Yachts
How yacht charter pricing really works
The rate in the brochure is the beginning of the sum, not the end of it. What the APA is, why VAT depends on the itinerary, and what a €100,000 week actually costs.
Notes from the desk
Journal
How charter pricing really works, what a villa contract must say, which month suits which coast, and the other things members ask us most.
Yachts
Villas
What a villa rental contract must say
The photographs are the sales pitch. The contract is the house. Twelve things it has to state clearly before a deposit is paid, and what to do when it does not.
Destinations
Which coast in which month
The best place is a function of the calendar. A month-by-month reading of the sixteen destinations, with the honest weeks and the ones the brochures leave out.
Travel
When a private jet makes sense
Sometimes the jet is the sensible choice and sometimes it is the expensive one. The four cases where the arithmetic favours it, and the honest comparison with the best seat on a scheduled flight.
Lifestyle
What a lifestyle manager actually does
A week in the life of the person who runs a member’s year: the calendar, the houses, the staff, the boat, the school run, and the collisions nobody else saw coming.
Concierge
Tipping the crew, the staff and the driver
The part of every trip nobody explains. What is customary on a yacht, in a villa, in a restaurant in eleven countries, and how it is handed over without awkwardness.
Concierge
Last-minute requests: what is possible
A table tonight, a boat tomorrow, a villa this weekend in August. What the desk can do at short notice, what it cannot, and why the honest answer arrives within the hour.
Yachts
Packing for a week on a yacht
Soft bags, no black soles, one good outfit and less of everything else. What the crew wish every guest knew before they came aboard.
The Sunday note
One short letter a week, on a Sunday
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