Bluewake Cruises began as a shared spreadsheet kept by three planners who kept solving the same questions for different clients: which cabin category actually sleeps four, which port day survives a short call, what a group block costs once the deposit date moves. The answers lived in message threads and half-finished documents, so they went here instead, in pages that get edited when the season changes.
Marissa Okonjo works the cabin and port side: she spent seven years pier-side at a terminal before moving to planning, so she books the room category before the destination. Dev Ramanathan writes the route breakdowns, comparing two itineraries line by line with the deck plan open. Colette Farrow runs groups, from twelve-person reunions to blocks of sixty, which means she plans around deposit windows and cabin mates before anything else. Between them the work runs from the first call to the message at midnight when a sailing moves.
How quotes are built
Fares are quoted as one sheet with four lines: cabin, gratuities, drinks and dining for the actual nights, plus transfers. The total is what matters, and it is stated in writing before anything is booked. Nothing is added later without a message first, and there is no charge for the question you ask in the first ten minutes.
What gets checked
Every plan passes the same three checks: all-aboard times read from the line rather than assumed, port opening days confirmed with the town, and one backup built for the day most likely to break. Suppliers are used more than once before they appear in a plan a second time, and anything that fails gets replaced rather than explained.
Start with a question
If you are new here, the Start Here page shows the shortest route through the site. Questions about a sailing go to the Contact page, and the first article most people read is what first-time sailors get wrong.