A sailing holiday takes some planning. We make it easy. Our free Sailing Holiday Planner brings your voyage details, berths and costs, flights, hotels, car hire, insurance and kit list into one private place, with a voyage planning checklist built from nearly 30 years of helping people join traditional ships.
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You can simply type in your Classic Sailing voyage number and the planner fills in the dates, joining port, berth prices and the ship’s own kit list. Then work through the checklist at your own pace, ticking items off and adding notes as you go. Keep your flight times, hotel bookings, car hire and transfers with the rest of the plan, so everything you need on the day is in one place.
You can keep several plans, for voyages you are researching or have already booked. It works for other trips too, such as a hotel stay, a city break or a touring holiday with flights and car hire.
Nothing you enter is sent to Classic Sailing, so we cannot see your plans and never use them for marketing. The planner is in Beta: your plans are saved in your own web browser, so download or print a copy to keep. The Alpha version will add sign in, encryption and use on any device.
Fitness, experience, voyage style and accommodation.
Deposit and balance dates, booking reference and joining instructions.
Travel insurance that covers sailing, medicines and seasickness.
Flights, trains or ferries to your joining port with time to spare, a hotel the night before and after, car hire and airport transfers, with booking references and times kept together.
Your ship’s own kit list, plus what we suggest.
Last checks before you leave, and keeping a record afterwards.
A. A soft bag, not a hard suitcase (it stows on board)
B. Waterproof jacket and trousers
C. Non marking, soft soled deck shoes
D. Warm layers, even in summer
E. Head torch with a red light for night watches
F. Sun cream, sun hat and sunglasses with a strap
The full list, with your ship’s own kit list and space for your own items, is in the planner.
No sailing experience is needed on most of our voyages. The crew teach you as you go, and the planner covers the practical side: flights and hotels, getting to your joining port, insurance and payments. New to it all?
Start with Learn to sail, no experience needed and My first voyage.
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Choose a voyage that suits your fitness and experience, book and note your deposit and balance dates, buy travel insurance that covers sailing at sea, arrange travel to the joining port with time to spare, and pack from the ship’s own kit list. The free Sailing Holiday Planner takes you through each step.
Yes. There is no charge and you do not need to book a voyage to use it.
Only you. Nothing you enter is sent to Classic Sailing.
In this Beta version your plans are saved in your browser only, so download or print a copy. Sign in and use on any device come with the Alpha version.
Yes. Choose Another trip for a hotel stay, city break or touring holiday. The planner keeps your flights, hotels, car hire and costs together, and the sailing sections are left out.