Private party boats, tiki boats and yachts for the ultimate girls trip, priced per person for your crew, with every captain fee already counted.
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Every private charter and party boat in Destin, priced per person because that’s how you’re actually splitting it. Tell us how many of you there are and the list reorders around your group.
A floating tiki bar with a waterslide, an onboard restroom and bring-your-own drinks, cruising the harbor at sunset with dolphins along the way. The easy, budget-friendly kickoff to a bachelorette weekend.
📍 Gilligan’s Marina, 530 Harbor Blvd · free parking
Book seats for the crew →The bachelorette favorite: a private yacht for your crew only, with a captain and crew so nobody has to be the sober one. Prices include the crew fee paid on the day.
🌅 Sunset · 3 hours $1,500 · $125 each for 12$1,125 charter + $375 crew on the day · check dates → ☀️ Afternoon · 4 hours $2,000 · $166.67 each for 12$1,500 charter + $500 crew on the day · check dates →Per-person prices update and the boats reorder. Anything too small for your group fades out.
Boogies Watersports · 4 hours
Boogies Watersports · 8 hours
Boogies Watersports · 4 hours
Boogies Watersports · 8 hours
Dockside Watersports · 4 hours
Dockside Watersports · 4 hours
Dockside Watersports · 8 hours
Sunshine Watersports · 4 hours
Dockside Watersports · 2 hours
Double Fun · 4 hours
Destin Private Yachts · 4 hours
Destin Private Yachts · 2 hours
Destin Private Yachts · 4 hours
Destin Private Yachts · 6 hours
Destin Pontoon Charters · 4 hours
Destin Pontoon Charters · 3 hours
Destin Pontoon Charters · 3 hours
Destin Private Yachts · 6 hours
Destin Private Yachts · 3 hours
Double Fun · 4 hours
Double Fun · 8 hours
Every price here includes the captain and crew fee. Several operators in Destin advertise a charter price and then collect $100–125 an hour in cash from you on the day — on a four-hour charter that’s $400 to $500 on top, and it can nearly double what you thought you were paying. We’ve added it in and shown you the split. Every site selling these boats charges the same fee; most don’t mention it until the checkout page.
Crab Island sandbar party at midday, a chill tiki cruise, or a sunset yacht for the photos before a night out on the town.
Capacity counts every person aboard. Lock the headcount before you book, then use the slider above to get the per-person price for the group chat.
Many captained charters collect the captain fee in cash or by app on the day. Every price on this page already includes it, so collect from the girls once.
Reef-safe sunscreen, water, cans not glass, snacks, a cover-up, sunglasses with a strap, a phone pouch, and the bride’s sash.
For a captained private charter, $425 to $2,850 for the boat once the captain and crew fee is in, depending on the boat and the hours. With a full boat that starts around $42 each. Self-drive pontoons run $225 to $795 for the boat, and a full buyout of a 22- or 32-seat tour boat is about $1,320 to $2,080. Move the slider above to see the per-person price for your exact group.
A shallow sandbar on the north side of the Destin bridge where boats anchor in waist-deep water. In season it turns into a floating party with music and floating food and drink vendors, which is why so many bachelorette charters head there. It’s reachable only by boat.
For a bachelorette party, a captain. Self-drive pontoons are cheaper, but whoever drives can’t drink, has to navigate the harbor and Crab Island traffic, and needs a Florida boating education card if she was born on or after January 1, 1988. With a captain, everybody gets to celebrate.
As soon as you have a date, especially for a summer Saturday. Weekend charters during peak season book up weeks ahead, and the bigger boats that fit 13 to 18 go first. Read the cancellation policy before you pay a deposit for a date months away.
Midday to afternoon for Crab Island, when the sandbar is busiest. Book a sunset cruise if you want the photos and a calmer vibe before a night out. A 2-hour sunset cruise on a yacht is also the easiest way to fit a boat into a packed weekend.
Most boats have a sound system or let you plug in, and decorations are usually welcome if they don’t blow away: skip the confetti and loose balloons over the water. Ask the operator when you book, and check what’s included before you pack.
The biggest private charter on this page takes 18. Each boat’s limit is set by its Coast Guard certificate and counts everyone aboard, kids included. For a bigger group, buy every seat on one of the larger non-private tours, which carry 22 and 32. We price those as a full buyout so you know the number before you call.
Almost every charter in Destin is priced for the whole boat, so the per-person figure depends entirely on how many of you there are. That is why this page asks first. The exceptions are the non-private tours, which are sold by the seat.
Several operators advertise a charter price and then collect a separate captain or crew fee in cash on the day — usually $100 to $125 an hour. On a four-hour charter that is $400 to $500 on top, and it can nearly double the advertised price. Every figure on this page already includes it, and each card shows the split.
Yes, on captained charters, for guests 21 and over. On a self-drive rental the person at the wheel cannot — Florida's limit for operating a boat is the same 0.08 as driving a car. If nobody wants that job, take a captain.
Policies vary more than prices do. One operator refunds in full with fourteen days' notice and nothing inside that; others refund with 24 or 48 hours. Destin Private Yachts specifically will not cancel on a forecast — the captain decides an hour before departure, and if he calls it off you are refunded in full. So inside the cancellation window, turning up is almost always better than cancelling.
Generally yes — most charters here are BYOB and several sell bachelorette packs, charcuterie boards and boxed lunches as add-ons. No glass on the self-drive rentals, and no grills anywhere.
Prices checked in August 2026 (Boogie’s pontoons October 2026) against each operator’s own booking listing, with captain and crew fees included. Destin charter rates are seasonal and change several times a year — every card links to live availability.
Who paid and who didn’t. The operator marked Preferred Operator in a gold card pays us for that placement — it is advertising, and we label it so you can tell. Operators marked Top Rated Operator did not pay; we picked them. Everything else on this page is here because it fit the category, sorted by price and group size.
How we pick a Top Rated Operator. Independently operated, a strong public review record, and a listing that states its own terms plainly. We read every listing ourselves and publish the operator’s own capacity, age limits, fees and cancellation policy rather than a summary of them. Where an operator has not published something, we say so instead of guessing. We have not personally inspected every vessel, and being featured here is not a safety certification.
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