We are doing a 10 day liveaboard in the Maldives in 2026, our first. (Spirit of Maldives) Also our first long haul flight. I am a little apprehensive about the length of the trip as it looks like it will end up being 14-15 days w/the flights. I will be in a pickle if the Starlink isn't reliable as I am self employed and work remotely. I have Starlink for my business so we pack it up and take it with us when we go remote camping or boating offshore. I haven't run into any problems so I am hoping it will be the same on the liveaboard.
I hope you enjoy the live aboard trip! They can be truly a lot of fun but I will also warn they are very tiring due to the amount of diving you'll be doing. It might be better to just plan for the time off. Further, I've been on vessels with Starlink before and its not super reliable at sea. When stationary it can be fine (but still sometimes hit or miss). Maybe its better now since the satellite network has better coverage but at least thus far I haven't seen it stable enough that I'd say you can do remote work on the boat. I'd say plan for it off, enjoy the trip and if you have energy, time, and internet you can catch up with some of the work, that way you set the right expectations and if things are well aligned you won't be disappointed.
@@itravelwisely thank you for your response. I will still have to be able to delegate work to someone else to draft the cases if I cannot do it. I usually work early in the mornings when we travel and then enjoy the rest of the day. I may be able to temp divert the new incoming cases to a different email address or have an employee monitor my email and delegate the cases. I'm thinking I might should have started off with a smaller liveaboard trip for our first one lol. But you only live once and this is going to be a great trip with some long time friends.
@kkl4815 that's great, just think of it as if you can work it's a bonus, but if you end up not being able to work at all, then your prepared. I hope you enjoy! I've been to Maldives and it's a blast for whale sharks, sharks, and other pelagics! Let me know if Starlink proves reliable as I am interested!
Glad you enjoyed it! I do feel liveaboard diving, albeit expensive, is well worth it. The sheer amount of dives you get in and remoteness of it all is quite the experience! Hope you can join us on a future trip!
We are doing a 10 day liveaboard in the Maldives in 2026, our first. (Spirit of Maldives) Also our first long haul flight. I am a little apprehensive about the length of the trip as it looks like it will end up being 14-15 days w/the flights. I will be in a pickle if the Starlink isn't reliable as I am self employed and work remotely. I have Starlink for my business so we pack it up and take it with us when we go remote camping or boating offshore. I haven't run into any problems so I am hoping it will be the same on the liveaboard.
I hope you enjoy the live aboard trip! They can be truly a lot of fun but I will also warn they are very tiring due to the amount of diving you'll be doing. It might be better to just plan for the time off. Further, I've been on vessels with Starlink before and its not super reliable at sea. When stationary it can be fine (but still sometimes hit or miss). Maybe its better now since the satellite network has better coverage but at least thus far I haven't seen it stable enough that I'd say you can do remote work on the boat.
I'd say plan for it off, enjoy the trip and if you have energy, time, and internet you can catch up with some of the work, that way you set the right expectations and if things are well aligned you won't be disappointed.
@@itravelwisely thank you for your response. I will still have to be able to delegate work to someone else to draft the cases if I cannot do it. I usually work early in the mornings when we travel and then enjoy the rest of the day. I may be able to temp divert the new incoming cases to a different email address or have an employee monitor my email and delegate the cases. I'm thinking I might should have started off with a smaller liveaboard trip for our first one lol. But you only live once and this is going to be a great trip with some long time friends.
@kkl4815 that's great, just think of it as if you can work it's a bonus, but if you end up not being able to work at all, then your prepared. I hope you enjoy! I've been to Maldives and it's a blast for whale sharks, sharks, and other pelagics! Let me know if Starlink proves reliable as I am interested!
👍🤿😎🇵🇭! Never been on a live abroad but sounds great! Great video I👍
Glad you enjoyed it! I do feel liveaboard diving, albeit expensive, is well worth it. The sheer amount of dives you get in and remoteness of it all is quite the experience! Hope you can join us on a future trip!