The honest answer is that it depends on four things and that most companies will not tell you any of them without an enquiry. This record was built to answer it anyway: fifteen yacht charter companies were read on 11 September 2026, nine of them publish a price a customer can read before enquiring, and five of those publish a weekly figure. Here is what they say.
Ask several charter companies what your week costs
The published weekly figures
Nautilus Yachting publishes a low-season Italian two to three cabin bareboat monohull from around 1200 pounds a week, the lowest week in this record. The Moorings publishes 7 day charters for 2 people from $1,885 in Croatia, $2,634 in Greece, $3,284 in the British Virgin Islands, $5,579 in the Bahamas and $7,224 in Turkey. Sunsail publishes about $3,500 for a low-season BVI bareboat monohull. YachtCharterFleet publishes from $12,000 a week for a 20m crewed motor yacht in Miami.
The four things that decide where in that range you land
The kind of charter: bareboat, skippered, crewed or fully crewed, an order of magnitude apart. The season: The Moorings' own Croatian range runs from $1,885 to $36,020 for the same seven days and the same two people. The boat: a catamaran sits well above a monohull of the same length, and Sunsail's own low-season figures are about $3,500 for a monohull and about $5,700 for a catamaran. And the cruising ground, which matters least of the four.
What is never in the rate
Fuel, provisioning, marina and port fees along the way, the end cleaning and the security deposit, always. A skipper, where you take or are required to take one: Sailing Holidays in Croatia publishes 1.260 EUR a week. On a crewed charter the Advance Provisioning Allowance replaces most of the running costs with a single larger figure paid in advance, and the crew gratuity is customary and separate again.
Other questions people ask
How much does it cost to rent a yacht for a week?
The published figures run from around 1200 pounds for a low-season Italian bareboat monohull to $12,000 a week for a 20m crewed motor yacht in Miami, with The Moorings publishing 7 day charters for 2 people from $1,885 in Croatia.
Why do so few companies publish a price?
Because rate, dates and availability are negotiated together and a published figure would be hedged or stale. Of 20 companies read for this record, 18 publish something and 5 publish a fixed weekly figure.
What is not included in a yacht rental price?
Fuel, provisioning, marina and port fees, end cleaning and the deposit in every case; a skipper if you take one; and on crewed charters an Advance Provisioning Allowance paid before the trip.
How much does it cost to rent a small yacht?
The lowest published week in this record is Nautilus Yachting's low-season Italian two to three cabin bareboat monohull, from around 1200 pounds a week. The Moorings publishes 7 day charters for 2 people from $1,885 in Croatia, which is the small end of its fleet.