Yacht charter is if you wish to book a boat entirely just for yourself and your group which ensures maximum privacy and, most importantly, the freedom to go where you want, when you want.
Join-in is if you wish to book a berth or a cabin, or even several cabins on a vessel that is operating scheduled cruises, departing and returning at set times.
Join-in cruises (per person or per cabin) are perfect for individuals or groups who do not want to charter their own private vessel, but instead would like to "join-in" on a cruise that is departing on a fixed schedule, with a fixed itinerary.
For avid scuba divers or surfers, liveaboard holidays in Asia are a great option as the majority of surfing and scuba diving liveaboard trips in Asia operate on a scheduled, join-in basis.
The advantages of join-in liveaboard trips for divers and surfers are:
A) Join-in liveaboards offer value for money.
B) Liveaboard operators are specialists in their fields, and are offering well-researched and planned itineraries, gaining access to areas that may be inaccessible or unknown to others.
C) Liveaboard trips are planned to maximize the number of dives that can be accomplished and, for surf liveboards, the amount of time spent at world class breaks.
D) Because you can do a lot of dives on a liveaboard dive cruise, it is a particularly good place to go Nitrox diving rather than use a normal air mix. Breathing Nitrox will give you an added margin of safety against decompression sickness, while increasing your safe bottom time limit.
E) Quality scuba diving liveaboard operations will be well prepared for your scuba equipment rental needs, including underwater camera equipment.
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