Yacht charter or cruise, according to Reddit?

According to Reddit, a yacht charter and a cruise barely belong in the same category. As one commenter in an r/Cruise thread puts it: “They are radically different. Yachting is very personal, a small group, and you go wherever you want, whenever you want, and get treated like royalty.” That’s the whole trade in one line. A cruise moves thousands of passengers on a fixed schedule with set dining times and tender queues; a charter moves one group of six to twelve on a route they can change at breakfast. The cruise wins on price per person and onboard entertainment. The charter wins on privacy, flexibility, and anchorages no ship can enter. Compare honestly in charter vs. small-ship cruise.