Crewed Catamaran in Greece: Cost Per Person

How much does a crewed catamaran in Greece cost per person?

For eight guests on a 46 to 52 foot crewed catamaran, expect roughly €2,200 to €3,200 per person for the week once VAT, expenses and tips are in. For six guests on the same boats it is about €3,000 to €4,200. Those are market figures from current listings, not a quote, and the spread depends mostly on the boat and the crew.

The reason the number is hard to find is simple. Listing sites mix bareboat prices, skippered prices and fully crewed prices on the same page, and almost none of them show what you pay after the base rate. The boat is priced per week. You split it by the people on board, then add four things the listing leaves out.

This piece does that maths for a crewed week in Greece, with the sources and the gaps marked. If you want the general picture first, start with what a yacht charter costs.

Crewed or skippered: what is the difference?

A skippered catamaran comes with a captain and nothing else. A crewed catamaran comes with a captain and at least one more person, usually a chef or a hostess, and the boat is run as a small floating hotel. The gap between the two is bigger than the price of one extra person.

On a typical skippered Lagoon 46, the skipper is a mandatory extra. In the Greek listings we checked, a skipper runs about €1,400 to €2,000 a week, with crew food on top. A hostess is optional and sits in a similar range, around €1,300 to €1,800 a week. One Lagoon 46 listing out of Paleros showed a skipper, a hostess and a cleaning fee as separate lines, plus a 12 percent tax line.

A hostess cleans, serves, looks after the cabins and helps in the galley. She or he is not usually a trained chef. If you want cooked dinners rather than good lunches, you want a dedicated chef, and that is where the real crewed boats start. A dedicated crew of two (captain and chef) is the entry level. Larger boats often carry three.

Skippered-with-hostess is cheaper on paper. It is also more work for you: you provision, you plan meals, you chase marina tables. Crewed means the boat arrives with a rhythm. For eight adults who want a week, not a project, the extra money buys back most of your time.

Base price by season and size

Greek catamaran pricing is quoted per boat per week. Peak is late July and August. Shoulder weeks (May, June, September, October) typically run 15 to 25 percent below peak, according to one Greek brokerage's 2026 to 2027 index.

These are the bands we see across listings:

• Lagoon 46 or Fountaine Pajot 47, skippered, 8 guests: base boat from about €4,500 in low season to about €13,000 to €14,000 in peak. Add the skipper and hostess above.
• Lagoon 46 or Fountaine Pajot 47, crewed with captain and chef, 8 guests: about €12,000 to €16,000 a week as listed by Athens-area brokers.
• Lagoon 51, 52 and 55, crewed, up to 10 guests: about €17,000 to €22,000 a week.
• 60 foot and above, four cabins and a full crew: about €24,000 to €28,000 plus 30 percent APA and VAT in one broker's 2026 summer card, and well above that for larger boats.

A Greek brokerage's index puts crewed catamarans from 12 to 16 metres at €17,000 to €22,000 net a week. Another set of listings puts a crewed Lagoon 46 for eight at €12,000. Both can be right. They are different crews, different years and different brokers.

Model matters less than people think. A Lagoon, a Bali and a Fountaine Pajot of the same length sit in the same band. Build year, refit date and above all the captain move the price and the week more than the badge does. If you are weighing a catamaran against a monohull for the group, we compared them here.

What gets added on top of the base price?

Four things, and the quote should show all of them before you sign.

VAT. For a crewed charter longer than 48 hours the statutory Greek rate is 13 percent. Bareboat and very short charters fall under the standard 24 percent. Broker pages also describe a reduced effective rate of 5.2, 6.5, 7.8 or 12 percent depending on the yacht's certification, and that is where the quotes diverge. Sources disagree on the detail and this is not something to guess. Ask for the rate and the lines it applies to, in writing, per boat. In our worked example below we use 13 percent as a safe ceiling.

APA. The advance provisioning allowance is paid up front and covers fuel, food, drinks and marina fees. On Greek catamarans it is typically 20 to 30 percent of the base fee, and some brokers quote 25 to 35 percent. Unspent money is returned at the end, so treat it as a ceiling. Sailing cats burn little fuel, so the money goes mostly on food, wine and the odd marina night.

Tips. Customary rather than compulsory, usually 5 to 15 percent of the base fee, split across the crew. Our tipping guide goes through how to hand it over. Budget 10 percent and adjust on the day.

