All inclusive means something specific in this trade and something looser in the advertising, and the gap between the two is where charter arguments happen. On a crewed yacht it normally means the boat, the crew, the food, the soft drinks and the fuel for ordinary cruising. It almost never means the four things that follow, and every one of them is a real sum of money.
What the crewed price includes
Read on 11 September 2026, The Moorings prices a crewed British Virgin Islands week from 13,134 USD against 3,284 bareboat for the same seven days and two people, and a crewed Exumas week from 22,619 against 4,529. That multiple of roughly four is the crew, the larger boat, the provisioning and the fact that nobody in your party is responsible for anything. In the Caribbean an all inclusive crewed charter conventionally covers three meals a day, soft drinks, snorkelling gear, water toys and fuel within normal cruising.
The four things that are not included
Alcohol above a house allowance, which on many boats is beer and table wine only. Dockage, whenever you choose a marina berth over an anchorage, billed at the marina's rate. Any national park, cruising permit or customs fee, which in the British Virgin Islands and the Exumas is charged per person and per boat. And the crew gratuity, which in the Caribbean is conventionally ten to twenty percent of the charter fee and is not optional in practice.
All inclusive on a bareboat is a different claim
When a bareboat company says all inclusive it usually means the mandatory extras have been rolled into the headline instead of billed at the base: the transit log, the final cleaning, the bed linen, the outboard and the deposit waiver. Boataround's own listing for a Solaris 55 shows what those look like when they are itemised instead, at 809 USD for a transit log covering final cleaning and bed linen and 238 a day for a mandatory skipper. Rolled in, they make comparison easier and the headline larger.
How to compare two all inclusive quotes
Ask for the same four lines from both: what alcohol is covered, whether dockage is inside or billed, which permits and taxes are included, and what gratuity is expected. Ask whether fuel is unlimited or capped at a number of engine hours. On a crewed boat ask for the provisioning standard in writing. Two quotes that differ by fifteen percent on the headline routinely differ by nothing at all once those lines are settled.
Questions people ask about all inclusive yacht charters
What does all inclusive mean on a yacht charter?
On a crewed yacht, normally the boat, crew, three meals a day, soft drinks, water toys and fuel for ordinary cruising. The Moorings prices a crewed BVI week from 13,134 USD against 3,284 bareboat, read on 11 September 2026.
What is never included?
Alcohol beyond a house allowance, marina dockage when you choose a berth, national park and cruising permits charged per person, and the crew gratuity, which in the Caribbean is conventionally ten to twenty percent.
Is a bareboat ever all inclusive?
Some companies roll the mandatory extras into the headline: transit log, final cleaning, linen, outboard and deposit waiver. Boataround itemised a transit log at 809 USD and a mandatory skipper at 238 a day, which is the same money shown differently.
How do you compare two all inclusive quotes?
Settle four lines on both: alcohol, dockage, permits and taxes, and expected gratuity, plus whether fuel is capped by engine hours. Quotes that look fifteen percent apart often are not once those are equal.