Are kids allowed on yacht charters?

Yes — kids are allowed on yacht charters, and many catamarans are built around family bookings. Charter fleets in the Caribbean see hundreds of family weeks every season, with kids as young as two regularly on board. Yachts that market to families add cabin layouts with bunk rooms, child-safe netting around the lifelines, kid-sized snorkel gear, and chefs who carry stocked kid menus. Crews working family weeks usually include a stewardess trained in childcare or a dedicated nanny on request (added rate roughly $200–$300 per day). The captain sets one rule on every charter: kids in life jackets any time the boat is moving or the dinghy is launched. School-age kids and teens take to the water toys — paddleboards, sea scooters, e-foils — within the first afternoon. Family inquiries get matched to kid-friendly yachts first.