Ten thousand euros for one day on the water. Where does it actually go? Once you see the anatomy of a charter rate, the number stops feeling like a mystery and starts feeling like a bill of materials.
Inside a day rate
The published day rate covers the yacht, its professional crew and a full charter day, normally eight hours. Standard equipment is included: tender where the boat carries one, snorkelling gear, sound system, shade, and usually paddleboards or similar toys, listed per boat on its page. Each listing states whether VAT and fuel are inside the rate or separate. We publish the operator's own terms, nothing reworded.
Inside a weekly rate
A MYBA weekly rate covers the yacht and crew for seven days. Everything consumable rides on the APA: fuel, food and drink aboard, berthing, and extras you request during the week. The crew provisions the boat to your preference sheet before you arrive, which is why a good preference sheet is worth twenty minutes of your life: allergies, coffee brand, wine direction, how you like breakfast, whether the kids live on pasta.
Usually extra, worth asking about
- Catering on day boats: from platters to a private chef, arranged per charter
- Jet skis: licence rules differ by country, and insurance treats them separately
- Berthing in marquee ports in high season, which can be significant
- Transfers to and from the boat, easily arranged with the booking
- Crew gratuity: customary, never obligatory, covered on our FAQ
The one question that surfaces everything
Ask for the all in number for your group on your date. Not the headline rate: the all in number. Any serious desk can produce it in one message, ours included. The full checklist of what to ask before you pay anything is in questions to ask before booking.