For crewed motor yachts 20m+, here's the numbers for 2025:Greece: 26%France: 19%Italy: 15%Croatia: 13%Turkey: 5%Balearics: 5%Bahamas: 5%SE Asia: 2%I remember this wasn't always the case. For years the Western Med dominated. France, Italy, the Balearics. That's where the fleet was, that's where the attention was, and that's where everyone went.In 2022 the East Med overtook the West for the first time. By 2023 it held 50% of summer bookings vs 46% for the West. The gap has only widened since.So what changed? Mostly regulation. Greece used to be a bureaucratic nightmare for non-Greek flagged yachts. Endless paperwork, slow approvals, expensive fees. Then they introduced the e-Charter Permit, which made it dramatically easier for foreign-flagged yachts to operate in Greek waters. More yachts showed up, more clients followed, infrastructure improved, and the flywheel started spinning.But beyond the regulatory shift, the product just speaks for itself. The island-hopping, the coastline, the food, and the value compared to the French Riviera or Amalfi is genuinely hard to beat.
Grease had to overcome their fiscal woes somehow. Wooing in ultrarich paypigs was their best option. As someone who hates being ripped off, I don't ever intend to visit Grease.
>>2873622you get what you pay for there is no good deal anywhere if prices are low they are low for a reason
>>2873646Prices are low where demand is low, or where there is a glut of supply relative to demand. Neither of these factors have any direct bearing on the quality of the goods and services being offered, but they do have a tremendous effect on the price you pay for said goods and services.
>>2873622As someone who hates being ripped off and does occasional sea yachting (poorfag edition), I can tell you Grease is VASTLY cheaper than any other popular spot in Europe. Especially mooring fees are peanuts compared to what you'd pay in, say, Croatia.
