Which luxury tour operators are best for a private yacht charter holiday?
By Richard Jasinski·Updated 7 November 2026
These 9 luxury travel companies say on their own websites that they arrange private yacht or gulet charters. Of them, Metropolitan Touring, Steppes Travel and Cookson Adventures have the most Google reviews. Each card gives what the company's own page says, with its source.
Which luxury tour operators are best for a private yacht charter holiday?
The 9 luxury travel companies below say on their own websites that they arrange private yacht or gulet charters; Metropolitan Touring, Steppes Travel and Cookson Adventures have the most Google reviews. Compare what each card says before you ask for quotes.
Blue Parallel
- Best for
- Split to Dubrovnik private yacht
- Yacht charter
- Sells Private Yachting From Split To Dubrovnik, a 10-day trip on a private yacht.
- Yacht charter
- The yacht is chartered exclusively for the group and tailored to its size.
- Founded
- 2003
- Website
- blueparallel.com
Cookson Adventures
- Best for
- Norwegian fjords by superyacht
- Yacht charter
- Plans a superyacht trip in the Norwegian fjords on which guests can get in the water with orcas, heading out with whale researchers.
- Limits it publishes
- Typically works with a minimum spend of £150,000 per journey.
- Money protection
- ATOL number 12608 protects flight-inclusive packages on certain bookings, usually where clients are based or book in the UK. It may not protect all services.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 13 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- cooksonadventures.com
EYOS Expeditions
- Best for
- Private superyacht expeditions
- Yacht charter
- Has run private superyacht expeditions since 2008.
- Website
- eyos-expeditions.com
Inspiring Travel Company
- Best for
- Croatia yacht and catamaran charters
- Yacht charter
- Arranges private yacht and catamaran charters along Croatia's Adriatic coast.
- Reviews
- Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 745 reviews, newest 27 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- inspiringtravel.co.uk
Ker & Downey World Travel
- Best for
- Ionian Islands private yacht
- Yacht charter
- Sells Ionian Islands by Private Yacht, an 8-day, 7-night yacht charter.
- Website
- kerdowney.com
Metropolitan Touring
- Best for
- Whole-yacht Galapagos charters
- Yacht charter
- Offers Galapagos yacht charters that give a private group exclusive use of a whole expedition vessel, with crew, naturalist guides and activities included.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.5 out of 5 from 549 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- metropolitan-touring.com
Peter Sommer Travels
- Best for
- Private gulet charters
- Yacht charter
- Arranges private gulet charters, on their own or combined with a land tour.
- Money protection
- Is an ABTA member, number Y6151; the page does not say bookings are financially protected.
- Website
- petersommer.com
Steppes Travel
- Best for
- Amalfi Coast private catamaran
- Yacht charter
- Sells a private catamaran cruise along the Amalfi Coast.
- Money protection
- ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages booked from the UK, or booked from outside the UK when the first leg of travel starts in the UK; no ATOL number is given. ABTOT number 5488 covers non-flight packages for UK and EU customers only; bookings made outside the UK are covered only when bought directly from Steppes Travel. Money for ATOL-protected bookings is held in a trust account managed by Serenity Trust.
- Reviews
- Google: 4.7 out of 5 from 23 reviews. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- steppestravel.com
Turquoise Holidays
- Best for
- Bora Bora with private yacht
- Yacht charter
- Sells Bora Bora & Private Yacht Charter Escape, 10 nights in the Islands of Tahiti with a crewed private yacht charter, from £8,495 per person based on May 2027 travel.
- Founded
- 2002
- Money protection
- ATOL number 5875 covers its package holidays; land-only arrangements it books as agent are not financially protected.
- Reviews
- Trustpilot: 4.9 out of 5 from 436 reviews, newest 27 October 2026. Read 3 November 2026; each platform's figure stands on its own.
- Website
- turquoiseholidays.co.uk
Which of these companies protect your money?
4 of the 9 name a scheme that protects guest payments on their own websites, such as ATOL for UK flight packages, ABTA or USTOA membership, or a trust account; the rest do not name one on the pages read.
- Cookson Adventures: ATOL number 12608 protects flight-inclusive packages on certain bookings, usually where clients are based or book in the UK. It may not protect all services.
- Peter Sommer Travels: Is an ABTA member, number Y6151; the page does not say bookings are financially protected.
- Steppes Travel: ATOL covers its flight-inclusive packages booked from the UK, or booked from outside the UK when the first leg of travel starts in the UK; no ATOL number is given. ABTOT number 5488 covers non-flight packages for UK and EU customers only; bookings made outside the UK are covered only when bought directly from Steppes Travel. Money for ATOL-protected bookings is held in a trust account managed by Serenity Trust.
- Turquoise Holidays: ATOL number 5875 covers its package holidays; land-only arrangements it books as agent are not financially protected.
Which other companies on this page say they arrange private yacht or gulet charters?
Metropolitan Touring has the most Google reviews of the 9; Steppes Travel and Cookson Adventures have the most Google reviews of the rest.
- Steppes Travel: Amalfi Coast private catamaran
- Cookson Adventures: Norwegian fjords by superyacht
Who to contact first
Start with the 4 companies on this page that name a scheme protecting your payments on their own websites, then add any other card that fits your dates.
What to ask each one to set out in writing:
- What the price includes and excludes, line by line: stays, guides, transfers, internal flights, park or entry fees.
- The deposit, when the balance is due and what you lose if you cancel.
- Which scheme protects your money and the number to check it.
Private yacht charter holidays: the questions people ask
What should I ask a tour company before booking?
What the price includes, line by line; the deposit and when the balance is due; what you lose if you cancel; and which scheme protects your money.
Do these companies publish prices?
Some do on their trip pages and some quote only on request. The cards give what each company says; ask for a written quote with the same inclusions from each.
Can I book with these companies directly?
Yes. Each card links the company's own website; ask for a written quote that lists what the price includes.
Does every company here offer the same thing?
No. Each card gives what that company's own page says; what is offered, where and at what price differs, so compare the cards before you ask for quotes.
Which of these companies protect my money if they fail?
4 of the 9 name a protection scheme on their own websites: Cookson Adventures, Peter Sommer Travels, Steppes Travel and Turquoise Holidays. Check the number with the scheme itself before you pay.
Which of these have Trustpilot profiles?
2 of the 9: Inspiring Travel Company and Turquoise Holidays. Each card gives the TrustScore, the review count and the newest review date, read 3 November 2026.
Which of these have the most Google reviews?
Metropolitan Touring, Steppes Travel and Cookson Adventures, in that order. A count says how many people reviewed a company, not whether it fits your trip; each card gives the rating and count, read 3 November 2026.
Where can I check these facts myself?
Each card links the pages of the company's own website its lines were read from, with the date they were read.
How were these companies chosen?
Each one is in the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table, built from the luxury tour operators ChatGPT names most often; its own website says that it arranges private yacht or gulet charters. A company is on the page because its published facts fit the question, never because it paid.
Is any company on this page paying to be here?
No. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel; none paid to be on it.
Read next
Built to answer the question in the main heading. What is shown: what each company published on its own website, read on 3, 4, 5 and 7 November 2026, with links to the pages read, with its Google and Trustpilot figures where the listing carries the company's own name, from the Uncompromised Travel luxury tour operators table. Cards are in alphabetical order. No company on this page is a partner of Uncompromised Travel. How this site earns · How we work.