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Windjammer Barefoot Cruises

Brian of Sparta, NJ October 6, 2008

Brian of Sparta NJ (10/06/08)
Bought a SAIL 5 package in September of 2006, used two, owed three sailings...any legal recourse? any lawsuits to recover owed monies?

appx 1500...

Irina of Astoria, NY September 22, 2008

Irina of Astoria NY (09/22/08)
I purchase a timeshare on LA MER in may 23rd 2004. I have 6 cruises that are paid in full and yet to be used. I was not aware of the trouble the company was in.

the economic difficulty having to retrieve thousands of dollars spent. the psychological trauma is that white collar crime is not punished, especially when is knowing [cheating] people of their hard earned money.

Jacqueline of Olympia, WA September 20, 2008

Jacqueline of Olympia WA (09/20/08)
My husband and I bought a Le Mer timeshare for 17,000 plus dollars. We were told to book a different boat since LeMer wasn't ready. We experienced the same frustrations as many have described when our cruise from Aruba was canceled. We rebooked onto legacy, paid extra change fees for our airfares, and were one of the last cruises to sail on Legacy. There was definitely a feeling of despair that week as crew had not been paid, services for excursions were compromised or canceled and despite the best efforts of the crew, it was a rather stressful week, with many feeling strong disappointment.

Since I had sailed with WJ in the past, I knew I was getting less than the best out of our cruise. Besides, when we bought in to Le Mer, we were buying with the expectation of sailing on a luxury vessel in the mediterranean. The fact that we settled for much less is small compared to the fact that we still owe on our timeshare and have to pay every month to a credit union in Florida that the WJ company had us finance through. Since we opted to finance (not having that much cash to buy up front) it is now a loan that we are obligated to pay. WJ got the money a long time ago, but we continue to pay and pay.

Mental/emotional stress & anxiety; close to 20,000 for our initial purchase plus the costs of airline change fees and extra hotel expenses. Dreams crushed as we cannot afford to sail on any of the alternative tall ship cruise lines, and the big hotel boats do not appeal to us.

Lori of Pittsburgh, PA September 18, 2008

Lori of Pittsburgh PA (09/18/08)
I'm just writing to all of the people who complained about their Windjammer experience. I took my first Windjammer singles cruise in May of 1991 on the Polynesian. The crew and the captain were wonderful. The food was delicious and the decks were polished every morning. It was by far the best vacation I ever had. After I got married I showed pictures of the ship to my husband and told him about my experience. I couldn't wait to back.

I called Windjammer shortly before our trip to ask where our package of information was. They told me it had been sent. It took many calls until I finally asked me to e-mail the information to make sure I had it. (That should have been my first clue that there was a problem). The package that was mailed arrived after I left. When we arrived on the ship in March of 2007, 17 years later, I was in shock. The decks were never scrubbed, probably because the mops couldn't get past all of the grey duct tape that patched the numberous cracks on the decks.

One of the female crew members told us she hadn't washed her hair in 6 months. (no surpise from the looks of it). Some of the crew members would dirty dance in the middle of the lower deck every night. The food was awful and, one morning I got up to take a shower and didn't even have enough water to wash my hair. One of the places I wanted to visit when I returned was the widows net at the end of the ship. You couldn't even get close to it since there was junk piled up in that portion of the ship that wasn't even accessible.

So it was no surprise when I learned just 2 months later that passengers were being left stranded at various locations. What a surprise! I then thanked God that my husband and I weren't with them.  I have been searching the net to see if they have filed for bankruptcy and I see nothing.

David of The Woodlands, TX September 17, 2008

David of The Woodlands TX (09/17/08)
I like many others purchased a time share with Association de La Mer for 5 cruises over a 10 year span. Luckily we were able to use three of the cruises but since paid the time share off within a year we are out approximately 4000 for two more trips.

4000 in unrealized and unavailable cruises

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