The Group Is Cheaper Than Two People

[Andrewcook]

Hi Does the Group works out Cheaper than Two people on a Hiring Boat? Or does it Deepens on what Bost they Hires 

[Smoggy]

Surely the boat is a set cost and you put as many as you like (up to the max licenced limit), therefore a group in a boat is cheaper per head but the same total cost.

[OldBerkshireBoy]

So say it is a six bearth boat at £ 660 to hire

£660  split two ways = £330

and

£660 split six ways = £110

So the question is how much does the two bearth boat cost to hire.

Then there are some that would argue for a reduction because they have a smaller bed and come splitting up the food and drinks bill some might argue that they didnt eat meat or drink wine so they should pay less.

Choose you crew mates with care!

[Meantime]

3 minutes ago, Smoggy said:

Surely the boat is a set cost and you put as many as you like (up to the max licenced limit), therefore a group in a boat is cheaper per head but the same total cost.

I think the only exception to that, and strictly it's not a cost, but for some groups some hire companies ask for a security deposit per person. Not a cost if the boat gets returned undamaged. Other than that the price is normally per boat, not party size.

[webntweb]

I think it was Blakes who for a short period (a year or two?) advertised all the boats in the brochure at a per berth price. Some people must have presumed they were going to be sharing the boat with strangers as they had quite a shock when they received the invoice for the balance for the complete boat.

[MargeandParge]

Just an opinion here that hire yards are preferring to hire larger boats to fewer occupants.  Makes sense less, laundry less damage, less use of onboard facilities and less wear and tear but loads more income from a boat of over 40feet set up for two or four.

Probably less insurance less public liability for fewer people .

Can be marketed as absolute luxury due to space provided and all your services will last longer than if occupied by eight to ten.

Regards

Marge and Parge

[Vaughan]

22 minutes ago, webntweb said:

I think it was Blakes who for a short period (a year or two?) advertised all the boats in the brochure at a per berth price. Some people must have presumed they were going to be sharing the boat with strangers as they had quite a shock when they received the invoice for the balance for the complete boat.

Yes, an experiment that most certainly didn't work!  It was in the days when the Broads seemed very expensive compared to the new package tour flights to a high rise hotel (usually only half built) in Tenerife.

It proved that, per person, and for "that type of customer", an 8 berth boat on the Broads was a very competitive price!  Unfortunately it was totally misunderstood by customers and was soon abandoned.

Those were also the days when you would not have considered building a 35 ft hire boat for less than 6 people. The more beds you could fit in them, the more revenue they would make!