Can I Hire a Yacht in Greece?

You do not drive the boat. A crewed charter means the yacht comes with her captain, her chef and her crew for the week; you tell them how you like to live and the week is run around you. There is no licence to hold, no provisioning to do, and no navigation to think about. The captain decides the route each morning with you, around the wind and your mood. One price, per yacht, per week. The base fee buys the yacht, the crew and the insurance. The APA, the running budget for fuel, food, drink and berths, is paid in advance and settled against receipts; Greek VAT applies at the yacht's own certified rate; the gratuity is at your discretion at the end. Nothing is priced by the head. Where and when. Three grounds carry almost every week: the Saronic from Athens, Aegina eighteen miles out and Hydra thirty-five; the Cyclades from Athens, Mykonos at ninety; the Ionian from Corfu or Lefkada, green and calm. Late April to late October is the season, June and September the months most families should take. Who you are dealing with. George Yachts Brokerage House LLC is a United States company, registered in Wyoming, with its brokerage desk in Athens, a few minutes from the marinas the yachts leave from. It is a boutique house: one broker, George P. Biniaris, Founder and Managing Broker, a licensed sailing skipper with a powerboat licence valid to 25 metres, handles every file himself, from the first message to the quay on check-in day, and is reachable on WhatsApp at +1 786 798 8798. The house is listed as an IYBA Charter Active Member, writes every charter on the MYBA form of agreement, was featured in Forbes in May 2026, and holds a 5.0 rating on Google. The APA, the VAT at each yacht's certified rate and the gratuity are set out line by line in every proposal, so nothing arrives as a surprise.