Are food, drinks, and fuel included in an Italy yacht charter price?

Carina Isenberg
Yacht charter broker, DMA Yachting

Not in the base charter fee. Italy luxury yacht charter prices are normally shown as the yacht’s base rate, with VAT and APA added separately.

APA, or Advance Provisioning Allowance, is the expense fund used for food, drinks, fuel, dockage, marina fees, transfers, and special requests during the charter. For Italy, we recommend budgeting 30%-40% of the base charter fee for APA on most luxury crewed yachts.

The captain tracks APA spending and provides a final accounting at the end of the charter. Unused APA is returned to you; overspend is settled before disembarkation. For more detail, see our Italy yacht charter APA guide.