It was a breezy, sunny day in Miami last week when some special guests from SeaDream Yacht Club stopped by the Landry & Kling-Seasite office during our monthly luncheon. Bob Lepisto, President of SeaDream Yacht Club; and Gretchen Bell, SeaDream’s VP of Sales shared a few enchanting stories about favorite ports-of-call and gave us a tantalizing glimpse into life onboard a SeaDream Yacht. We all knew about SeaDream Yacht Club’s signature “Champagne and Caviar Splash” (a few lucky colleagues witnessed this spectacular event during a Caribbean cruise program) but little did we know that we were all about to experience a taste of paradise – courtesy of our friends from SeaDream Yacht Club.

After lunch, we opened the door of our conference room and stepped outside onto the balcony overlooking our waterway canal. There we saw a bucket of chilled champagne along with plates of caviar and all the condiments, beautifully displayed on our patio table dressed up with a nautical SeaDream Yacht Club cloth. Our office balcony had been magically transformed into an elegant yacht deck! Granted, the Coral Gables waterway isn’t exactly the Caribbean and the caviar wasn’t floating on a surfboard, but it sure was a nice little break from our ordinary workday.

Seasite’s CEO Jo Kling asked Bob Lepisto how SeaDream Yacht Club vessels earned the coveted 5 Star award from the Berlitz Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships, as well as the top 2 spots in the “Boutique Ship” category. After all, Jo mused, these ships were built in the 1980’s, and they don’t have balcony cabins. The answer from Bob was straightforward and simple “It’s yachting, not cruising”. There’s the difference.

Here’s what we know about SeaDream Yacht Club: their yachts deliver a cruise experience unlike any other. The ships are sophisticated and casual, 95 attentive crew members cater to only 112 passengers, and onboard life is unstructured or as active as you choose.  SeaDream Yachts are truly all-inclusive, and perfect for full ship charters – smaller groups can even buy their own deck!

A few of Landry & Kling’s team are currently sailing with a charter client on  SeaDream I, and have promised to send us updates from the Caribbean. We look forward to sharing their impressions of the yacht and first-hand reports of the fabulous “Champagne & Caviar Splash”!

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