Greece is the cheapest serious charter country in the Mediterranean, and the spread inside it is enormous. In our own book right now: 32 priced crewed day boats from 1,300 euros, and 235 priced crewed weeks from 10,000 euros to well over a million. Here is how that range actually breaks down, with the numbers we hold rather than a range copied off someone else's brochure.
Day charters in Greece: roughly 1,300 to 10,400 euros
A Greek day charter is the boat, its professional crew and a full charter day. As of this season our published Greek day rates start at 1,300 euros in Santorini, 1,650 euros in Corfu and in Crete, 1,950 euros in Mykonos and 3,000 euros out of Athens. From there the ladder climbs with length: around 4,450 euros for a 20 metre in Corfu, 5,000 euros for a Sunreef 55 catamaran in Santorini, and 10,400 euros for the largest day yacht we list in Greece, a 28 metre for up to 25 guests in Mykonos.
One thing about Greece that is easy to miss when you compare quotes across countries: on every Greek day boat in our book, VAT and fuel are already inside the published rate. In Ibiza, Malta or Marbella the headline day rate is usually the boat and crew, with VAT at the local rate and fuel added afterwards. So a 1,650 euro day in Corfu and a 1,650 euro day somewhere else are not the same number, and the Greek one is the honest one. Read it per group rather than per boat: nine people on a 1,650 euro day boat are paying under 190 euros each for a private crewed yacht, the math we set out in the per person guide.
Crewed weeks in Greece: roughly 10,000 to over a million euros
A crewed week is a different product: you live aboard for seven days with a full crew and move between islands. Greece is where our weekly ladder starts. The entry point in the whole fleet, anywhere, is a 14 metre catamaran out of Athens at 10,000 euros per week for ten guests. Behind it sit 10,500 euro gulets working Turkey and Greece, and a 10,900 euro catamaran out of Kalamata.
The bulk of the Greek fleet sits higher. Of the 235 priced Greek weeks we hold, 21 are under 20,000 euros, 58 fall between 20,000 and 50,000, 38 between 50,000 and 100,000, and 71 between 100,000 and 250,000; the median is almost exactly 100,000 euros. Above that, 47 yachts are quoted over a quarter of a million, running through a 60 metre at 260,000, a 94 metre at 1.1 million and a 88 metre at 1.2 million euros per week.
The most useful band for most groups is 20,000 to 40,000: that is where the 20 metre catamarans sit, typically eight to ten guests in four or five cabins with three or four crew, at 31,500 to 34,000 euros a week. Below it, 22 to 28 metre motor yachts and gulets run 14,000 to 22,000.
Greek VAT and APA, which is where weekly quotes get confusing
Weekly rates in Greece are quoted on MYBA terms, the standard Mediterranean charter contract. The base rate covers the yacht and crew. Running costs, fuel, food, drink, berths and fees come on top through the Advance Provisioning Allowance, typically 25 to 35 per cent of the charter fee. Greek charter VAT is added on top of that, and it runs from 13 to 24 per cent depending on the duration of the charter, which is why two quotes on the same yacht can differ once you change the dates. If those words are new, read our APA explainer and the VAT piece before you compare anyone's quote, including ours.
Day charters work the other way round in Greece, which is the whole reason the day number looks so friendly: the rate is all in, so what you see is what the day costs.
Which part of Greece you pick moves the price
Greece has three island seas and they do not price alike. The Saronic — Aegina, Poros, Hydra, Spetses, an hour from Athens — is the gentlest water and the natural first Greek week, and it carries the cheapest weekly entry points because the boats are based at Alimos and never need a delivery leg. The Cyclades — Mykonos, Paros, Naxos, Santorini — is the postcard Greece and the most expensive: Mykonos day rates start a third above Corfu's and its marquee dates sell first. The Ionian — Corfu, Lefkada, Kefalonia, Zakynthos — is green, has no meltemi and is the best value per swim in the country. We compare all three properly in the Greek islands route guide.
Season matters as much as sea. June and September in Greece buy the same water as August at a real discount, with better anchorages and no wind stress in the Cyclades. If your dates move by even a week, say so when you enquire; it is the single cheapest upgrade in chartering.
Is Greece actually cheaper than the rest of the Med?
On weeks, clearly yes: the Greek entry point of 10,000 euros is the lowest in our fleet, against about 13,000 in Croatia and 26,900 for mid range motor yachts in the western Mediterranean. On days it is closer than people expect, because the Greek rate includes VAT and fuel while Spanish and Italian ones usually do not — Greece still wins, but by less than the headline suggests. The full country by country spread is in the Mediterranean price breakdown, and the wider picture in how much a charter costs across the Med.
Watch out for teaser prices
The number that hooks people is often a low season rate, a half day rate, or a weekly rate quoted without APA and Greek VAT. Then the real quote lands and the plan dies. We publish the operator rate we hold for every listed boat, state what it includes, and give you the all in figure before you commit. If a Greek price looks too good, ask what is missing from it. That one question saves more charter plans than any discount.