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    Business ProfileforDream Yacht Charter

    Yacht Charter Broker

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    Customer Reviews

    1.32/5stars

    Average of 25 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    4 complaints closed in last 3 years

    2 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Location of This Business
    7080 Bembe Beach Rd STE 211, Annapolis, MD 21403-3885
    BBB File Opened:
    2/8/2017
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    4 Customer Complaints

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    Most Recent Customer Complaint

    12/08/2023

    Complaint Type:
    Customer Service Issues
    Status:
    Answered
    August 21-25th 2023 we reserved a boat with a captain through Dream Yacht Charter in Warwick RI for 5 nights with our family and hired a captain. we spent 8,828.56$ on this trip. When we got to the boat for the departure the boat stunk like sewage. the base manager, James *******, told us the boat had a problem on its last charter and they fixed the issue. Well, the issue was still an issue since the boat stunk and we could not be in side the boat, only outside since the smell was so bad. We wanted to just leave because of the smell but the base manager promised us that if we got the boat off the dock and got air moving through the boat the smell would go away. We had hired a captain through Yacht Charter for our trip, Eric ******, and he was present for all these promises , As was my 24 year old daughter, ******* *******. We decided, since it was our family summer trip, to try his recommendation and take the boat out on the water and see if air moving through the boat would take the smell away. It of course did not. we spent one night in Newport, RI and turned right around at 6 AM the next day to come back to the base in Warwick RI. we got off the boat, tipped the captain for his efforts and left. the Base manager was not present when we got back to base and we left. I called him immediately and he again promised us he would make thing right. once home I immediately called the company I booked the trip through and they said you make a claim on line and we would hear from the company. well, days then weeks, now months later I have never heard from the company. the booking agents will not take my calls or return my calls. I spoke with the captain Eric and asked him to write me something up stating that the base manager promised us a full refund and he said he would, but has not and now also doesn't take my calls. then in the mail I received a copy of the contract and in highlighted small print it was highlighted that if I took the boat off the dock that I was approving the boat was in workable condition. So the base mange, James , basically duped me. he knew that if he could get us to take the boat even at all off the dock that I was approving the boat. He did promise us a full refund if the boat issue did not resolve in front of others, however, I did not get him to put it in writing. please call me with any questions. I have a recount the day from my daughter as well, along with a short video and photo of us literally sleeping the one night on the outside of the boat. thanks you very much, ******* *******
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    Most Recent Customer Review

    Kevin K

    5 stars

    07/08/2024

    We chartered twice at Raiatea French Polynesia (paradise). We are a couple and we sailed the yachts ourselves. These yachts are extremely complicated systems and this and that will happen. But in balance, we were entirely satisfied with the support we received, with the insurance policy (which we had to use once due to our error) and with the overall experience. These guys will let you sail all over the south pacific doing 50 NM passages, and they enthusiastically encourage it! At every mooring and anchorage in the region (and we sailed everywhere in the venue), we saw DYC yachts in fully functional condition with happy clients. I'm concerned that these extremely negative reviews are going to chase them out of existence. To tell the truth, given the increasing risks and complexities of this business, I was wondering what keeps them at it.

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