Compare yacht charter packages by fixing your headcount first, then the booking format, then lining up only the options that share one duration and one price unit. Length, photos and a bigger figure on the card tell you less than they appear to. A fair comparison sets two or three like-for-like packages side by side and turns every unpublished detail into a question for your enquiry.
Read five facts on every package card
Every published package carries a reference code, such as P011 for the Majesty 66 ft Yacht, and each price option has its own code, such as P011-04 for that yacht’s 4-hour package. The same code is used in the WhatsApp message. Before you look at any figure, read five facts:
- Booking format. A private charter for your group, a shared ticket priced per person, or a timed session on a water activity.
- Listed guests. The listed capacity for that vessel or activity, confirmed for the vessel allocated to your date.
- Duration. A fixed package length, an hourly rate with a minimum booking, or a set session time.
- Listed inclusions. Only what the package page names. Many listings name none.
- Sale unit. The words printed next to the price, such as “per hour” or “for the 4-hour package”.
Those five facts decide whether two packages can be compared at all. The figure comes last.
Fix the headcount before anything else
Count everyone who will be on board, children included, and use that number as a filter. A yacht that lists 17 guests is not an option for a group of 18, however close its length or its price looks. Removing vessels below your headcount early stops you weighing up options you could never book.
Treat the listed number as a ceiling, not a target. A yacht listed for 20 leaves room for a group of 12 if numbers change, but the listing says nothing about layout beyond what the page states, such as cabins and bathrooms.
Why yacht length is not guest capacity
It is tempting to read length as size and size as capacity. The catalogue shows why that fails:
- The Italian 92 ft Yacht lists 45 guests, while the American 95 ft Yacht, three feet longer, lists 65.
- The American 100 ft and American 105 ft yachts each list 90 guests. The Majesty 101 ft Yacht, which sits between them in length, lists 50.
- The Azimut 55 ft Yacht lists 17 guests and the Majesty 55 ft Yacht lists 18.
- The Pershing 5X yachts in the premium range measure 52 and 53 ft and list 8 guests each. That is fewer than the Gulf Craft 34 ft Boat in the standard range, which lists 10.
Listed capacity depends on far more than length, so filter by listed guests first and treat length as one detail among several. You can browse the standard range on the yachts page and the hourly-only range on the premium yachts page.
Hourly rates and fixed packages are separate prices
The 23 standard yachts each publish five prices: an hourly rate and four fixed packages of 2, 3, 4 and 6 hours. The hourly rate carries a minimum booking of 2 hours on every standard yacht except the Gulf Craft 34 ft Boat, where the minimum is 1 hour.
The fixed packages are separate published totals. They are not the hourly rate multiplied by the number of hours, so two hours at the hourly rate is a different figure from the published 2-hour package total on the same yacht. If you want four hours on the water, compare the 4-hour package on each yacht you are considering, not the hourly rates.
The 15 premium yachts work differently. They publish an hourly rate only, with a minimum of 2 hours on some and 4 hours on others. “Premium” is simply the catalogue’s classification. A higher figure on a premium yacht does not, by itself, show extra crew, catering or facilities, so ask about anything you assume comes with it.
Shared, private and session formats
A shared ticket, such as the Yacht Dinner Cruise Ticket on a 220 ft yacht, is priced per person, with separate adult and child prices. A private dinner, such as the Private Yacht Dinner for Two on a 48 ft yacht, is a fixed 2-hour package for the whole booking. Both put dinner on the water, yet one figure covers a single place and the other covers the entire arrangement. Compare shared options with shared options and private with private. The dinner cruises page lists both formats side by side.
Water activities add a third format, the timed session: a flyboard session, for example, is priced per person for 30 minutes. Sessions do not belong in a ranking of yacht charters.
