How to save € 30.000 or more on a gulet cruise?
In this blog post, I will explain 30.000 reasons why it is a good idea to use a travel agency that knows what is doing when it comes to booking a gulet cruise. Read it carefully or it can cost you a lot when you will be booking your gulet charter holidays.
Every year we visit Marmaris yacht show and go to Turkey at least several times & year to meet our partners and check some gulets.
But Marmaris show is super interesting because of 1 reason: THERE ARE LOTS OF GULETS READY FOR SEASON, WITH ALL THE INFO AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL – NEXT TO EACH OTHER!
This makes it super easy to compare them to each other, check their prices and see what they have to offer. And there was 1 interesting case that we have noticed the last time we were at a boat show.
Check it out from this movie:
To Sum It Up!
- Gulet A: 39 meters LOA, 6 crew on board, 5 cabins, built in 2012. Amazing vessel! Charter price: € 39.000 per week including food!
- Gulet B: 40 meters LOA, 5 crew, 5 cabins, built in 2012. Amazing vessel! Charter price: € 50.000 per week food extra (totally then around € 55.000 per week for 10 guests).
- Gulet C: 43 meter LOA, 6 crew, 6 cabins, built in 2012. Super amazing vessel!! Charter price: € 50.000 per week including food and drinks.
- Gulet D: 34 meters, 4 crew, 4 cabins, built in 2009. Very nice vessel! Charter price: € 38.000 per week food. Together around € 43.000 per week.
- Gulet E: 38 meters, 6 crew, 5 cabins built in 2009. Amazing vessel! Charter price: € 65.000 per week food extra. Together around € 70.000 per week.
- Gulet F: 39 meters, 6 crew, 5 cabins, built in 2012. Amazing vessel. Charter price: € 75.000 per week food is extra, Together around € 85.000 per week.
I will tell you from my point of view!
There was almost no difference in quality between gulet A and gulet F.
Price difference – almost € 45.000!!!
Now you will probably ask yourself if this is possible? And why there is such a difference. The answer is easy.
Gulet A was built and made for charter – and to make good business. The crew was super educated for charter guests. The cabins were all very similar having charter clients in mind. And the owner is a very keen business man and that is why he knows which price will be OK in the market. He sold already more than 15 weeks which is amazing!
Gulet F was built for private use. A client made the gulet for himself. He uses the gulet around 1 month for himself and he wishes to sell some weeks to cover a couple of costs. But because this is his “baby” he does not wish to charter it for the price he thinks is “too low”. But what he thinks is “too low” in the market is actually crazy expensive. And the bad news is he actually makes a couple of weeks every year.
And now imagine the “suckers” who pay € 85.000 for a week on an amazing vessel..and then they see another vessel just as amazing as this one and they found out it is € 45.000 cheaper?!?! Not good!
And now imagine another thing. Let’s say the client gets amazing 20% discount on an € 85.000 gulet? He will be super happy and sure he got an incredible deal. But he is still paying almost € 30.000 more than some other client for the other gulet.
The same story applies when you go to standard category gulets also. You have to know which gulet offers good VALUE and not good discounts. This does not mean of course the cheaper is always better! Not at all! But it means that it pays off to know what you are booking and why.
And this is where we can help you.
One of our main goals is to find gulets that have the price connected with the value of gulet.
Let me ask you a question.
Which cabin is better?
This one?
Or this one?
Maybe the answer looks easy, but it is not.
The quality of the cabin DEPENDS ON THE PRICE OF THE GULET!!! Let me ask you again. (this is just theoretical example of course)
Let’s say the CABIN NO.1 is on a gulet, that has charter price € 85.000 per week. And now let’s say the CABIN NO.2 is on a gulet that has charter price € 10.000 per week.
Now when you know this info – you can check the cabins again.
Of course, cabin No.1 is larger, more luxury type and a bit nicer. But not for this money! On the other hand the second cabin for € 10.000 per week – it is a real deal!
So when we check gulets – we always ask about the charter prices first – and then we check the gulet according to the price it has.
Hope this helps.
