Girls Just Wanna Have Sun 2.0

Last December we took a ship full of women to the Caribbean and something happened we didn't fully plan for. They came as strangers, or in twos and threes, and they came home with each other's numbers.

So we're doing it again.

Girls Just Wanna Have Sun 2.0 is six nights aboard Virgin Voyages' Resilient Lady — adults only, no kids underfoot, nobody's schedule but yours. Bring your circle, or come solo and leave with one.

This is a room built for women who've earned the view.

Let's talk about the money part plainly, because nobody else will.

A few spots left. $250 per person holds your cabin — the balance is due in full within 48 hours.

Virgin Voyages' 120-day final payment date for this sailing has now passed, which means there is no installment plan left on the 2026 cabins: from $834 per person for an Insider, $954 for a Sea Terrace with the balcony. What we can do is hold the cabin. Pay $250 per person here, we confirm it with Virgin, and you settle the balance within 48 hours. That 48-hour rule is theirs, not ours, which is exactly why you're reading it here instead of hearing it later. If we can't get the cabin you asked for, the deposit comes straight back to you.

So here's the honest math if you're deciding this week: it's a hold plus one payment, not a plan. What you don't do is put it on a credit card at 24% because you were embarrassed to ask about options. You're not embarrassed — you're asking a licensed advisor whose job is literally this.

Prefer to spread it out? Book 2027 instead. The 2027 sailing can be reserved with 20% down, with the remaining balance split into monthly payments through 120 days before the sail date. If that timing works better for you, tell me — I'd rather put you on the right sailing than the soon one.

Let's deal with the real question, because I know it's the one stopping some of you.

"I don't have anybody to go with."

Good. Come anyway.

Here's exactly how it works. If you're booking solo and you'd rather not pay the solo rate for a whole cabin, we match you with another woman on this sailing. Not randomly — I ask about your sleep schedule, whether you're an early riser or a night owl, how you feel about sharing a bathroom counter, how much quiet you need. Then I pair you.

You'll know who she is before you sail. You'll have her name and a way to talk to her first. Nobody walks into a cabin with a stranger and finds out at midnight that she snores.

And if you'd rather have the room to yourself, that's a real option too — just tell me and I'll price it.

What actually happens: you board a little nervous. You meet her. By the second night you've got someone saving you a seat at dinner and telling you the shoes are cute. By day six you're exchanging numbers and planning the next one.

That's not a sales line. That's just what a ship full of women who get it does.