Read the unit before you read the number
Every price on the site is shown with its unit, and the unit tells you what the figure buys.
| Unit shown | What the figure covers | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|
| per hour | One hour, booked for at least the stated minimum | Standard and premium yachts, event vessels, wedding and event charters by guest band, banana boat, donut rides, wakeboarding |
| for the 2-hour, 3-hour, 4-hour or 6-hour package | A fixed published total for that length of charter | Standard yacht packages, celebration packages, private fishing trips, New Year’s Eve private charters |
| for the 3-day package | A fixed total for a three-day charter | Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend charters |
| per person | One person’s place on a shared sailing or trip | Shared cruises, dinner-cruise tickets, shared fishing trips |
| per jet ski, per jet car | One machine for the time chosen, whoever rides in its listed seats | Jet skis (30 or 60 minutes), jet cars (20, 30 or 60 minutes) |
| per flight, per rider | One parasail flight, or one flyboard rider | Parasailing, flyboard |
| per 30-minute session | One timed session | Fly fish ride |
| per ticket | One ticket for a dated party | New Year’s Eve and Grand Prix weekend party tickets |
Some wedding and event rates are marked “from” because they start a guest band; each larger band is listed separately. Figures with different units cannot be ranked against each other, even when they sit side by side on screen.
Listed inclusions and the gaps marked “not stated”
A package page lists inclusions only where they are published. The 90 ft Yacht 3-Hour Package with Jacuzzi lists a jacuzzi on board. The Yacht and Jet Ski Package lists a 60-minute jet ski session within its 4-hour package, and the Breakfast Yacht Package lists breakfast and a 60-minute jet ski session. None of the 23 standard yacht listings names any inclusions.
When the page is silent, the answer is unknown: not a yes, and not a no. Exclusions, crew details, fuel, unlisted food and drink, the boarding point and the start time are not published for any package. Where a fact is missing, the site says “Not stated: ask about this”, and the comparison tool shows stated exclusions as “none published” with a prompt to ask. That is the right way to read every gap. Write the gaps down; they become the open questions in your enquiry.
Photos need the same care. An image marked “Illustrative image” shows a type of vessel, not the exact yacht you would board.
A worked shortlist: three yachts on the 4-hour package
Say you have 18 guests and want four hours on a private yacht. Filtering by listed guests removes every standard yacht listed below 18, including the Azimut 55 ft Yacht. Three that pass:
- Majesty 55 ft Yacht: 18 guests listed, 3 cabins, 2 bathrooms, 4-hour package code P008-04.
- Azimut 62 ft Yacht: 20 guests listed, 3 cabins, 2 bathrooms, code P010-04.
- Majesty 66 ft Yacht: 20 guests listed, 3 cabins, 2 bathrooms, code P011-04.
All three are standard yachts. All three show a price “for the 4-hour package”, and none lists inclusions. They share a category, a duration, a unit and the same gaps, so ranking these three by price tells you something real, and the questions you send will be identical for each.
The Majesty 55 ft Yacht sits exactly at 18. If your headcount might grow, the other two leave a little room, and that is worth saying in your message.
Now consider what does not belong in this ranking. The 2-Seater Jet Car is priced per jet car for 20, 30 or 60 minutes. Different activity, different duration, different unit: placing it in a price order next to 4-hour yacht packages would mislead you. The same applies to the 55 ft Yacht 3-Hour Package, which is a three-hour total, and to any premium yacht, which has an hourly rate but no 4-hour package. If you want a jet car session as well, list it as a separate item in your enquiry.
Use the comparison tool and send one clear message
Every package card has an “Add to compare” control. The comparison shortlist holds up to three packages and lines up activity, booking format, the selected price with its unit, all published prices, duration, minimum booking, capacity, size and layout, listed inclusions, stated exclusions and notes. It keeps the shortlist in your browser only, with no account.
Choose the same price option for each package, such as the 4-hour package. The tool sorts by price only when every selected package shares one category and one exact unit. If sorting is switched off, the tool is telling you the figures are not like for like.
From the shortlist, the tool prepares one WhatsApp message listing each package with its code and unit. It never produces a combined quote, and opening WhatsApp sends nothing. Your next step: add three like-for-like options, enter your preferred date and guest count, open the prepared message, and use the enquiry guide to check the reply covers everything. For a larger party, the group outing planning guide covers guest bands and event vessels.