Gulet cruises are not regular holidays. When you go to hotel, there are more or less similar conditions. You rent a room, you have half board, full board or ALL INCLUSIVE packages included in price and you know what you will spend when you will be in hotel on spot.

When you are deciding for a GULET VACATIONS it is very similar, there are only few things you have to know:

 

Choosing the right gulet?

When choosing the right gulet, it is only 4 things you have to be sure of:

  1. Budget you have
  2. Destination you are interested in
  3. Departure date/period you can go
  4. Number of passengers in your group

When you know these things, you have almost UNLIMITED OPTIONS. Till now, you had to search several web pages and contact a lot of different suppliers. Now all gulet offer is gathered on GOOLETS.COM. If you give us info mentioned below, we will give you a couple of options that suit your budget, period, destination and number of passengers in your group.

 

What I get on a GULET CRUISE?

Gulets are CREWED MOTOR SAILORS! This means they usually travel on MOTOR, but they also have sails and most of them also have really good sailing possibilities.

You do not have to be scared. ALWAYS on a gulet, there is a crew that will take care of your needs. Captain will drive a yacht for you. Cook will prepare a food for you, while waiter will prepare everything, so that you only sit by your table as in hotel and eat your food – AND THE SEA VIEW IS PERFECT.

So you do not have to worry about knowing how to drive a gulet, you will not have to cook, you will not have to serve food, you will not have to clean dishes.
All you will have to do is sunbath, enjoy, take some swims in private bays and not worry about a thing in the world.

 

How the price is calculated?

In gulet cruise the main price is calculated as CHARTER PRICE where FOOD is always considered as extra payment.

Charter price ALWAYS includes:

  1. fuel for maximum 4 hours of cruising a day,
  2. crew (the number of crew depends from the size of gulet, number of passengers, price of a gulet) ,
  3. insurance of a gulet, wages and food for crew, service on board,
  4. bed sheets,
  5. towels for bathroom

FOOD is considered an extra payment. You can decide from HALF BOARD (breakfast, lunch), FULL BOARD (breakfast, lunch, dinner) or ALL INCLUSIVE (Full board + unlimited local drinks). On some gulets it is also possible you choose a list of food you wish on board, and regarding the shopping list we make, we charge you for food on board.

You can always choose from different menus: vegetarian menu, fish menu, meat menu, local food menu, super luxury menu, low budget menu...

 

Are there any extra - hidden costs beside charter price and food expenses?

Beside the mentioned costs, you have to consider also some other costs. Some of them are MANDATORY, while some of them are only if you ask for them seperatly:

  1. Transfer from airport to gulet and back: some gulets have also this cost included in the charter price. If it is an extra payment, we will notify you when we will prepare the forst offer for you
  2. All drinks on board: if you do not decide for all inclusive packages, you will have to buy drinks extra from ships bar. Usually it is forbidden to bring own drinks on board of a gulet, but because we have very good relationship with most of them, we can also arrange that you bring your own drinks on board, especially in Turkey.  
  3. Port taxes: in Turkey, port taxes ARE included in price, while in all other countries they are considered as EXTRA payment. Port taxes costs depend from the route you have. If you stay every day in different marina or town, costs can gather for larger gulets up to 1.500 EUR/week. On the other hand, if you stay at night on wild moorings in some bays or isolated islands and enjoy the nature more, the costs for this can be lower then 400 EUR/week. Avarge costs are from 700 EUR to around 1.000 EUR for whole week
  4. On board activities: waterskiing, jet-ski, parasailing, professional diving, rafting, extra crew, such as hostess or masseuse, special trips to national parks…This and much more can all be arranged, but most of the time this is always extra as NON MANDATORY extra costs. If you wish to use them, you can specify this before departure and it can all be arranged.

On GOOLETS.COM, we have special EXTRA ACTIVITIES/SERVICES for special interest groups such as families, business groups, seniors, divers, honeymoon couples, which we offer extra – FREE OF CHARGE!

 

Do I have to share the cabins with the crew?

All gulets that are on www.goolets.com have also the information how many cabins gulet has. This is the number of cabins – FOR GUESTS! Crew always has separate cabins, so you do not have to worry about it. Also if you see some gulet that you really like, but has 1 cabin less then you would need for your group contact us anyway. Sometimes gulet owners make special favors and they also give owners cabin for clients also.

 

Can gulets sail? Do we have to pay for fuel we use?

Some gulets are great sailors, while some are not. Main traveling on gulets is on motor, while you sail only 2 or 3 times in a week. Some gulets however have really good sailing possibilities and offer special SAILING programs. Fuel for 4 hour cruise/day is always included in charter price.  Owners will never look at their watch and remind you how much time they cruised that day. If you have a special desire for longer routes than usually, we will discuss it with captain and we will inform you about extra costs in advance.

 

What is usual booking procedure like?

After you see, that gulet offer is really the best possible vacations you can either search for a gulet by yourself with the help of our SEARCH SYSTEM or send us an inquiry with as much info as possible.

After we give you several offers, you talk with other people in your group what would be most appropriate. If there is nothing you like, you give us more information about your wishes and we make you another offer. If one of the gulets we have offered is by your wishes, the procedure is following:

  1. We make a NON OBLIGATION option with the gulet owner, so nobody can book this period before you
  2. We prepare a contract between your group and company WORD GULET ASSOCIATION, and send you also all GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS and invoice for deposit payment
  3. After the deposit payment is made, reservation is fix
  4. 1 month before departure you also have to pay the difference
  5. After that we send you PREFERENCE LIST, where you give us all information about food you wish to have on board, about the route you wish to have and about all activities you expect on board so that the crew on board is 100% prepared for your group