usually bid about $1,600–2,000 for a private full day and about $950–1,000 for a half day, for the boat and captain, for a small group. Group size changes it less than you might think, because you pay for the boat, not the seat. BVI entry fees of $75–$90 per person and a 15–20% tip come on top. Your own trip's bids may land higher or lower.
Yes. Every guest, children included, needs a valid passport to enter the British Virgin Islands and to come back into the USVI. A trip that stays in US waters (St. Thomas, St. John, Christmas Cove) needs no passport.
BVI entry fees ($75–$90 a person, depending on the day), food and drinks ashore, and the crew tip. Fuel is usually included for Jost Van Dyke and Norman Island; far runs such as Anegada often add a fuel surcharge. Each captain's bid says what it covers.
At a BVI port of entry, most often Great Harbour on Jost Van Dyke or West End (Soper's Hole) on Tortola. Your captain handles the paperwork; you bring passports and the fees.
For four or more people a private boat often costs about the same per head as shared tours, and you pick the stops and the pace. The ferry is cheaper for one island, but it cannot take you to the Caves, Sandy Spit or the Baths in one day.
Post your trip on CharterBid and let verified BVI operators bid. Free to post, bids usually arrive within hours.
