Village Dive Club Winter Trip: Saba, March 3-10, 1012
Andy Richards has put together a winter Caribbean dive trip to Saba in the Netherland Antilles. So far it is Andy Richards, Chun Wang and Bruce Monroe who are going. Below are the details. Contact Andy at arichardsny@yahoo.com if you are interested in joining them.
For arrival on Saba Saturday, March 3, departure from Saba Saturday, March 10.
Dive Operator: Sea Saba www.seasaba.com
Hotel: El Momo Cottages www.elmomocottages
Diving package: 7 nights at El Momo, plus 10 dives (plus 11th dive if we have a group of at least 4 divers): $878 per diver, $338 for non-diver
Free WiFi
Does not include breakfast. Breakfast is $9; boxed lunch is $9.50
Night dives Sun, Tues & Thurs for 4 divers min. $75 pp including taxi
Taxis to hotel, airport and dive shop: All included
Food: Figure $9 breakfast, $10 lunch and $25 dinner = $50-60/day. About a dozen restaurants on the island.
Travel from St Maarten to Saba - 3 options:
Winair: To Saba: 7:00, 10:10, 14:10 and 17:00; cost $47, $69 and $75, depending on availability.
To St Maarten: 7:30, 10:35, 14:35, 17:30, same prices
Dawn II (ferry): Departs St Maarten 4:45 pm Tues, Thurs and Saturday; departs Saba 7:00 a.m. Round trip: $90 plus $10 per extra bag plus $7 St Maarten port tax, $5 Saba port tax
Edge Ferry: Departs St Maarten Wednesday through Sunday 9:00 a.m.; departs Saba 3:30 p.m. (too late to make same day plane connection) ; round trip $100 plus $7 St Maarten port tax, $5 Saba port tax
Daily air travel to and from St. Maarten is offered by American, Delta, Continental, US Airways, United, Spirit, Jet Blue, Air France, and KLM. You can “thru ticket” on USAir.
AA fare: can be as low as $475, depending on travel time
ESTIMATED TOTAL: Hotel/diving $878 (diver), plus food $450, plus flight to Saba $150 = $1475 plus airfare
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Monday, February 13. 6:30PM - 8:00PM. VDC Meeting
LGBT Community Center (208 West 13th Street). Richard Woulfe, founder of Richtravels, will be giving a talk on Amazing Dive Travel Secrets. We'll also discuss the Village Dive Club's 2012 calendar. As usual, we'll go to dinner at Chelsea Gallery Diner (72 7th Avenue @ 15th Street) after the meeting.
In this informative how to seminar, learn about the latest strategies to avoid carry on and checked luggage fees. Receive updates on the best dive and snorkel locations for your photography and video wants and needs. Learn about packing and negotiating strategies for easier travel on the airlines. Learn about the latest ways to get the best airfares, resort deals and book the best schedules while traveling more safely and comfortably. Bring your dive travel questions. Rich will also share some of his best photo images from the past 12 months. Richard has over 30 years of dive travel experience. He was certified as an Open Water Scuba Instructor when he was 20 and has logged more than 5000 dives in over 50 destinations around the world. These destinations include the Maldives, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, Cocos Island, Galapagos, Indonesia, Philippines, Sipadan/Mabul, Palau, Japan, Colombia, Cozumel, Bonaire, Roatan and Belize.Richard is an expert on marketing and selling adventure trips to remote dive and snorkel locations. He travels an average of 150 days a year. In 2010, he was on the road for 220 days, visited 20 countries , dived over 100 days and logged over 300 dives. Learn more at www.richtravels.com.
Saturday, March 24. Beneath The Sea
Port Authority and Meadowlands Exposition Center. A group from the Village Dive club will once again be going to Beneath The Sea - billed as "America's Largest Consumer Scuba and Dive Travel Show" - at the Meadowlands Exposition Center. Check out www.beneaththesea.org to learn more.
October 13, 2012-October 20, 2012 — Diving For Life - Bali
Learn more about next year's Diving For Life trip in Bali their FACEBOOK page. Registration will open, and the website - www.divingforlife.org - will be updated, later this Fall.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Dues
If you haven't paid your 2012 dues, please take a few minutes and do so. You can pay here online through PayPal under the Tab marked "Join". You can also pay by check made out to "Village Dive Club" sent care of Steven Sangesland, 70-20 108th Street, Apt 15M, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Thanks very much for your support.
SCUBA Equipment
We have members with slightly used Scuba equipment for sale, so if you are interested please email villagediveclub@gmail.com
