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Click and Boat lists more than 50,000 boats across 600 destinations, was founded in Paris in 2013, and was acquired by Boats Group in 2022. Average platform commission runs around 23% of the day rate when you add the booking fee paid by the renter to the service fee paid by the owner. In the western Mediterranean the inventory is the deepest of any day-charter marketplace we tested, with 4,200 listings in the Côte d'Azur alone as of 2026-04. Outside the Med the picture changes, the platform thins quickly, and the verified-skipper checks we relied on in France did not reproduce in Florida.
Verdict: book with caveats. Click and Boat is the right platform for the Côte d'Azur, Mallorca, Ibiza, Sardinia, and the Cyclades day-charter slots. We do not recommend it for the Caribbean, the US east coast, or Mexico, where the operator quality control falls off and the alternative platforms hold deeper inventory.
What Click and Boat actually does
The platform is a two-sided marketplace. Owners and licensed charter operators list boats with photos, captain availability, fuel policy, and a price calendar. Renters browse, filter, and book. The platform takes a cut on both sides, processes payment, handles a basic insurance wrap on top of the operator's own cover, and runs a messaging layer between the two parties. Click and Boat does not own boats, employ captains, or set the day rates. Roughly 70% of the listings are owner-operator boats under 15m, with the remaining 30% professional fleets that also list through other channels.
The interface is the cleanest in the day-charter category. The map view is the right map view. The filters work the way the filters should work. The skipper-included toggle is a single click rather than a buried sub-menu, which is where GetMyBoat continues to fall short.
Inventory and access
The inventory is heavily Med-weighted. Paris-headquartered platforms tend to skew Med-French, and Click and Boat is no exception. Saint-Tropez, Cannes, Antibes, and the rest of the Côte d'Azur are the deepest, with Saint-Tropez peak-summer listings up roughly 40% year over year. Ibiza, Mallorca, and Mahón hold strong. Sardinia is good, particularly through Porto Cervo and Porto Rotondo. Mykonos is workable, Paros and Naxos thinner, Crete almost empty.
Outside Europe, the inventory is shallow. Miami has roughly 600 listings against Boatsetter's 4,400. Cabo San Lucas has fewer than 80. The Bahamas listings are mostly Nassau, with the Exumas and Abacos almost unrepresented. If you are at a hotel in the Caribbean or Mexico, do not start your search on Click and Boat. Start on Boatsetter or, for the larger brokered yachts in the size class above marketplace fit, route through one of the proper charter brokerages.
The day-rate range is wide. Owner-operated 8m bowrider day rates start around €350 in Mahón. The high end of the inventory tops out around €18,000 a day for 25 to 30m motor yachts in Saint-Tropez peak August. Above 30m the platform fit breaks down. The contract structure, the deposit handling, and the cancellation policy were designed for the €500 to €15,000 day-rate band, and the larger boats are better booked directly through a broker.
Contract behaviour
Click and Boat ships a standard rental contract that the renter and operator both accept in-app at the time of booking. The contract is in plain language, runs about 8 pages, and covers fuel policy, cancellation, damage liability, and the skipper-versus-bareboat split. We have read the 2026 version carefully. It is fine for a one-day rental at €1,500 to €5,000. It is not a MYBA contract and should not be confused with one.
What we mark down: the cancellation rules favour the operator, with a tiered refund window of 24 hours full, 48 hours partial, 72 hours nominal. Bad weather cancellations are at the captain's discretion, which is correct in principle, but the platform does not enforce a uniform standard, and we have heard from readers who lost a deposit on a borderline forecast where a more conservative captain would have called the day off. The platform does mediate disputes, and in the cases we have audited the renter side has prevailed roughly half the time. That is not a great ratio.
The fuel policy varies by listing. Some operators include up to a stated number of litres in the day rate. Others charge fuel at-cost on return. Read the listing. Click and Boat does not enforce a uniform fuel policy across the platform, and the difference between an inclusive listing and a fuel-on-return listing can be €400 to €1,200 on a busy day around Pampelonne.
Post-booking support
The post-booking experience is the strongest part of the platform. Confirmation is fast. Captain contact details are released two business days before the charter date. The in-app messaging holds the conversation, which is useful when you need to evidence a pre-departure exchange. The customer support team in Paris is responsive in French and English, within 24 hours during the season, slower in winter. We tested the support line in 2026-04 with a manufactured cancellation and the response came back in 19 hours.
The weak point is the cross-platform escalation when something goes wrong on the water. The platform's role ends when the renter steps off the dock. Skipper conduct, route changes, and damage disputes are handled after the fact, and the platform's leverage with the operator is variable. The most experienced operators self-manage well. The owner-operator long tail is the section to read carefully before you book.
