Are food, drinks and fuel included on an expedition charter?

Carina Isenberg
Yacht charter broker, DMA Yachting

It varies, and on an expedition charter the honest answer is that more sits in the running budget than on a Med week. The charter fee covers the yacht and crew; food, drinks, fuel and the region’s park and permit fees are generally paid from the APA, your onboard budget, with the unspent part refunded.

Fuel in particular is a bigger line here: remote regions mean long legs and no cheap top-ups, so it weighs more in the APA than it would in the Mediterranean. Some expedition packages, especially in the Galapagos, bundle more into one price, including guides and park access, so we always confirm exactly what is in and out.

We translate every quote into the same all-in number, so you compare real trip costs across yachts and regions rather than headline rates.