In times when some people even order their groceries online, yacht charter portals on the internet are also booming. Unfortunately for the established agencies, who generally still have offices and are present at all the major trade fairs - in other words, who still offer their customers sound advice.
Even if you know exactly what you want, you shouldn't rush into chartering a yacht online. At the very least, you should make sure you know who you are actually doing business with. A glance at the legal notice can sometimes lead to surprises. For example, if the website operator is not actually based in Germany, despite having a German-language booking page. This can lead to a lot of problems for the charterer.
Read on to find out what these are and what else is important when chartering online in the new YACHT (issue 17/2015, available now at newsagents and in the app store).
Pascal Schürmann
Editor YACHT
