Hannah G
""I've been thinking about whether or not to review 'Sail in Greece' for about a month now but since being recently infected with scabies from the poor hygiene on the boat, I think it's time for a bit of a rant. I'm not one to complain and I am used to 'roughing it' and camping and backpacking, but the quality of the tour and the boats themselves was pretty bloody shit. Luckily I still had a wild time with my friends who went on the trip with me and also met some cool people. The pub crawls were heaps fun, and it obviously it was still great because we were on the Greek islands but the company has LOTS of ways they can improve. I did not expect anything spectacular because of how cheap it was, however I didn't realise it would be one star quality. Here's some advice for people who have booked the trip or thinking about going. 1. Beware, you might not get a bed or a room. I was lucky because I was warned the boats were at their full capacity before I arrived in Greece and so was prepared to go without a bed and sleep outside on the roof (which most people did anyway bc 40 degrees below deck) but some people had no idea they wouldn't actually have a room despite paying the same amount as everyone else on the boat. I also wasn't supplied with a towel or a blanket (or lifejacket) so one of the crew actually gave me his blanket which was lovely, however, looking back I shouldn't of taken it because now I have scabies. (Google it) Would recommend bringing your own pillowcase/ sheets because they are not cleaned prior or after use (think of all the sex) and also grow out your nails because scabies are itchy af. 2. Pray you don't get allocated the room next to the engine. My friend's room was right next to the engine (which also my room because I had to put all my stuff in here and shower here because I didn't get one lol) and the smell in the room was unbearable. Think of warm engine fumes mixed with shit (refer to point below) and basically you couldn't be in the room longer then about 10 minutes or you would be sick. 3. Don't expect to be able to poo on the boat because the toilets don't flush. This was a bit of an inconvenience if we were sailing or if it was night time. Whenever we would pull up everyone would run to the nearest restaurant to go to the toilets. If anyone did poo on the boat, it would come up in other people's toilets and the smell would linger around the boat all week. Also in Greece you can't flush toilet paper, which is fine if someone would come around and empty the bins, but sadly they didn't. So by the end of the week our bathroom was covered in used toilet paper because the tiny bin was full from day one. 4. Don't expect WIFI or air cons (doesn't exist). Also the company promised my friends and I a welcome package because we booked as a big group and this also didn't exist. Also still waiting for that free ouzo.. 5. Expect some rough sailing. The captains of the boat were actually arguing about whether or not it was safe to sail and then we ended up sailing anyway, which was scary but also exhilarating because we didn't end up capsizing. (We were lucky enough not to start sinking like some of the other reviewers experienced.) 6. Don't do the tours through the company-way cheaper to do it on your own. Especially the 'tour' around Santorini. Very expensive.. I think it was 25 euro.. for not much at all, just a bus ride around a bit of the island. 7. Don't pay extra for the sailing boat. Some of our friends were on the little yacht which they were told was going to be better and they had to pay more for, yet it was worse then the main ship. They were shown photos of a boat that didn't exist so it looked great, yet when they rocked up they got a worse boat than ours. They didn't get any briefing about what was going on each day and didn't get the free breakfast. 8. The leaders weren't enthused at all and didn't really know what was going on. With the exception of Z, he was great. Anyways Sail Greece, get your shit together, and the least you can do is stop the false advertising. Thanks for all the funny stories I can now entertain people with and for the itchiness, Hannah Gundry
6 years ago
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