Does the crew stay on board during the charter?

Carina Isenberg
Yacht charter broker, DMA Yachting

Yes. On a crewed charter the captain, chef, and stewardess live aboard for the whole trip, in their own crew quarters separate from the guest cabins. That is why a yacht listed with 4 guest cabins genuinely sleeps 8 guests; the crew occupies none of them.

They are also on duty in the ways that matter: meals, drinks, watersports setup, repositioning the boat while you swim, and local knowledge of which cala is glorious at nine in the morning and which fills with day boats by noon.

On captain-only charters the captain still sleeps aboard, sometimes in a dedicated cabin, sometimes in the saloon depending on layout. If cabin privacy matters to your group, ask us how a specific yacht arranges it before you book.