Jeremy Moore is going through backlash for his journey expertise Yachtnik, an expertise marketed to be a cross between Freaknik and Yacht Week.
However, what was imagined to be an all-inclusive luxurious yacht expertise for younger Black professionals, shortly turned the precise reverse.
Tyla Morris, who spent hundreds of {dollars} to attend Yachtnik, spoke with The Shade Room about her horrible expertise.
Morris claims {that a} week earlier than her journey she acquired a message from Moore stating that on account of boat cancellations and costs, he needed to rebook the yachts with not one of the promised facilities, even though hundreds of {dollars} had already been paid.
Yacht’Ski Attendees Say They’ve Been Ripped Off, As Company Owner Defends His Name
This can also be the expertise of a number of different attendees together with Shameka Jennings, who says her $3,000 journey became a $7,000 journey after she needed to come out of pocket for almost every part.
Many attendees have since filed formal client complaints with the FBI as Moore claims to be engaged on refunds. Could this have simply been a case of poor planning? Or maybe a rip-off gone fallacious?
The Shade Room investigates…
The expertise is meant to be a vibe; younger Black professionals touring to unique places, all whereas having the chance to community with different likeminded people.
According to the Yacht’Nik web site:
“It’s the most exclusive all-inclusive experience that will bring you 7-days of stunning oceans, signature events, your own yacht and hundreds of likeminded explorers to turn up in desired paradises around the world… Wake up every morning to a meal cooked by our hostesses while already setting sail navigated by our experienced skippers.”
Promises Of Exotic Trips In Luxurious Yachts, With All-Inclusive Meals, Hostess, Skipper And More
From the images and movies, it seems wonderful. Exotic journeys to Croatia, Martinique and The Seychelles, the place $3,000 can get you a luxurious yacht, a hostess, 14 meals, DJs, a skipper, water taxis, unique Yacht’Nik occasions and a slew of different facilities.
“The red flags came immediately,” Tyla Morris instructed TSR Investigates’ Justin Carter. “(The host & owner) told us in late July, when boats were still eligible to cancel their trips, many boats were cancelled.”
Morris says every week earlier than her scheduled journey, she obtained a message from the host and proprietor, Jeremy Moore, who defined there was a “snowball” impact attributable to boat cancellations.
Morris had already paid in full to hitch the group through the second week of the journey.
“And when they cancelled, Dream Yacht Charter (the charter company), who were supposed to be getting all these yachts from, cancelled the ENTIRE roster of boats,” Morris went on to say.
Morris says Moore then needed to rebook all of the boats and quadrupled the value and he needed to pay cancellation charges, and when he did that he might solely afford to get bare-bones “yachts.”
From An All-Inclusive $3,000 To “Everyone’s On Their Own” At $7,000, Attendees Gripe
She stated it went from all-inclusive to everybody’s on their very own.
Shameka Jennings was additionally there, and instructed The Shade Room that what started as a $3,000 journey shortly became a $7,000 journey.
“We had to buy our own food and groceries, throughout the entire week, which was supposed to be included. We were supposed to have water taxis for free, but we didn’t so we had to pay for that,” she stated.
Jennings additionally needed to rent a personal hostess to cook dinner their meals – one other amenity the expertise had promised and fell quick on delivering – and a skipper to information the boat, additionally initially included on the unique worth.
“He really just belittled the situation as if it wasn’t a big deal at all” Jennings stated of proprietor and founding father of the corporate, Jeremy Moore.
Dozens More Come Forward With Similar Tales, As #Rip-offNik Trends On Social Media
Morris and Jennings are removed from the one ones to really feel burnt by Moore and his firm. Videos and posts with the hashtag #Rip-offNik have since circulated on-line, with numerous different Black professionals claiming they had been utterly ripped off as properly.
Dozens of “attendees” have created response movies on social media exposing Moore and the “yacht” expertise he offered them.
One of these was Chris Jones from Atlanta, who says he was trying ahead to the music and the vibes. But there have been no DJs as promised.
“It just wasn’t a very organized trip,” Jones tells TSR Investigates.
Moore additionally spoke to The Shade Room to defend his title, and went on to say that a number of teams cancelled 59 days earlier than the journey was set to start, thereby placing him in a tricky spot with the constitution firm he partnered with, Dream Yacht Charters.
“They cancelled our entire trip for non-payment,” Moore stated. “That only gave me a week to find a way to get money from different resources. I took out personal loans, loans on my business, I took up various lines of credit.”
Formal Complaint Issues With FBI, While Owner Issues Refunds, Defends Business
He stated that they ended up taking the “revenues from people that were attending the trip, and adding that to cancellation fees, which then left a balance on the revenues.”
Moore insists that lots of the facilities individuals are complaining about had been supplied, comparable to DJs and when requested about transportation/water taxis, he revealed most attendees didn’t fill out the required transportation type.
A proper client grievance has since been issued with the FBI. Moore says he has additionally issued refunds, and it speaking to bank card corporations to concern extra refunds.
He added that as of now, he’s unaware of any FBI investigation or any lawsuits filed towards him.
What do you assume, Roomies? Was the corporate proprietor well-intentioned and simply unprepared? Or is one thing extra sinister lurking underneath the floor?