Original letters & selected photos...
Brian had an Oceanis 43 from our Base in Athens...
Hi,
Just a note to pass on my thanks and congratulations on a thoroughly professional company. Our communications by e mail were always dealt with promptly and the financial transactions easy. The briefing by Fotis was comprehensive and thorough and he was at the end of the phone all week if needed. The yacht was excellently prepared and looked after. Particular thanks to Petros at Athens who was extremely helpful and professional.
You have all been a great team.
Many thanks.
Brian
Helmut has chartered a Sun Odyssey 36i out of Kos base...
Good morning Mrs. Lutz,
at first I would like to apologize for being so late with my response. As you know, time is always running out. But now I’ll do my best! Now, your service was really satisfactory and it was exactly that we expected. Your question how you can improve your quality. What shall I say? Of course yachts have to be maintained in an excellent way. But I think the crucial point is never to forget that the time people invest in sailing vacations is always a precious one as time is at all times a possession of great value and nobody would like to waste just an hour of it. So, allow me to say. Help your customers always to create their valuable sparetime in the best possible and efficient way and allow me to say keep always all your promises you give whatever the troubles and expenses will be. In our case we were very happy to experience how Mikola it did. Thanks very much. Excuse me please being so frank and open!
Now 2009 is on the agenda and we won’t „hesitate“ to contact you very likely in December 2008. Wishing you a nice time, regards to Mr. Sudzum and we’re looking forward doing a new deal together.
Helmut
Krist family has chartered a Lagoon 420 in 2008... see their comments:
Petros,
Attached please find the pictures of our family with Angelo that you requested.We were truly blessed by the Greek Gods to have Angelo as our skipper and Istion as our charter company.
Thank you for making our trip to Greece a unforgettable adventure for us all.Be assured that we will be telling everyone about Istion and our very special skipper.
Regards, Dave.
David has chartered our Oceanis 43 Elena in 2008 out of Athens.
Dear All,
Just a line to thank you for your organisation and preparation of the Beneteau 43 'Elena'. The vessel was well prepared and present and everything was as described.
The short holiday we had was enjoyed by all, and even thoughg we did not go far the weather and temperature were fine. As I explained I spend four months of the year on my own vessel, so was not that worried that we did not do too much sailing.The trip to Poros and then a couple of ports and Aghina(?) were fine. If you wish to use my name as a reference feel free to do so.
Best wishes.
David Buckpitt
Krist Family with Angelo, Istion's Skipper.
Lior had our Lagoon 380 Passion from Kos base....
Hello
My best thanks for Kostas and Christos from Kos. I met really great poeple and a perfect service from everybody. It was a pleasure to chart the yacht from you. next time when we come to greece we will contact you for sure to get an offer.
Thanks again and greeting from Switzerland
Lior
Mr. Milani has chartered a Bavaria 49 out of Lefkas, August 2008:
Hi Sylvia,
thank you for your email.We really had a beautiful time with your company in Greece.The Boat was very good and we also sailed a lot with very good wind!
If you want, you can put the attached picture in your web site
Bye, enrico
Enrico and his crew
Mr Schaul's (Lagoon 380 out of Athens in 2008).Comments:
We had a great trip! We had great service from everyone in your company and would highly recommend you to anyone sailing in that area in the future. One minor issue we did find while sailing was the lack of water hose connection options on the boat (I think this was due to the boat coming from another area, though). We look forward to sailing again with your boats in the future..Thanks,
The Schaul family
Mr. Glφckner Nautitech 475, July 2008, Dodecanese:
Dear Madam or Sir,
from the 19th of July to the 2nd of August we were sailing the Nautitech 475 "K1",homeport Kos.
I would like to thank the "Istion-Crew" of Kos for beeing helpful,very friendly and qualified.
I΄ve chartered a lot of boats before,but they are remarkable!
Thank you very much!
Best regards Michael Glφckner
Mr. Standrige, Lagoon 500 (2008), his message...
Dear Sylvia, Very nice to hear from you. I speak for all of us on the charter and I am most pleased to report that everyone has stated that this was one of the most fantastic adventures they have ever experienced. It would be difficult for me to find anything to complain about. In every respect, the Istion staff, vessel owner's and support personnel were helpful, friendly and most competent. The Lagoon 500 and all of it's appointments was superb. Having chartered before, I must say my experience with your service far exceeded my expectations in every respect. You have developed an excellent formula for operating a charter service and I cannot think of a single thing you should change.
Indeed, since our return we have had the opportunity speak with many people about our experience and I am impressed with the interest being expressed by folks to try chartering. Most would probably prefer using one of your Captains, since few are qualified themselves, but interest is high and I most certainly recommend your service.
We took many photo's and my wife has developed a video montage of the high points of our trip. I would be happy to send you a DVD and short description.
With many thanks for your excellent service and looking forward to chartering with you again,
Arthur M Standridge
What about a fish for dinner?...says Alexandros
Mr. Bolat & crew, Belize 43 (2008):
Dear Kostas,
Already at work, after an unforgettable week spent in Greece, excellently organized by Istion.
I would like to thank to the entire Istion team in the name of the whole our group that participated to the catamaran trip of last week.
We had really great time, relaxing and at the same time full of excitement, we all enjoyed every minute of the trip.
We would also like to thank to our skipper, Alexandros for his standing -he is as good as skipper as he is as fisherman(see picture!), and guide.
He brought us to wonderful, unspoiled places, he proved also to be an excellent sailing instructor and racing skipper - he won once a race for the only place available in the Ydra port!
We will gladly return to Greece and sail with Istion next holidays, and be sure we will recommend your company to all our friends (and we have plenty!) for an exquisite vacation.
Many, many thanks,
Ender BOLAT & Romanian crew
P.S. Meanwhile I became interested in purchasing a boat, maybe through your programme of boat purchase & management, or perhaps a second hand boat from you? May I please ask you to provide me with some more information on these possibilities? Thanks again.
Mr. Bolat, his crew and Alexandros (the Skipper)
Dear Sylvia,
We have just returned from Greece to our 'Home' base and we had a great holiday.
This is to let you know that we believe your staff at Kos Marina did a great job which contributed to the quality of our holiday.
Best regards, Wout Matthijs.
Dyers have chartered a Beneteau 57 in 2007... their message:
Dear Iannis,
Looking at our photos brings back the wonderful memories or our charter earlier this month. We loved the boat (Beneteau 57), loved the islands we visited, but best of all we liked our skipper and hostess. He was a superb skipper. He was such a competent sailor, helped us improve our own sailing skills, gave great recommendations of what we should see on each island, and even was a gifted Greek historian! I felt my family was in the best possible hands. Milena was so much fun and served us the best food we had in Greece -- and we like Greek food very much.
I have attached a few photos -- hope you are able to open the file.
Again, thank you for a charter that exceeded our expectations. I have told all my friends about our experience.
Best regards,
Susan Dyer
A letter from Oliver, who has chartered our Lagoon 440 in 2005 & 2006!
Dear Istion Crew,
thanks for a good charter, we spent a wonderful sailing holiday on
"Speranza". Your support and all charter handling was very relaxing and the tech crew
made a good job. Attached you find one picture expressing relaxed holiday on your
Lagoon 440 (Taken on mooring in Porto Vathy, Astypaleia). I remember this holiday
as perfect and would repeat going with Istion any time.
Kind regards
Oliver Utsch
