Turkey is the Mediterranean's best-value crewed cruising and its most opaque pricing, and the two facts are connected. The boat most people want here is a gulet, gulets are sold crewed and on enquiry, and the only public Turkish figure in this record comes from a conventional bareboat operator's base at Fethiye.
The one published Turkish figure
The Moorings publishes $7,224 to $31,229 for a 7 day charter for 2 people out of Fethiye. That is the highest entry figure of the five Moorings destinations in this record, above Croatia at $1,885, Greece at $2,634, the BVI at $3,284 and the Bahamas at $5,579. It reflects the fleet at one base rather than the cost of the country, which is worth holding on to before concluding that Turkey is expensive.
What a crewed Turkish week usually includes
More than a Croatian or Greek one. Turkish crewed charters more often include food and soft drinks in the price, and the crew-to-guest ratio tends to be higher. That makes two headline numbers from two countries genuinely hard to compare, and it is the first question to ask when you are given a figure: what is in it.
Why the gulet market publishes nothing
Gulets are sold by the boat or by the cabin, crewed, usually with meals, and always on enquiry. No company in this record publishes a gulet week for Turkey. The nearest published crewed anchors are Croatian: an average crewed catamaran at 10.000 EUR a week and crewed luxury from 25.000 EUR, both published by Sailing Holidays in Croatia.
Questions people ask about luxury yacht charter turkey
How much is a luxury yacht charter in Turkey?
The Moorings publishes $7,224 to $31,229 for a 7 day charter for 2 people out of Fethiye. No gulet rate is published by any company in this record.
Is food included on a Turkish charter?
More often than in Croatia or Greece, particularly on gulets. It is the main reason two similar headline figures are not comparable, so ask what is in the price.
Where do Turkish charters leave from?
Fethiye, Gocek, Bodrum and Marmaris are the main bases, and they open onto different coasts and different weeks.