Yacht charter booking apps built for federal and state rules across the US.

Each harbor, marina or lake is a location with its own vessels, time zone, departure points, itineraries and seasonal calendar. Guests search by place and date; staff see only the locations they manage; head office sees everything in one view. Pricing, minimum durations and blackout dates are set per location.

Uninspected vessels are generally limited to six passengers for hire, while inspected vessels carry the number shown on their Certificate of Inspection. Each yacht's status, limit and minimum crew are stored in the platform and enforced at checkout and in rostering across every sales channel.

Captains hold Coast Guard merchant mariner credentials, such as an operator of uninspected passenger vessels license or a master license, and for-hire mariners must be in a drug testing program. The platform tracks credentials, endorsements, expiry dates and testing enrollment, and only offers trips to crew who qualify. Crew can work at more than one location when their credentials allow it.

Captained charters and genuine bareboat charters are separate products with separate flows. Bareboat bookings include a real captain choice step and the charter agreement your lawyer drafts, so the platform never presents an owner supplied captain as a bareboat arrangement.

Waivers and charter agreements are signed electronically under the federal ESIGN Act, versioned per location and stored with the booking. Wording is supplied by your counsel, since enforceability differs by state and maritime law can limit what a passenger waiver achieves.

Where guests operate a vessel themselves, the platform asks for the credential each state expects, such as a Texas boater education card, a California Boater Card or a New York boating safety certificate, and records any exemption your counsel approves for rentals. On crewed charters these checks are skipped, since the captain operates under a Coast Guard credential.

Deposits, scheduled balances, split payments, security holds and invoices for corporate clients, with Apple Pay and Google Pay at checkout. A PCI DSS compliant processor handles card data, and refunds follow the policy each guest accepted, with every change logged. Sales tax rules are configured per state with your accountant, because charter taxation is not uniform across the country.

Operations teams can hold a single trip, a location or a whole region and notify guests in one action. Hurricane season on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts can be configured with its own cancellation and credit terms, separate from everyday wind holds. National Weather Service marine forecasts can sit beside the day's departures for each location.

Yacht owners see their calendar, earnings and date blocks. Brokers and travel partners hold dates and earn commission. Each portal shows only the vessels and bookings that party is allowed to see. Statements and commission reports are generated from completed trips, so nobody is paid on a booking that was later refunded.

Revenue, utilization, holds and refunds by state, location and vessel, with exports to accounting. Guest apps are designed and tested against WCAG guidelines so customers using assistive technology can book, which also supports your ADA position. Location managers get the same reports filtered to their own harbor.