Coming Soon! Hold The Date! 5 – 12 June, 2027 Club Dive Trip Belize
The club has signed a group contract with Ramon’s Village in San Pedro, Ambergris Cay, Belize. Club Trip Page coming soon!
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Information that is relevant to our club, its members, and activities.
Choose Your Adventure or Do Both
Snorkel with the Manatees in Crystal River, Florida with American Pro Diving Center
Journey With Gentle Giants – Dive experience at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia
Guaranteed to see Manatees, Whale Sharks, and Giant Manta Rays up close!!
This adventure is OPEN for Registration. Find out about this trip and more at Upcoming Trips.
Coming Soon! Hold The Date! 28 February to 7 March, 2027 Club Dive Trip Bonaire
The club has signed a group contract with Van der Valk Plaza Beach Resort in Bonaire, Netherland Antilles. Club Trip Page coming soon!
Your club’s Nominating Committee is looking for a few members who are interested in becoming a part of the leadership team. The pay is nonexistent, but the benefits of a thriving Bluegrass Dive Club are priceless.
Contact Butch Mellott, your club’s Vice President and Chair of the Nominating Committee if you have interest. You can reach him at VicePresident@BluegrassDiveClub.com or (859) 621-5160.
These are common questions asked about upcoming club trips. Here is how you can find out.
Go to the club website https://BluegrassDiveClub.com
Or if you have already booked a trip https://BluegrassDiveClub.WeTravel.com/
Then follow these simple picture instructions. Click on “Upcoming Trips”.
Click “Details” for the trip you are interested in.
How many rooms are reserved and how many are booked?
How many rooms are available?
Click on “See Availability” or on the trip page you can scroll to the bottom for a slightly different view with availability (no example given for the bottom of trip page view).
From here you can see how many of each package is still available in “real time”. Since most trips are priced based upon double occupancy, we do each “package” per person.
- 1″Single Occ” package = 1 room
- 2 “Double Occ” packages = 1 room
- If you book 1 “Double Occ” package, you are either designating a roommate or willing to accept one.
- In example below “Garden / Koi Bure – Double Occ – Diver” shows “6 left”, which is 3 rooms. If it shows “5 left”, then there is 1 individual waiting on a roommate, possibly you.
- Booking package and occupancy can be changed after initial booking, based upon availability.
- Use the “Additional Info & Special Request” section to let us know what you are planning or need.
Want to go on the trip, but want to book a package that is “sold out”?
- Go ahead and book your 2nd favorite package and complete your registration and booking, including payment of your deposit or required payment.
- Come back to the trip page and then click to add you or your party to the “Join Waitlist”. Be sure to let us know in the “Notes” section that you have already booked and if this Waitlist request is a swap for your existing booking or in addition to your existing booking.
Have a question about a trip?
Use the “Ask a Question” button or if you have already booked, when managing your booking on BluegrassDiveClub.WeTravel.com there is a “Message Organizer” button. Using these message channels allows your Club’s Trip Director, Treasurer, and Webmaster to all see your question and get you a response faster. Plus your question and its answer are visible for the trip organizers.
Unsold Rooms will be Released Tuesday, 7/28/2026 for Cozumel & Playa Del Carmen.
Trip Status Details Below
Continue reading “Last Call – Club Trips to Cozumel & Playa Del Carmen”Last call for Cayman Brac
Trip dates: 1 – 8 August 2026
Cayman Brac Beach Resort Trip Page
The club has released any unreserved rooms for our Cayman Brac Beach Resort dive trip. If you have interest in this trip and wish to book, please wait on confirmation of your room booking after sign up and payment in full. If paying via paper check, then we will not confirm your room booking until after the check is deposited. The club’s final payment will be made before 5/15/2026.
The club has 10 travelers and 6 rooms booked, reserved, and fully paid for this trip as of 5/7/2026.
Click below for the rest of our club’s upcoming trip updates; including a newly confirmed trip.
Continue reading “Cayman Brac Trip last call & Other Trip Updates”Your Club has approved 3 dive trips. The Cayman Brac trip is now open for registration. The 2 Mexico trips will be available for registration soon. Hold these dates.
- 1 – 8 August 2026
Cayman Brac Beach Resort
Diving with Reef Divers
Valet diving. - 24 – 31 October 2026
Iberostar Waves, Cozumel, Mexico
Diving with Dressel Divers
All inclusive resort. - 31 October – 7 November 2026
Iberostar Waves Paraiso del Mar, Riviera Maya, Mexico
Diving with Dressel Divers
All inclusive resort.
Our much anticipated return to Bonaire Club Dive Trip is now
CANCELLED
We regret to share that the Club’s planned and pre-announced trip to the Chogogo Dive & Beach Resort is now officially cancelled. You may still book this trip as individuals, and we will provide you with the following information.
Continue reading “CANCELLED – Chogogo, Bonaire Club Dive Trip 28 Feb to 7 Mar 2026”Congratulations to the Club! We have stepped into a new chapter for the Bluegrass Dive Club. A record attendance of 40 people attended our meeting on 11/11/2025 at Roosters Restaurant, Bar & Grill. 31 people in person and 9 via ZOOM.
There were 6 new recently joined members who attended their very first club meeting.
We are excited that our new officers and their experience and roots in the dive community will make for more engaging programming for the club. Put more FUN into the dry land part of what we do. If the excitement at the meeting was any indication, then 2026 is going to be a great year.
Beginning in 2026 your Club Officers are:
- President – Kathryn Bowers
- Vice President – Walter “Butch” Mellott
- Secretary – David Carr
- Treasurer – Dan Miller
- Trip Director – Priscilla Mellott
- Safety Information Director – Dr. Bill “Doc” McGrady
- Newsletter Editor – Scott Newby
- Webmaster – Alex Fassas
Michael Steven Cobb, 59, of Nicholasville, Kentucky, passed away on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at St. Joseph Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky.
Full obituary and arrangements can be found here: https://www.bettsandwestfuneralhome.com/obituaries/michel-cobb
Longtime club member, Russ Tucker, passed away on May 7, 2025. His visitation will be on Tuesday, 5/13/2025 from 6:30PM – 8:30PM at Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Lexington, Kentucky. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, 5/14/2025 at 12:00PM at the church as well. Kerr Brothers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The obituary and full details of arrangements can be found at this link:
https://www.kerrbrothersfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Russell-F-Tucker?obId=42390552
The regularly scheduled club meeting on Tuesday, 5/13/2025 will be postponed and possibly rescheduled. We will send out a notification for a new date soon.
The Bluegrass Dive Club is seeking interested members to join our Dive Committee. The Trip Director is working on trip planning and needs a committee to provide trip ideas and feedback. The committee will be limited to about 6 people. Currently there are 0 members. This is your chance to shape the future of BGDC travel. The time commitment will be limited to periodic Zoom meetings and whatever time you spend on researching a dive trip destination (which you were going to do anyway).
Continue reading “The Dive Committee Needs Members & Input”We are placing a group order for embroidered BGDC logo hats. Cost is $22.00 each. Deadline for ordering is May 14, 2024. Last chance is at the Dive Club meeting on 5/14/2024 at Roosters. Available in khaki or white color. Payment due when hats are received or earlier if you prefer.
Continue reading “Get Your Dive Club Hat”