Boat or yacht rental with a captain — cruises and parties on the water
People rent a boat or yacht with a captain to celebrate on the water: a birthday on the river, proposing at sunset or a corporate party on a riverboat. Give the occasion, guest count and time in an order — boat owners will send responses. Or choose a boat by photos of its deck and cabin.
Boat and yacht owners
How much a boat or yacht rental costs
What affects the price
The boat and its capacity
A small boat for a group of friends, a sailing yacht and a riverboat with a banquet cabin are priced differently, mostly by how many guests the vessel takes on board.
Hours on the water
Rentals are mostly charged by the hour, often with a minimum trip length; boarding and going ashore usually count toward the paid hours too.
Season and time of day
Summer weekends and sunset evenings are booked first, and an hour then can cost more than a weekday morning.
Pier and route
Bringing the boat to another pier or a beach and a long route along a river or reservoir mean more fuel and time.
What is on board
Music, tableware, blankets, decor and cleanup after the party are included by some owners and extra with others, and not all of them let you bring your own food and drinks.
Prices come from specialists' profiles on Nexperity and update automatically. You agree the final price with the specialist directly.
How to find a boat or yacht for your event
Two ways — pick the one that suits you
Pick a specialist yourself
- 1Open specialists' profiles and their work
- 2Send a request that describes the task
- 3Once accepted — contact the specialist directly
Post an order
- 1Describe the task, payment and the timing you want
- 2Receive responses from specialists
- 3Pick the best specialist and agree directly
- Free for clients
- Orders can be posted anonymously
- Your contacts open only after acceptance
- No commission on the deal
How to choose a boat and a captain
- 1
Who is at the helm
Ask who will operate the boat and whether that person holds a boatmaster license for this kind of vessel. Nexperity does not check documents, so ask to see them before you pay a deposit.
- 2
How many people it can take
Find out how many passengers this particular vessel is allowed to carry, and count everyone who will be on board, including children, the photographer and the musicians.
- 3
A life jacket for everyone
Check that there are enough life jackets for all guests, and children's sizes if children will be on board.
- 4
Weather and rescheduling
Agree in advance what happens if the trip is canceled because of wind, a storm or restrictions on the water: a new date or a refund of the deposit.
- 5
The boat inside
Ask for recent photos or videos of the cabin and deck: whether there is an awning or a closed cabin in case of rain, a toilet, and room for a table or a cake.
What to put in the order
The occasion: a birthday, a wedding, proposing to your partner, a corporate party or just a cruise
The date, preferred start time and how many hours you want to spend on the water
How many guests there will be, including children
The river or reservoir and the area you would like to start from
What kind of vessel you are looking for: a small boat, a sailing yacht or a riverboat with a cabin
Payment, and what you need on board: music, a table for food or decor
Questions about Nexperity
How Nexperity works — separately for clients and for specialists
For clients
Nothing. Searching for specialists, sending requests, posting orders and receiving responses are free.
No. You agree the price and the payment method with the specialist and pay them directly. Nexperity does not take payments and is not a party to your deal.
A request goes to one specialist — from their profile. An order is posted for everyone: specialists send you responses, and you choose which one to accept.
How the specialist will do the task, a price — fixed, a range, hourly or “on request” — and, optionally, an estimated timeline.
30 days from publication: all that time it is visible in the feed and specialists can send responses. The exact end date and time are shown on the order in your account. From that moment the order is closed and a response can no longer be accepted. You can cancel it earlier, and if no specialist turned up, post a new one.
Yes: you can hide your name and photo in an order. The anonymity lasts until acceptance — the specialist whose response you accept sees your name and photo. The task description is public: anyone visiting the site can read it.
Only after acceptance — when you accept their response or they accept your request. And only the contacts you chose to show.
After acceptance you see the contacts the specialist chose to show, and they see the ones you chose. You can also message on Nexperity when the chat is on: on an order you decide that, on a direct request the specialist does.
Once the work is done, mark the order or the collaboration completed in your account — then you can say whether you recommend the specialist. A review can only be left for a collaboration that happened through Nexperity: one per specialist, which you can change or delete at any time.
For specialists
Nothing for now: this is the free period, and no subscription is needed yet. Nexperity takes no commission on deals — you settle with the client directly.
Sign up, fill in your specialist profile and add your services — each with a category, a description and a price. Once the profile is complete, it appears in search and on the category pages.
Two ways: clients send you requests from your profile, which you can accept or decline; and you see public orders in your categories in your account and can respond to them.
You describe how you will do the task and give a price and, optionally, a timeline. The client compares responses and accepts one.
Contacts set to “Public” are visible to everyone on your profile. A client sees contacts set to “After connection” once you accept their request or they accept your response. “Hidden” ones are not revealed in new connections: a contact already revealed to a client stays visible to them.
Each service has a fixed price, a range, an hourly rate or “on request”. Prices show on your profile and in search results, and you agree the final price with the client.
Through search and the category pages of your services. The order depends on your clients' reviews — how many of them recommend you — and in search also on how well your services match the query.
A photo, a description, your region and way of working — online or in person — your contacts and a portfolio: photos of your work, each with a short caption if you like.
A client leaves a review after completed work, and only for a collaboration through Nexperity: they say whether they recommend you and may add a few words. Each client counts once, however many times you work together.
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