Luxury Yacht Charter Greece

The luxury tier of the fleet starts at €60,000 base per yacht per week, runs €65,000 to €90,000 for the 80-foot catamarans, €60,000 to €150,000 across the 26 to 40 metre motor yachts, and €83,300 to €235,000 for the four flagships above 45 metres. Base rate excludes APA (20 to 40% depending on yacht type), VAT at the yacht's certified rate and crew gratuity. Every rate is per yacht, fully crewed, never per person.

The base rate covers the yacht and the full professional crew for the week. Food, drink, fuel and port fees run through the APA, an advance the captain accounts for openly. VAT is invoiced at the yacht's certified rate, typically 6.5-12% in Greece. A gratuity of 10 to 15% of the base rate is customary at the end of a good week and always at your discretion.

Motor yachts buy speed and interior volume: more marble, more cabins with sea views, stabilisers at anchor, and the range to do Mykonos to Santorini in a morning. The big sailing catamarans buy space on the water, shallow bays the deep-draft boats cannot enter, and the particular silence of travelling under sail. Price bands overlap; the choice is temperament, not budget.

A retail charter broker, paid by the owner's side under the MYBA form, so the rate card is the same through a house as direct. Judge the broker by four checks: a professional body listing (IYBA publishes its Charter Active Members), the MYBA Charter Agreement, a verifiable legal entity, and a proposal that itemises base fee, VAT, APA and gratuity. George Yachts Brokerage House passes all four and writes every luxury week through one broker who meets you on the quay.

For peak July and August weeks, nine to twelve months ahead; the tier thins out fast once the season's first enquiries land. Early and late season can often be arranged three to six months out, and occasionally closer, because the tier's clientele concentrates on the school-holiday weeks.

Not on one hull, with one exception. Greek and international rules cap a charter yacht at 12 sleeping guests regardless of size. Larger groups either take two yachts cruising in company, which works beautifully for extended families, or ELYSIUM, a 64-metre vessel certified as a passenger ship and chartered whole.

The honest answer is that the yacht matters more than the postcode, but three patterns hold. The Cyclades deliver the marquee names and the Meltemi-tested crews. The Saronic Gulf is the connoisseur circuit: short hops, protected water, Hydra at dusk. The Ionian gives the calmest seas and the greenest anchorages, and suits first-time luxury charterers best.

In the luxury tier, EUR 60,000 to 235,000 base per yacht per week from the yachts' own rate cards: the 80 foot catamarans from EUR 56,000, motor yachts of 33 to 37 metres such as NOEMA, PANDION and BLUE SYMPHONIE from EUR 62,000 to 99,000, the Sanlorenzos RIANA II and NAIA at EUR 105,000 to 150,000, and LA PELLEGRINA 1 at 50 metres from EUR 180,000. All in, with APA of 30 to 40 per cent on a motor yacht and Greek VAT at the certified rate, multiply the base by roughly 1.35 to 1.5, before the gratuity of 10 to 15 per cent. Hire, rental and charter mean the same thing here: the yacht and her crew, by the week, under the MYBA form.

Yes, if luxury means the standard of the yacht and the crew rather than the length. Below the tier on this page, a Moon 60 catamaran launched in 2024 such as SEABARIT LX with captain, chef and stewardess opens at EUR 31,000, a Pershing 90 such as ONE with four crew at EUR 45,000, and the Sunreef 70 Power ALTEYA at EUR 49,000. A crewed luxury week in Greece starts around EUR 30,000 all-in, and the article on what a crewed luxury yacht charter is walks the ladder from there to the yachts on this page.