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CharterWave gives you several ways to find a reputable charter broker. One option is to read our editorial in-depth interviews with brokers worldwide. Another is to check out our comprehensive list below. The following brokers are also CharterWave sponsors. Brokers can't become sponsors unless they are members of key professional groups. We encourage you to support the following reputable brokers:
| This is the retail charter-booking division of Crew Unlimited, a company that helps charter yacht owners find crew. Company owner Ami Ira prides herself on matching charter clients with not just the best yacht, but also the best crew for their needs. You can learn more at www.crewunlimited.com. |
| June Montagne and Ann Landry are our brokers of choice at this company's office in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. They focus on crewed yachts, power and sail, in all size ranges and have close to 30 years' experience as charter brokers between them. Northrop and Johnson also manages a fleet of sailing and motoryachts in multiple price ranges, including some of the most impressive yachts available for charter anywhere in the world. You can learn more at the Northrop and Johnson website. |
| Former yacht crew member Reia Stannard is the yacht charter director here, as well as a full member of CYBA International. Broker Trina Howes, who is based in New York City, has sailed all over the world and brings her personal travel knowledge to every charter she books. Learn more at the CharterWorld.com website. |
President Janet Bloomfield of International Yacht Charter Group regularly books retail charters herself, alongside brokers Kathy McErlean and Patty Wilson. Learn more about Janet in our editorial interview, or contact International Yacht Charter Group directly through the company's website. |
| This Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based company is the home of Nicole Caulfield, who worked onboard crewed megayachts for nearly 10 years before becoming a retail charter broker and yacht manager. She is licensed and bonded, and is a longtime member of the professional organizations AYCA and FYBA. Learn more at the Robert J. Cury & Associates website, or contact Nicole directly through this e-mail form. |
Licensed yacht Capt. Rebecca Riley owns this charter-booking agency, which specializes in motor and sailing yachts worldwide from $20,000 to $1 million per week. Her experience and professionalism have earned her membership in the American Yacht Charter Association, CYBA International, Certified Professional Yacht Brokers, and the American Society of Travel Agents. Learn what's new with Rebecca by reading her sponsored blog here on CharterWave, or visit the Paradise Yacht Charters website. |
Interpac Yachts is owned by Beverly Parsons, a licensed, bonded broker who has been chartering since 1969. She is based in San Diego, California, has lived in the Pacific Northwest and Mexico, and is a founding member of CYBA International and the American Yacht Charter Association--two of the premier professional associations for charter brokers worldwide. Beverly books charters on yachts of all kinds worldwide, and she is especially knowledgeable about chartering in Turkey and Mexico. Learn more at the Interpac Yachts website. |
| Longtime broker Karen Kelly runs this booking agency in Rhode Island, which manages one of the largest fleets of crewed sailing yachts in the world. Learn more through the Nicholson Yachts website. |
| Brokers Missy Johnston and Carolyn Titus have been instrumental in helping the charter industry to evolve during the past few decades. Based in Newport, Rhode Island, they book crewed yachts worldwide, including luxury racing charters. You can learn more about them in our broker interviews section; by reading their blog on their sponsored page; or by visiting their own Web site. |
Shannon draws on her previous experience of working onboard yachts, as well as everything she learns from her husband, Capt. Dan Webster, in his work as a crewed megayacht captain. She is based in Flagler Beach, Florida, and you can learn more about her in our CharterWave interview or by checking out her Web site. You also can read her blog on her CharterWave sponsored page. |
| This is a company founded and run by an Internet guru who also happens to be an avid sailor. The broker I know is Sharon Bahmer, who became a full member of CYBA International in the summer of 2007. She is based in Fort Lauderdale, though the company also has staff in France and London. Its Web site, as you might imagine from the company's name, is www.boatbookings.com. |
This company specializes in by-the-cabin bookings aboard luxury charter yachts in the Caribbean, Virgin Islands, and Bahamas. You can view per-person pricing aboard available yachts at the Ultimate Yacht Vacations website. |
| Kathleen Mullen is the longtime broker who heads up this agency, which is based in Road Town in the British Virgin Islands. The company's brokers book crewed charter yachts, as well as superyacht charters through the Regency Mega Yachts division. Check out the company's sponsored page here on CharterWave. It includes a blog written by the company's in-house experts. Learn more at RegencyMegaYachts.com. |
We've known and loved Rikki Davis for years, and this new company was formed when she merged her Florida-based business with Newport, Rhode Island-based Churchill Yacht Partners. The company now has offices in both states, professional management of sailing and motoryachts for charter worldwide, and additional retail charter brokers we trust such as Maggie Vale. Learn more at www.churchillyachts.com. |
| Seascape Yacht Charters is based in Greece, offering charters there as well as throughout the Mediterranean. The company manages its own fleet of charter yachts in addition to helping with retail bookings aboard everything from motorsailers to luxury megayachts. "Small things make a big difference" is the Seascape motto. You can learn more by going directly to the Seascape website. |
Bernard Gallay has been a member of MYBA since 1996. The company has offices in France, Russia, Spain, Monaco, and Hong Kong. The current charter manager, Lisa Spiller, has been with the company since 2006. |
Other Reputable Charter Brokers
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Ocean Getaways is run by Trish Cronan, who has worked in the yachting business since 1983. Before she started booking charter vacations, she worked as a chef on charter yachts in the Caribbean and New England. She's a regular attendee at international boat shows who is diligent about knowing crew and boats alike. |
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Lynne Campbell founded Colorado-based Carefree Yacht Charters after more than a decade of running charter yachts in the Virgin Islands. She now books charters there, as well as in the Northern and Southern Caribbean, and she has special knowledge of scuba charters thanks to her status as a PADI dive instructor. |
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Leslie Adams runs the charter division of the Feadship yacht-building company. She's a longtime broker with experience in both retail bookings and charter yacht management. |
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Ask for broker Heather Krebs at this Pennsylvania-based charter-booking agency. |
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Thierry Voisin is both a man and a company, both of which call Nice, France, their home base. The company manages a fleet of charter yachts in addition to booking retail charter vacations worldwide. |
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Nicole Caulfield is licensed, bonded, and a longtime member of FYBA and AYCA. She brings a unique perspective as a broker, having worked aboard yachts for nearly 10 years. Email Nicole
Shannon Webster is a longtime AYCA member. She books yachts worldwide from 80 to 400 feet long. Email Shannon
Trina Howes has 10 years of experience in the charter industry finding great pleasure in creating the best yachting vacations possible. E-mail Trina
Beverly Parsons has been chartering since 1969. She is a licensed, bonded broker and a founding member of the professional groups AYCA and CYBA International. Contact Beverly.
Sharon Bahmer is an expert at booking charters in the Americas, from Alaska to Brazil. She's also a member of FYBA and CYBA. E-mail Sharon