Cruising tax and permits. Greece's cruising tax, TEPAI, is a monthly charge on pleasure vessels over 7 metres, collected through the national tax authority's e-TEPAI system. The RYA notes that professional recreational vessels are also liable. On a Greek charter boat the operator normally deals with it and it either sits inside the base fee or appears as a mandatory line. Separately, charter yachts that are not Greek-registered need an e-charter permit, which a broker's 2024 note priced at a daily fee by gross tonnage plus a €500 base. That mostly hits larger foreign-flag boats. Ask which of these the quote already covers, and ask about the transit log (the cruising document for the yacht's movements in Greek waters) in the same sentence. We could not confirm current tariff tables from the official portal, so check before booking.

Worked example: 6 and 8 guests

Three boats, one week each, in similar conditions. Every figure is a market estimate built from the bands above.

A few notes on how to read it.

Boat A looks cheap until you add the crew lines and the food you buy yourself. It lands in the same place as a basic crewed boat. Boat B often wins on value for the same reason.

Boat C is the one to take when the food and the space matter. The extra €950 or so per head buys a bigger boat and, usually, a more experienced crew.

If the yacht holds a reduced VAT certificate, C comes down by about €1,100 at 6.5 percent. Unspent APA also comes back. So the table is a sensible ceiling, not a floor.

For six guests the boat costs the same, so the per-person number jumps by a third. If the group is smaller than the boat, our note on splitting charter costs between friends covers how groups usually divide the bill.

Greece or Croatia for a crewed catamaran?

Similar money, different week. A Lagoon 46 in Trogir is listed at about €5,550 in low season and €14,500 in high season for eight guests, with a crewed-option APA estimated at €2,000 to €3,000 and tips of 10 to 20 percent. Croatia's VAT on charters that start there is generally quoted at 13 percent, charged on the charter fee. The headline numbers are within a few percent of Greece, so price is not the reason to choose one over the other.

The reason is the water. Croatia gives you short legs, sheltered channels and a lot of marinas and towns. Greece gives you longer, more exposed crossings, better anchorages and a stronger sense of being somewhere remote. See our Croatia sailing guide for the route detail.

Our view: for a group that wants calm sailing and lots of ashore time, Croatia. For a group that wants swimming, empty bays and Greek food, Greece.

Cyclades, Ionian or Saronic for a crewed week?

The rate card is set per yacht, so the same boat costs the same in every region. Where you sail changes the week, and sometimes the delivery fee if the boat has to reposition.

Cyclades. Paros, Antiparos, Milos, Koufonisia. The best swimming and the most character, and the meltemi. In July and August it blows hard, and a good captain plans around it. Prefer June or September.

Ionian. Corfu, Paxos, Lefkada, Kefalonia. Calm water, short hops, green hills. The gentlest week, and the natural choice with children or nervous sailors.

Saronic. Aegina, Poros, Hydra. The shortest transfer from Athens, which suits a five-day trip, though it gets busy. A good option for a long weekend with a corporate group.

Our longer comparison of the Greek islands goes through the routes in detail.

When should you book for 2027?

Now, for July and August. One Greek brokerage's index suggests 6 to 12 months ahead for July and August, 4 to 6 months for June and early July, and 3 to 4 months for the shoulder. It is mid-October 2026. The better crewed catamarans for August 2027 tend to go early.

Four things worth doing when you book:

• Ask for the quote in writing, line by line: base, crew, VAT rate, APA percentage, cruising tax, transit log, cleaning, tender fuel.
• Ask what year the boat was last refitted and who the captain is. Ask to speak to them.
• Check the base port. A boat in Corfu does not become a Cyclades boat for free.
• Ask what the cancellation terms are before you pay the deposit.

If you are weighing a week in winter instead, the Seychelles and Thailand comparison shows how the maths changes. For a company group, our corporate yacht charter guide covers the paperwork.

Getting the real number

The headline price is the easy part. The VAT lines, the APA, the crew terms and the base port are where two quotes for the same boat can end up thousands apart. We compare them line by line, check the boat and the captain, and tell you which one we would book and why. If you are comparing options for a group, our yacht charters page shows how that works.

Tell us the dates, the group and the sort of week you want. We will come back with a clear number and a clear recommendation.

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