Platinum Experience

Hi Nancy!

Good to see you on our recent visit to Tenerife. Thanks for the speedy resolution of the Jamaica trip & the Sports Cruiser. On the subject of which: many thanks for the Charter Fee, which arrived here safely over the weekend. Now tucked away safely in our bank account.

Take care & see you in Tenerife in about a year.

Cheers

We have been timeshare owners through Resort Properties in Tenerife for almost twenty years and recently we decided to upgrade our Club Paradiso membership to Platinum. For some time I had fancied the idea of spending a holiday on a luxury motor yacht and Platinum membership provided us with the opportunity to do this at an affordable level.

On arrival at the airport we were given a VIP reception and taken by taxi to the marina at Puerto Colon where we were met by the Platinum team and taken on board ‘Diamonds are Forever', one of the Sunseeker Portafino 46s. As with all new holiday venues, first impressions are very important and I have to say that it looked fabulous! Sunseeker luxury topped with Platinum classy touches, such as the luxury bedding, soft dressing gowns and towels plus a number of Platinum sailing accessories and also a bottle of Cava chilling in one of the two on-board fridges.

We had the choice of being provided with a day skipper to take us out on the boat or doing a week's training course while we were there on our holiday, to see if I was capable of attaining my own day skipper's licence. I had opted for the challenge of learning how to handle this powerful motor yacht. The sailing school Club Sail, was selected by the Platinum team and our instructor was Andy Williams, head of Club Sail and a very experienced RYA instructor.

During the course we covered all aspects of safety, boat preparation, passage planning and boat-handling inside the harbour and out at sea. We visited a number of harbours including a couple of overnight stops and we anchored up at a couple of nice beaches. Our most memorable couple of days were when we cruised past Los Gigantes and anchored for an onboard lunch at the beautiful Masca Bay. In the afternoon we sailed over to La Gomera and stayed overnight in the marina at San Sebastian and enjoyed a really nice evening in the town. The following day on our way over to Los Cristianos we came across some dolphins jumping out of the water and with our engines turned off a family of pilot whales sailed right across our bow, less than six feet from the boat!

The five days training were hard work and we were definitely taken outside of our ‘comfort zone', but neither my wife or I would have missed it for the world. The comfort and luxury of the Sunseeker, the natural views of the Tenerife landscape we had never seen before , the nautical atmosphere of the marinas and the thrill of driving such a powerful motor yacht.

It fulfilled all of our expectations and much more. Now that I have my day skipper's licence, we can make another holiday out of it next year with a couple more family crew members, all paid for out of our Platinum membership. For anyone who like me, fancies the idea of cruising on a Sunseeker without the expense of buying and maintaining one, the Platinum Experience is definitely for you and we can thoroughly recommend it!

I always thought that taking the helm of a Sunseeker would be out of my reach but after two days on the very enjoyable Skippers Course that you arranged I sailed out of Puerto Colon for a few of the best days I've ever had.

We had an amazing day cruising on a Portofino 46, it was a splendid way to spend the day. The skipper took us to places we have never seen in Tenerife and he made the day so entertaining for us. His knowledge of Tenerife was amazing.

It was our first trip on a Sunseeker and we were really impressed, the boat is so luxurious and we received many admiring glances along the way....

What a superb idea to compliment a great holiday.

"it has always been a dream of ours to have a holiday afloat. And that's just what we did last April. After spending a week at the Paramount in Tenerife we spent three days aboard a beautiful Sunseeker boat and felt like film stars. Thanks to Resort Properties for coming up with yet another brilliant way of holidaying".

We bought into The Paramount, Tenerife at Island level in 2005. We visited in 2006 and 2007 and since have invested in an Island Platinum in addition. So, we now own one Island and one Island Platinum.

We consider we can now take a minimum of two weeks holiday a year at a Five Star quality accommodation. We also have the opportunity to use the Sunseeker.

Stuart (and Paul) have always been very helpful and explained all detail at length.

Dear Barry

When you told us these boats were the ultimate in luxury you weren't joking. We've just come back from a wonderful 10 days in Tenerife and the time spent on the Sunseeker was out of this world. Give our thanks to "Captain Mike" for showing us a really different side to the island.

For our 25th wedding anniversary we spent a week in our timeshare at the Paramount in Tenerife. Our daughter booked our Platinum Collection cruise as a surprise and it was an amazing day out for us.

We drank champagne and sunbathed on the deck, lapping up the fantastic views of the Tenerife coastline.

We would recommend the Platinum Experience to anyone and it's a super way to celebrate a special occasion.

Thank you to our lovely captain Victor, Resort Properties and our lovely daughter Jane.