What unlocks the adult and spicy rooms?
Two different gates. Adult rooms (NSFW, Singles and Ready to Mingle) open as soon as your government ID is verified. Spicy rooms (Plays Well with Others, Onboard Grindr) need verified ID plus a lifestyle opt-in, which you can switch on from the rooms list or in Settings. Your lifestyle status is only ever visible to other opted-in, verified members inside those spaces.
Can I make a private room for my group?
Yes. Anyone on a sailing can create a password-protected room. Set a password, share it with the people you want, and the room stays locked to everyone else on the sailing. Roll-call replacements, friend cliques, private meetups, couples-only chats. You decide.
How do the spicy handles work?
Add your SLS, SDC, Fetlife, Kik, or Snapchat handle in your private vault. It never shows on your profile and never leaks to other members. The only way someone connects to you through it is if they already know your handle and search for it on the right network: exact match, no browsing, no autocomplete. A hit lets them send you a Crew request. You can ignore it, and they never learn whether they were searched. Couples share one handle on SLS and SDC; Fetlife, Kik and Snapchat are per partner.
Is it discreet?
By design. Screenshots are blocked on Android and come out blank on iOS. View-once photos disappear after one look. ID verification keeps fakes out. Match chats lock the day after you dock, rooms close 48 hours after, and everything is deleted seven days after the sailing ends. A community connection, the one chat not tied to a sailing, ends after 90 days without a message or whenever either of you ends it. Your activity stays on the ship.
Can couples use Nautir?
Yes. Both of you download Nautir and link your profiles with an invite code. Each person keeps their own account. In Double Date mode you browse other couples on your sailing together, and when you match a group chat opens so all four of you can plan before boarding.
What is Crew?
Crew is the persistent connection layer. Every chat closes after the cruise, and that is the privacy contract. Crew lets you keep finding the people you click with on future cruises. You see when they board a new sailing, so you can plan your next cruise around the people you actually want to sail with. Free for everyone.
What is a Nauti Getaway?
A hosted group sailing organized by Travel by Trinidad, the travel agency behind Nautir. All of them are Virgin Voyages, so the whole ship is 18+. Pick one, tap "I'm going", and that voyage becomes your sailing in the app with its rooms and its people, months before you board. Most carry a group rate off the retail price. Browsing and joining are free; you book the trip itself through the agency. If you are opted in to the lifestyle rooms and verified, a getaway also shows you how many other opted-in members are going, but only once at least three of them are.
Does the online-now filter give me away?
Only if you let it. It is a Nauti Pro filter on your own sailing that surfaces people active in the last five minutes. It is enforced on the server, and it skips anyone who has turned their online status off in Settings or is in Incognito. Turn the toggle off and you are never in anyone else's online-now list.
When do chats close?
Match chats lock the day after you dock and rooms close 48 hours after. Messages in rooms, matches and group chats are deleted seven days after the sailing ends. A community connection, the one chat not tied to a sailing, ends after 90 days without a message or whenever either of you ends it. Same rules across rooms, matches and group chats. No exceptions.