Fees and APA equivalents
Day charters do not run APA in the MYBA sense. They run a day-rate-plus-fuel structure, sometimes a separate cleaning fee, occasionally a skipper-and-mate gratuity at the end of the day. Click and Boat's published fee structure for 2026:
| Charge | Who pays | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Service fee | Renter | 12 to 16% of day rate |
| Booking commission | Operator | 7 to 12% of day rate |
| Fuel | Renter | Operator policy, on top of day rate |
| Skipper fee | Renter | €180 to €350 per day where not included |
| Cleaning fee | Renter | €60 to €200 where listed |
| Insurance wrap | Renter | Included in service fee |
The total all-in cost on a €2,500 day-rate boat with skipper and average fuel is typically €3,400 to €3,900. That is a 35 to 55% step-up from the headline rate, which is consistent across the marketplace tier and worth knowing in advance. We have seen operators advertise a low headline rate and load the fuel and cleaning fees in a way that pushes the all-in past the next operator's straightforward number. The filter sort by total cost rather than headline rate.
Captains and verification
Click and Boat runs a captain verification programme for skippered listings. The verification confirms licence, basic safety training, and platform-tier insurance. The verification is reasonably tight in France, Spain, Italy, and Greece. It is patchier in Croatia, weaker in Turkey, and not consistently enforced in the US and Caribbean inventory. If the captain matters to you, and on a serious day charter the captain matters most, ask the platform's support team for the captain's certification before you book. We have done this on six bookings in 2026 and received the documentation in five of the six cases within 48 hours.
Where Click and Boat wins
Three places: the Côte d'Azur, the Balearics, and the Cyclades. In each of those zones the inventory depth is real, the filtering works, the captain pool is well-vetted, and the platform delivers the day as promised. For a hotel guest in Cannes who needs a 12m motor yacht for tomorrow at €2,800 to €4,500 all-in, Click and Boat is the first platform to open.
The platform also wins on UI. The map-and-list view is the right interface for this category. The skipper-included toggle, the date-range filter, and the price band slider all behave correctly. The booking confirmation flow does not surprise the renter with hidden fees at the end. We notice this because GetMyBoat does the opposite.
Where Click and Boat falls short
Outside the Med the inventory is too thin to be the right starting point. Miami, Cabo, Nassau, and the Caribbean leeward chain are all better served on Boatsetter. The weather-cancellation policy is operator-discretion in name but unevenly enforced, and the small print on the cancellation tier favours the operator side. The captain verification standard is not uniformly applied across countries. The platform's leverage to fix a bad on-water day is limited.
The booking fee structure is in the higher band of the marketplace tier. The 12 to 16% service fee charged to the renter is above SamBoat (typically 10 to 14%) and broadly in line with GetMyBoat. For a price-sensitive renter the comparison is worth running side by side rather than assuming Click and Boat is the cheaper marketplace.
Passed on
We passed on three Click and Boat listings in our 2026 audit, all from operators with multiple negative readouts from charter clients we trust. The platform's listing-removal policy is reactive rather than proactive, and operators with documented service failures remain visible on the platform longer than they should. We do not name the operators here because the listings churn quickly. The pattern is what we mark down.
We also passed on the Click and Boat fleet listings in the US Virgin Islands. The platform does not have the operator depth in that region and the captain pool is small enough that a single bad day takes a meaningful share of the listings out of rotation. The British Virgin Islands inventory routes through more reliable operators directly. Use the BVI day-charter page when it goes live, or book the BVI segments through one of the dedicated catamaran charter operators rather than through a marketplace.
How Click and Boat compares
Against GetMyBoat: deeper Med inventory, cleaner UI, stricter captain verification in Europe. GetMyBoat wins on global breadth, US presence, and total listing count. Read the GetMyBoat review for the comparison.
Against Boatsetter: Boatsetter wins comprehensively in the US, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. Click and Boat wins in Europe. The two platforms do not directly substitute each other unless you are in the narrow band of Spain and Italy where both have meaningful inventory. Boatsetter review.
Against SamBoat: SamBoat is the most direct competitor by structure and geographic skew, with comparable Med inventory and a slightly lower fee load. Click and Boat wins on UI and on captain verification consistency. SamBoat wins on headline price for the same boat class in many Med markets. SamBoat review.
Against Sailo: Sailo is a thinner platform, US-focused with light Caribbean inventory. The categories barely overlap. Sailo review.
Where Click and Boat sits in the For Kings stack
If you are at a villa we list on VillasForKings or a hotel we list on HotelsForKings anywhere from Saint-Tropez to Mahón, Click and Boat is the platform to open first for a day on the water. Pair the booking with a lunch reservation at one of the coastal restaurants we list on RestaurantsForKings, tell the captain the booking time, and let the day shape around it.
FAQ
Is Click and Boat legitimate? Yes. Click and Boat has been operating since 2013, is owned by Boats Group since 2022, and is one of the two largest day-charter marketplaces in Europe.
What does Click and Boat charge? The renter pays a 12 to 16% service fee on top of the day rate. The operator pays a 7 to 12% commission. Fuel, skipper where not included, and cleaning are billed separately per listing.
Does Click and Boat verify captains? Yes in the Mediterranean, less consistently elsewhere. Ask support for the captain's certification before you book if it matters.
What is Click and Boat's cancellation policy? Tiered: full refund 24 hours out, partial 48 hours, nominal 72 hours. Bad weather cancellations are at captain's discretion and not uniformly enforced across listings.
Is Click and Boat better than GetMyBoat? In the Mediterranean, yes. In the US and Caribbean, no. They are complementary platforms, not direct substitutes.
Last updated: 2026-05