You often read news about stars, football players, actors… on a yacht at a certain beach in the summer, you wonder why each time those famous people appear on a different yacht? The answer is not that they own many yachts but that they use yacht charter services. Chartering a yacht is the “cheapest” way for you to have memorable experiences on a yacht, you can have a memorable day and night or a full week on a yacht.
Around the world, this service is quite popular, especially in Europe. You can easily find many yacht rental companies on beautiful beaches such as Saint Tropez, Ibiza, Cannes, Monaco… with many types of yachts from 12m to over 35m for 4 – 12 passengers or more. In Asia, countries with coastal waters and exploitation potential such as Thailand, Singapore or Malaysia are also quite popular.
Rental prices are also very diverse. For about $4,000, you can rent a small catamaran yacht for 4 people to spend the night at sea. The rental price usually includes all expenses such as fuel, crew (usually 2 people) and some other expenses. Customers only have to pay extra to buy food and drinks or they can hire a chef to prepare their favorite dishes and bring them on the yacht. Of course, you will have to pay an additional amount. small money. Or you can pay $2,000 for the same yacht to have a cruise of about 8 hours to explore the coast and islands with a delicious fresh lunch on the yacht.
For larger superyachts (from 30m), customers usually rent for at least 1 week and the cost ranges from 70,000 – 100,000$ depending on size and amenities. Of course, this cost is only available to people who earn a lot of money. And usually they will travel together as 3-4 couples or a family. For example, Barcelona’s superstar was spotted on a luxury yacht or star Kim Kardashian’s family often has the habit of renting a large yacht on summer vacation.
Normally, before buying a yacht, customers will use the rental service first to experience and know their needs and then proceed to place an order. After purchasing, customers use their own yacht to rent out to save costs on crew and maintenance. They often use a management company to rent out their yacht. This company will be responsible for managing, finding customers as well as reporting financially to the owner monthly. When the owner needs to use the boat, they will notify the management company in advance to prepare the boat.
With this form, yacht charterers will choose wherever they want to go and just find a yacht there or they simply have the opportunity to experience many different yachts. And yacht owners will be able to cut maintenance costs and crew salaries each year range from 50,000 euros for a 20m-22m yacht to more than 500,000 euros for a yacht over 40m.
What about in Vietnam? Large yacht companies began to be present in Vietnam such as Simpson Marine, Asiamarine, Fraser Yacht. Customers can choose yacht charter tours in Thailand, Malaysia and Europe with prices ranging from a few thousand USD to several hundred thousand USD.
BEN TRAN – YACHTS COLUMNIST
