Eray was extremely helpful in getting our charter booked. He provided options exactly to the specifications we needed in a number of suitable locations, taking a lot of the work out of the booking pr... See more
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With more than 50,000 boats available in over 65 countries worldwide, Borrow A Boat is the leading yacht and boat charter portal for boat owners, charter companies and those wishing to take a boat out. Using our website, getting afloat has never been easier.
Book your tripLet us create your ideal boating vacation. Our experts will help you choose the perfect vessel, arrange all logistics including transfers, and design custom experiences with suggested itineraries and activities. From booking to return, we're committed to delivering a seamless, personalised boating adventure that meets your needs and surpasses your expectations.
With over 50,000 satisfied customers served, we're your trusted boating partner.
Secure your dream boat with just 15% down and enjoy the industry's most flexible rescheduling policies.
We partner with verified owners and companies, ensuring all boats meet high safety standards with regular inspections.
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Support & understandin travel oproblems/ inconvenienes
The agent was willing to get the best deal possible for me.
Mr. Eray returned my calls immediately and helped me find the alternatives I needed.
Elena help us very wel to find a boat for the next summer !
Completely agree with previous review - don’t expect any help when something goes wrong. I understand it is supposed to be the charter companies responsibility once the holiday begins but where is the support when they don’t respond. None whatsoever. Good luck to all you guys who have given a good review for your booking experience. I hope for your sakes you get a better maintained and safer boat than we had the bad luck to book.
Would never use borrowaboat again based on their customer service.
Beware - you have no protection from ABTA as you might expect.

Reply from Borrow A Boat
Luke, the agent who helped me with my booking, was really helpful.
The service provided wrt a bareboat charter with Natalie from borrow my boat has been exemplary! Fast response time via telephone and email to my enquiries. Very service orientated and highly professional, was about to give up but Natalie worked tirelessly to provide a very competitive price and found all our requested Greece charter specs! Service beyond expectation! Looking forward to our 2 weeks sailing in Greece. Thank you so much again!
So far so good
Adriana sorted us through a lot of boats to find one that’s match for our group and walked us through psyment of the deposit
Looking forward to being on the boat in the summer
I recently booked a sailing experience with Borrow A Boat and am pleased to give them a solid 4 stars. Over the years, their service has been reliable and adaptable, especially when dealing with changes in plans or specific requests, like when Federico assisted us back in 2024 with a sailing trip around Elba. Though there were minor maintenance issues with one of the boats, these were the owner's responsibility. For our upcoming 2025 journey, Nicolò was instrumental in securing a yacht fitting our needs and budget, giving invaluable advice on itineraries. The booking experience with agents like Luke Quinn and Eray Ozkan has been seamless, with prompt and professional responses. Even when minor aftersales issues arose, they were resolved swiftly by the team. Overall, Borrow A Boat is a customer-focused service that I look forward to using again.
Thank you Nicolo for this offer and your instruction true the booking process. Very helpful and kind!
Excellent customer service, quick to respond with all the relevant information.
Super fast friendly responsive service.
All the options were really clear.
Really easy and great value for money - highly recommended.
Just completed the booking process, Adriana, the manager in charge of my booking did her best, easy to communicate with, she understood my needs and concerns and responded quickly and in very friendly manner. She helped me to find the boat for my budget and the booking process was very comfortable.
We chartered a yacht through borrow a boat for our holiday. Borrow a boat provided incorrect information that the boat slept 8 people. Upon arrival we found out that the boat only slept 7 (6 in cabins and 1 on the sofa). Despite many calls and texts borrow a boat were unwillingly to offer any form of solution despite there being another available boat in the marina to hire and asking for compensation.
I had no other option but to sleep on the floor of the yacht for a week. To top it off, the boat regularly leaked on the floor where I was sleeping.
Really disappointed at the lack of the lack of accountability and care of its customers.

Reply from Borrow A Boat
I booked our sailing holiday for next Summer with the help of the efficient, professional Nicolo. He offered various Catamaran options based on my wish list and offered a wonderful Itinerary. Always quick to respond to any and all queries I had. I would highly recommend Nicolo.
Eray has been very helpful during the booking process, finding new options and following up
We've just secured our first boat rental with Borrow a Boat and Vicky has been outstanding.
I received plenty follow up calls and emails, as she was going out of her way to assist with my many requests.
Luke was absolutely amazing with helping us to get the best boat for the best price. We changed our mind to go to Dubrovnik instead of Gran Canaria last minute because of change in weather forecasts and Luke was very helpful with the change in plans.
Had a great sailing holiday and will get in touch again soon to arrange our next trip!
Just booked with Luke from borrowaboat and the process was great! Luke was very helpful, swift replies, sent us some great offers, one of which we booked. Very smooth from start to finish and we look forward to our trip!
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