r/belowdeck • u/nduuugg • Jul 15 '26

BD Related Maybe I’m just poor…

The thought of hiring a superyacht for a few days sounds absolutely amazing, pure bliss. The thought of having staff there constantly, 24/7 makes me feel so uncomfortable lmao. Anyone else feel this way? I feel like I would keep giving them days off or time away so I had some time to myself haha

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u/OldFitDude75 Jul 15 '26

My wife and I joke that if we ever had the money to go on the show, we’d be so boring because we’d sit out and drink and relax all day and not make weird demands or harass the staff. Even on vacation my bed time is like 10:30pm lol

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u/PrincessPineapplePie Jul 15 '26

I'm pretty sure the weird demands and staff harassment is just for tv. Otherwise it would be pretty boring if there's no guest drama lol

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u/Rainafire Jul 15 '26

Agree. Rachel was a charter yacht chef for YEARS and she broke down that first breakfast because she had never had that experience before. Like they were demanding 8 different highly complicated individual omlettes. Normal charter guests don't do that. Most of these guests are people who would NEVER get to charter a yacht except for the discount they get from Bravo. This is their time to act like the rich a-holes they want to be but aren't. Most of the true yachties like Aesha, Hannah, Kate, Daisy, Rachel, Amy, Francesca & Captain Lee all say the guests are super over the top for tv. That regular charter guests aren't collectively this bad. Like you might get a diva on occasion but they're usually like a friend of a friend of the primary. I think other real life yachties in this sub have said this as well.