What should you check before booking a luxury catamaran charter?

Before booking a luxury catamaran charter, check five things the brochure glosses over: crew count, real cabin layout, the exact model and year, whether the generator runs air conditioning overnight at anchor, and the size of the tender. Crew count decides how the week feels. Two crew on a 55- to 60-footer means one person cooks and serves; a dedicated chef plus stew usually starts around 65 feet. Then pull up the builder’s layout for that model rather than trusting listing photos. Some cats reach their advertised guest count with bunk cabins or a convertible salon, and every couple should be getting a real ensuite queen. A Sunreef 80 or a Lagoon Seventy 7 is a different world from a production 45, however the copy reads. Ask about the tender (a proper RIB, not a ten-foot dinghy) and name the toys that matter: Seabobs, eFoils, a dive compressor if anyone is certified. Then match hull length to headcount with the yacht size guide.