Can I exceed my APA during a yacht charter?

Answer

Yes. If the yacht's actual charter expenses exceed the APA paid in advance, the charterer is generally responsible for the additional amount.

This can happen because of additional fuel consumption, extra cruising, expensive marina berths, provisioning choices, increased guest numbers or changes to the itinerary.

The exact procedure is governed by the charter agreement.

Analysis

APA is designed to accommodate variable expenses, so exceeding the initial allowance is not necessarily unusual. What matters is that the charterer understands what is being spent and why.

Broker Comment

If your itinerary changes significantly during the charter, ask the captain for an updated indication of expected expenditure. This is particularly useful when adding long passages, additional islands or premium marina ber crew will normally provision the yacht according to the guests' preferences, quality and style of provisioning can be an important part of the charter experience. It is therefore useful to discuss food make a major difference to the experience. Give the broker and crew meaningful information about how you actually, but there can be customs, import, provisioning, be straightforward, but importing alcohol or food across international borders can create complications. The safest approach is to identify or children's food product you want, tell us early. In many cases the crew can source it locally questionnaire used to tell the captain and crew about the guests, their preferences and any requirements that will, dietary requirements, activities, sleeping arrangements, children's needs, preferred cruising style and other personal preferencesths.