Finding the right balance between freedom and safety will undoubtedly be the main priority for everyone who’s starting to plan their Fall and Winter vacation. Where’s the safest place to be? Should we stay close to home or can we trust long-haul flights? And, once we actually have our feet on the...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the advantages of luxury yacht charters into focus, particularly when compared with cruise ships. Yet, many travel agents still believe that the safer and more personalized aspects of chartering private yachts must come at a much higher cost. This is not necessar...

Trish Cronan cheering the Judges and winners of CYBA's 2016 Going Green to Save the Blue Award Ocean Getaways' President, Trish Cronan, was just elected President of CYBA - Charter Yacht Brokers Association International. CYBA, founded in the Virgin Islands in 1982, is the oldest association of p...

From Diamonds to Dumpsters: Mystery at Sea There was no way in the world a diamond necklace would go missing on our watch. NO WAY! We’ve been in the yacht charter business for decades and pride ourselves on offering simply the best service in the industry, no holds barred. We have always gone...

Eco-friendly vacations are gaining in popularity with travelers the world over, who are realizing the need to protect the natural wonders they so longingly wish to see. At Ocean Getaways, we’re proud to be at the very forefront of the Going Green movement which is slowly, but surely, revolutioniz...

Our founders, Brad Lavigne and Trish Cronan, got their start in the yacht charter industry working as captain and chef on charter yachts in New England and the Caribbean in the early 1980s. Their time on yachts convinced them that the world’s best vacation secret had to transcend the pages of sai...