An Ibiza charter price includes the boat, a professional skipper, insurance, complimentary towels, snorkels, Spanish VAT at 21% and the full eight hours. It does not include fuel, which is metered and charged on the day you sail. On most of our boats it also covers the drinks, the snacks and a paddleboard.
That is the whole answer. The rest of this page is the detail behind it, because the gap between a quoted figure and a final bill is the thing that quietly stops people booking anything at all.
What every quote already covers
Every boat in the fleet is quoted the same way: crew, insurance, complimentary towels, snorkels, Spanish VAT at 21% and the full eight-hour rental. Nothing on that list reappears later as an extra. The Ibiza yacht charter guide shows how the figure is built season by season, and what a charter costs per person divides it by the group you are bringing.
The tax line is worth pausing on, because it is where quotes from different companies stop being comparable. Spanish VAT on a charter is 21%, and ours is already inside the number you are shown. A price that only looks lower until you reach the last line of the confirmation was never lower.
Why fuel is charged separately
Fuel is the one real exclusion, and it is not a fee so much as a meter. The boat leaves full, comes back, and you settle what the day actually used. Charging it flat would mean every guest who spent the day anchored in one cove subsidising the guest who ran to Formentera and back twice.
The spread across the fleet is wide, which is why no one sensible quotes it in advance as a fixed sum. The Aura 44 burns around 65 litres an hour, the Azure 50 around 95, the Predator 66 around 120, and the Pershing 8X around 800. A slow, short day on a small boat and a fast, long day on a big one are simply not the same purchase.
The practical version: agree the route with your skipper before you leave the berth. Sitting at anchor costs nothing. Distance and speed are what you are buying.
What is already on board to eat and drink
On most of the fleet, considerably more than people expect. The Azure 50, the Aura 44, the Predator 66, the Pardo 52 and the Fjord 50 all carry complimentary drinks, meaning water, soft drinks, beer, wine and cava, along with snacks of crisps, nuts and olives. Most of them add fresh fruit as well; the Aura 44 is the one on that list that does not.
A handful of boats are quoted bare, with the core list only: the Pardo 39, the Chiara 37, the Nastyia 34 and the Pershing 8X. That is not a lesser day, it is a different one, and it is exactly the sort of thing worth confirming before you book rather than discovering at the berth. Catering can be arranged on any of them.
Water toys, and which ones come free
A stand-up paddleboard comes with every boat that carries the drinks list, the Azure 50, Aura 44, Predator 66, Pardo 52 and Fjord 50 among them, at no charge at all. Snorkels are aboard every boat in the fleet without exception, which is the one piece of kit guests most often pack unnecessarily.
Beyond that, paddleboards, kayaks, Seabobs, jet skis and specialised catering can all be added, and availability depends on the boat. Those are priced openly when you ask rather than bundled into the headline. If a particular toy matters to the day, name it in the enquiry and we will tell you which boats can carry it.
The eight hours, and where people miscount
The quoted day is eight hours and it runs from the berth, not from the first anchorage. Twenty minutes spent deciding what to bring is twenty minutes of the charter. Groups who arrive assembled, with the cool box already packed, get a visibly longer day on the water than groups who do not.
The other quiet cost is the crossing. Formentera and back takes a real slice of the eight hours as well as the fuel, so a Formentera day and a slow day along the south coast are two different plans rather than one plan with a detour attached.
The one line to ask for in writing
Before you commit to anything, with us or with anyone else, ask for four things in a single message: the total for the day, where the tax sits, what is aboard to eat and drink, and how fuel will be measured. Ours reads: €2,499 for the Aura 44 in low season, €2,500 for the Azure 50, VAT at 21% already inside both figures, drinks and snacks aboard, fuel metered on the day.
The rental FAQs cover the rest of the practical ground. If you have a date and a group size, send them over and we will come back with a boat and a figure that does not move.
Common questions
What is included in an Ibiza charter price?
The boat, a professional skipper, insurance, complimentary towels, snorkels, Spanish VAT at 21% and the full eight-hour day. Most of the fleet also carries drinks, snacks and a paddleboard at no charge. Fuel is the exclusion, and it is metered on the day rather than charged as a flat sum.
Is Spanish VAT already inside the price you quote?
Yes. VAT on a charter here is 21% and it sits inside every figure we publish, so €2,500 for the Azure 50 in low season is €2,500. Comparing quotes between companies only works once you know whether the other number has the tax in it or not.
How much fuel does a day on the water use?
It depends entirely on the boat and the route. The Aura 44 burns around 65 litres an hour, the Azure 50 around 95, the Predator 66 around 120 and the Pershing 8X around 800. A day spent mostly at anchor uses a fraction of a day spent crossing to Formentera and back.
Is food and drink provided on board?
On most boats, yes. Water, soft drinks, beer, wine and cava come aboard along with crisps, nuts and olives, and several boats add fresh fruit. A handful are quoted with the core list only, so it is worth confirming for the specific boat. Catering can be arranged on any of them.
