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BNB24 Early Booking Discount* coupon codes:

B24 $500 off the total cost of a Balcony (Category 7A, 8A - 8F)

EB24 $1,000 off the total cost of an Extended Balcony (Category 8J & 8K)

OS24 $1,400 off the total cost of an Ocean Suite (Category OS)

*Discount only applies to reservations for the Big Nude Boat 2024. Amount is deducted from the total cost of the cabin and will be calculated over the course of the scheduled payments. Early Booking Discount is a limited time offer and may be withdrawn without notice.

OUR STORY

We’re not just any bare cruising company, we’re the first and the best. In 1991, we set sail with 36 passengers on our first bare-optional boat and now, over thirty years later, we’re still cruising! In 2013, we chartered our largest cruise to date, the 3,000-person Carnival Freedom aptly named the Big Nude Boat.

It’s not just the novelty of a nude vacation that keeps us in the biz, it’s our dedication to providing a safe and comfortable atmosphere to ensure our bare cruisers have the experience of a lifetime.

For over three decades, we’ve been working to break down the barriers against social nudity and make clothing-optional vacationing a viable and acceptable option for all. We support the belief that sexuality is not a state of undress, but rather, a state of mind. Social nudity is not a sexual activity, and we strive to dispel the misconception that it is anything but natural and beautiful. We have made strides in the acceptance of nude vacationing and our wide range of cruise charters are a testament to our success.

Join us on the annual Big Nude Boat, or opt for one of our small ship luxury sailing yachts for a more intimate experience. Set sail with the Captains of Bare Cruising!

FROM OUR FOUNDER

WHY BARE?

There are probably as many answers to this question as there are people who ask it. After owning a clothing-optional travel company for more than 25 years, I am still not sure I can answer the question with sufficient clarity, but here’s my attempt. It has been my experience that people who are able to leave their clothing behind in a social setting are also more able to check their egos at the door and be themselves, as they really are, rather than who they think others would like them to be. Of course, what happens to my vacation-mates sans clothing also happens to me. I find myself withholding less of who I am as I hide less of my body. I begin to accept myself, imperfections and all. I can assure you, for a woman who tried for years to match the unrealistic standards of beauty in our society, this can be very liberating. Clothes-free vacationing leads to body acceptance. I can recall so many vacations that Tom and I took together before we discovered clothes-free vacationing. We would long to genuinely know some of our fellow vacationers, but never seemed to have the opportunity to push past the boundary of “Where are you from? What do you do? How about those Cowboys?”

We strongly believe there are no strangers on a Bare Necessities vacation, only friends you have yet to meet.

When I take a clothes-free vacation I know that the trip is more likely to produce friends, in the real sense of the word. Friends I can count on the way good friends should be counted on, during the vacation and after. Now, I not only come home with photos of this mountain or that river, but also with a picture of my new friend Robin and her husband Bill and Sally with her roommate, Jane. Now, I no longer measure the quality of my vacation experience only by where I have been and what I have seen but also by the people I’ve met along the way, people I will no doubt meet again on future vacations. For me, this is the essence of social nudity. We strongly believe there are no strangers on a Bare Necessities vacation, only friends you have yet to meet.  

Nancy Tiemann, Co-founder

Bare Necessities Tour & Travel Company, Inc.

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