Travelling to Tobago Premium Class 

I haven't but it looks great!

@@lyndonbaptiste It is.

This is my country Tobago, I love and miss you Tobago🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

If you get motion sickness I will advise to not even waste your money in getting this. It’s to the front of the boat and you will feel everything. I would purchase the ticket to get on the boat first but not sit to the front.

@@drealabella7135 You can purchase the ticket and choose to sit in the middle or back of the ferry.

It is good timing that my trip arose at the same time that they launched the service. I thought that people would like to know about it so I decided to make the video. It seems that many are curious about the service based on the views so far.

You are most welcome.

Tobago is indeed an enjoyable place.

@@BarbaraSmall-Daley You would enjoy it.

You are welcome

I am glad I was able to help

Thank you

I traveled on those ferries when I was younger and you are correct these are very different.

Those were a nightmare just to walk up that shaky so called ramp. 😢

@@ettaphil9586 yeah, if you only miss a step you were falling in the sea.

@@trinihammer Did that actually happen?

@@vampire_king34 i am 61 years old so just ask any trinidadian or tobagonian over the age of 60 if he remembers calamities happening on BIRD OF PARADISE and SCARLET IBIS. those were the two ferrys that plied their trade between trinidad and tobago. when one was in trinidad the other was in tobago. my father would make me and my brothers sit up on the deck because he could'nt afford the nice cabin class. everybody and i mean everybody would be puking their guts out over the side of the boat.

Thank you

It definitely is comfortable.

On the APT James they did not operate in that manner and ensured that Premium passengers left first. However I saw that on the Buccou Reef they had everyone leave together which was not how it should have happened.

It is worth it.

I agree it would have been good to show the process prior to entering the port. That is why I showed it on the other video where i showed the process in Tobago.

@@pointboy12 Got it. Thanks a million for pointing that out. 👍

Thank you

Well I have never been on that ferry but I will take your word for it.

I am glad that I was able to enlighten you.

​@@pointboy12 what's cost? In cdn dollars

@@5tyyu One way cost for an adult premium travel is Cdn 30.

Apart from the seating on the ferry there are several different features provided for Premium Class ticket holders. Persons with vehicles can bring their vehicle one hour before departure unlike the 2 hours required for other vehicles. The vehicles for Premium tickets are sent in a separate line so they have a faster check in, plus they are placed in a position so they are the first to be offloaded. Walk on passengers with Premium tickets are allowed to board first and so have first choice on where they want to sit plus they are allowed to come off first, much like how passengers in first class are treated on an airplane.

The Premium tickets are an additional $100.

additional 50, so the the ticket is 100

@@nicolespringer6294 No it is an additional $100 each way

Yes the bow does get more up and down in heavy weather. But with Premium you can sit in any section of the ferry that you choose.

I have thought about that ever since I heard of this. Though the perks seem nice. I have not been particularly impressed by the ride up there. Sorry if I busted a bubble.🤷🏾‍♀️Lovely presentation Brian, as always.

@@marciamiranda1943 You can take advantage of all the other perks but ride in the middle of the ferry as you are not restricted in terms of where you sit.

This is so true, going was the worst but coming back on the tide was great

@@sparkle1279 Yes going to Tobago is always a rougher ride than coming back. However sometimes going to Tobago is very smooth.

I am glad that you liked it.

In the Bocas you do not really get any rough water. It is when you exit the Bocas and are in the actual Caribbean Sea that you can sometimes experience rough water. There are times when the water is completely flat and other times there are large swells.

You are correct that it is an improvement. Whether it is worth it will be a choice that each person will make.

partner, travelling on that ferry now is ten times better than travelling on BIRD OF PARADISE and SCARLET IBIS back in the 1970s.

Absolutely correct.

You are mistaken about how the Premium Class works. All Premium Class walk on passengers disembark first. Then all Premium Class drivers are allowed to disembark as their vehicles are at the front. After the Premium Class leave then the other passengers disembark. That process was followed earlier this week. My friend came to Tobago today and he traveled Premium Class and that wS also the process that was followed

No, it is a pattern on the carpet

@@pointboy12 I was wondering the same. Not sure why they would choose such a pattern but it's good to know it's not actually filthy. I once saw a new epoxy cement floor design on a car showroom floor that looked like random oil stains so I guess other folks make similar choices. LOL

This will happen when politicians get tooooo involved.

You would only see Venezuela before you enter the Bocas and after you exit.

@@pointboy12 cheers, you know your stuff. i was just testing you.

@@trinihammer I am glad that I passed.

$100

Yes both boats have a rear deck.

@@pointboy12 thanks

No. With Premium you go on first and they position the car so that it can come off first.

@@pointboy12 Nice

A.P.T. James

True

Some people do experience seasickness if the sea is rough and that is usually on the leg to Tobago. Two weeks ago two friends traveled to Tobago and the voyage going was rough. The wife took Gravol before and was ok, the husband did not and got seasick. On the return voyage the sea was clam and they were both ok. Also note that to the rear of the boat usually has less motion.

@@pointboy12 would also recommend being centre and closer to the stern of the boat for a better ride

@@Wabeeninc That is true

have some ginger sweets with you and you will not have any sea sickness.

Never heard that before.

Yes they should be able to.

An additional $100 each way

Enjoy your stay in Tobago.

Yes those persons who get motion sickness will be more affected by sitting in the front.

I have no idea what you base your statements on. I have been traveling between Trinidad and Tobago for 50 years, going back to the days when it was an overnight journey and you carried sheets and sleeping bags for sleeping out on the deck. I clearly have to disagree with your statements. Even if I were to limit my comparison to the recent past and compare between the present ferries and the previous fast ferries, I would have to disagree with you. I returned on the ferry tonight and it was a different ferry from my Trip to Tobago. There were chairs for everyone and tables for those who wanted to sit around a table. I will agree that there seems to be less tables than the previous ferry but I did not count to be able to say that is really the case. It would be nice for prices to stay constant in this world and never increase and I would love for doubles to have remained at 50 cents instead of the present $6 or the price of going to a fete to have remained at $3 but unfortunately the world does not work that way because then it would have meant that wages remained at $3 per day.

@@pointboy12 I was telling someone about them experienced as a child sleeping out on deck in sheets going to Tobago

@@misstrinialicia643 Although it was a much longer journey and some people got sick, in some ways I miss those days.

Aye Paintboy,you have real patience to contend with those fools who only love to see chaos in the country, nuff Ah dem is political sycophants who knock everything the govt does to make this place unstable, yet a tourist from Europe and Latin America would come here and envy our high standard of living. goes to show how dotish and spoiled and ungrateful some of us have become.

@@anthonyblackman7669 I try to respect each person's opinion however if I think they are wrong I seek to show why.

There are three ferries and you did not say which one you used so I do not know if you experience is based on a single ferry. My video shows exactly what the ferry and the journey is like and I traveled on two recently. My friends also traveled on different days and they did not have your experience. Given the distance from Port of Spain to Scarborough the three hours is normal. You mentioned that you traveled on the ferries 20 years ago and so you should remember that in those days the journey took 6 hours. Therefore 3 hours is an improvement.

@@pointboy12 THE APT JAMES...SAME ONE ON HERE

@@marcomarko1759 Ok, well as I said my experience was different. Today I asked another friend what was his experience like and he told me that he had no problems and did not encounter the situation that you had. There are some people who get sea sick at the slightest movement of a boat and it would seem that you had some of those persons on your voyage.

Trying to figure out the problem here with "a whole setta Venezuelans" - God forbid it had ah setta Americans or Germans. It might have been really horrible! 😆

That wad to provide info to people so that they can make an informed decision.