What is a yacht delivery or repositioning fee?

Answer

A delivery or repositioning fee may apply when a yacht needs to travel to or from the agreed embarkation or disembarkation location specifically for the charter.

The amount can depend on the distance, fuel consumption, time required and other operational factors.

Whether such a fee applies should be confirmed in the charter quotation and agreement.

Analysis

The fee reflects the additional operational cost associated with positioning the yacht rather than being an arbitrary surcharge.

Choosing an embarkation point close to where the yacht is already operating can sometimes avoid or reduce repositioning requirements.

Broker’s advice

This is one reason we check where the yacht actually is, not just where you would like to board it. Sometimes another embarkation port or a different yacht produces a materially better overall proposition.