I Tried a $27,000 Luxury Yacht Cruise
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This whole trip, I kept coming back to one thing, the absence of friction. On a big cruise ship, there's friction everywhere around you all day.
It's not just a nicer cruise. It's a different thing altogether, but it's still cruise adjacent enough that you're still going to get the feelings that you love about taking a cruise.
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I normally look for the cheapest cruise I can find. Then I somehow ended up aboard Emerald Kaia, a luxury yacht where this trip can cost around $27,000. With only 128 guests, almost no crowds, beautiful accommodations and a completely different atmosphere from a normal cruise ship, this was unlike anything I had experienced at sea. In this vlog, I’m taking you along for a luxury yacht cruise through Greece and Turkey aboard Emerald Kaia. We’ll explore the ship, check out my cabin, try the food, visit the marina platform and see what daily life is actually like on one of these small luxury yachts. The biggest question, though: is this experience really worth the price—and who is it actually for? 🚢 Ready to book your next cruise? Get a quote from the Midships team: https://midshipscruise.com/deals 📧 Business inquiries: midshipsvideos@gmail.com Subscribe for more cruise reviews, ship tours, travel vlogs and cruise news from around the world. Let me know in the comments: Would you take one $27,000 luxury yacht cruise—or use that money to take several regular cruises instead? Disclosure Emerald Cruises invited me aboard Emerald Kaia as a guest and provided this trip at no cost to me. Emerald did not pay me to produce this video, did not review or approve it before publication and had no control over what I said. As always, the opinions shared in this video are my own. Chapters 00:00 I Definitely Don’t Belong Here 01:15 Boarding Emerald Kaia 01:37 My Cabin 03:12 Exploring the Yacht 07:36 Sparta/Gythio day 11:04 Katakolon day 13:13 Chania day 15:54 Santorini day 23:51 Who Is This Cruise For? #EmeraldKaia #EmeraldCruises #RiverCruise #LuxuryCruise #YachtCruise #CruiseVlog #SmallShipCruise #Midships