Reserving
your charter yacht is a simple progression of actions:
Pick
a time and a place for your charter. It's best to provide
us with a window consisting of the earliest date you could
fly down and the latest date you could fly back.
- Select up to three yachts in order of preference and
phone us to check availability for you.
- We put a temporary hold on your first available choice
and also help you to complete your travel package with
airline reservations and a hotel, if necessary. We fax
or email the entire package to you along with a charter
agreement for your approval. In most cases we can hold
your charter reservation for 48 hours pending deposit
and this time period can be extended for up to two weeks
providing that another party does not request the same
charter dates.
- See both pdf's below for this step
- You confirm your charter by signing the charter agreement
and making your initial charter deposit by credit card
(or by check if you prefer). You also decide whether or
not you wish to take out trip cancellation insurance.
If you plan to go "bareboat" (un-captained)
also fill this
formulary.
It's
that easy! At this point, your charter is confirmed.
If you make your reservation more than six months in advance,
the charter deposit is 25% with the other 25% due at the
six month mark. Within six months, you make a single deposit
of 50%. In most cases you'll pay the balance of your charter
upon boarding your yacht though increasingly, some yachts
are requesting final payment 45 days in advance. Once you've
confirmed your charter and paid your deposit, most charter
contracts can only be canceled if the yacht is able to re-book
the same charter dates with another party. If this happens
your deposit is returned less a $100 handling charge, but
if the boat cannot re-book the dates, you lose your entire
deposit. Because of this, we recommend Trip Cancellation
Insurance, which will provide your refund under covered
conditions.
From the time you make your reservation to the week before
you leave on your trip, we will be in communication with
you several times, fine-tuning your charter arrangements
with food and beverage requests and a myriad of other small
details. And approximately a month before your departure,
we will provide you with a final summary of your trip showing
all the details and listing ways to get in touch with you
while you are on charter. We do this better than any other
charter agency, to provide you with a trouble-free vacation
experience. |