Crewed Motor Yacht Charter Greece

Two questions decide it. First, does the broker own or manage the yachts they are showing you? We do not. George Yachts owns no hulls and holds no central agency mandates, so there is no boat we are being paid to fill and nothing to steer you towards; the motor yacht we propose is the one that fits your week. Second, who answers when something changes at 8pm on a Tuesday in August. Here it is George, personally, every time. Beyond that, check us the way you would check anyone: IYBA Charter Active Member, verifiable in their public directory. MYBA-standard contracts, with the base fee, the APA, the certified VAT rate and the gratuity range itemised before you sign. George Yachts Brokerage House LLC, a Wyoming company operating from Athens, both matters of public record. Featured in Forbes in May 2026. What we are not is old: the house was founded in 2026, and if decades of trading history is your first filter, several Athens brokerages have that and we do not. What we are is weekly-only, fully crewed, Greek waters only, and small enough that one person knows every boat and captain on the list.

Weekly rates run from €17,500 for a 19.5 metre motor yacht sleeping eight with a crew of three, to €235,000 for a 50 metre with a crew of nine. Most of our crewed motor yacht weeks settle between €40,000 and €115,000, before APA (typically 30 to 35% of the base rate) and Greek charter VAT at the yacht's certified rate, in practice 6.5% or 12% for most motor yachts (statutory cap 13%; 24% for short charters under 48 hours). Crew gratuity is a further 10 to 15% of the base fee under MYBA convention.

Base rate covers the yacht and crew. APA (Advance Provisioning Allowance) is paid up front and pays for fuel, food, drinks, dockage, and other running costs during the charter. APA is run as a transparent account and any unspent balance is returned at the end of the week. For motor yachts, APA is higher than sailing because fuel is the largest variable.

Yes. A 20-knot motor yacht covers Athens to Skiathos in about 8 hours. We typically build a 7-day route as Athens to Cyclades to Sporades or vice versa, with two full days at anchor in each group. Tighter than that and the charter feels rushed; longer and you lose the variety that makes the loop worth doing.

Most motor yachts from 30 metres up carry a dedicated chef. Below 30 metres, the captain's partner or chief stewardess often handles galley duties to a high standard. The 2026 fleet shows the chef position separately on every motor yacht listing; ask if you don't see it called out.

If your honeymoon vision is morning yoga on deck and quiet anchorages where you barely hear the engine, a sailing catamaran will give a softer rhythm. If it's room service in a master suite with a sea-view shower, a 30-metre motor yacht with a separate crew zone delivers privacy that a sailing boat cannot match. Both work for the right couple.

Yes, and the fast boats are exactly the ones that go first. The 2027 calendars are open now, owners publish their 2027 rate cards through the autumn, and the prime July and August weeks on the best motor yachts are typically committed by late winter. Booking early buys first pick of yacht and week; the 2027 charter calendar page holds the current picture at /yacht-charter-greece-2027.

It is a private motor yacht chartered for the week with her professional crew already aboard, so nobody in your party navigates, cooks or cleans. On the seventeen crewed motor yachts I represent, the crew runs from two on an 18 metre to nine on a 50 metre: a captain always, then a chef from roughly 23 metres up, then stewardesses, a deckhand and an engineer as the yacht grows. You board on the Saturday, the captain proposes an itinerary against the week's actual wind, and you change it as often as you like. The rate covers the yacht and the crew; fuel, food, drinks and berths run through the APA account and any unspent balance comes back to you at the end of the week.

Across the seventeen motor yachts I know first hand, a week runs from EUR 17,500 to EUR 235,000 for the yacht, before VAT and APA. The spread is mostly length and age: a 20 to 25 metre boat sits at the lower end, a 30 metre with stabilisers and a crew of five in the middle, and a 40 metre plus flagship at the top. Ask me for the rate on a specific yacht and week rather than a bracket, because the same hull is priced differently in June and in August.