Why is one all-inclusive BVI yacht charter quote thousands cheaper than another?

One all-inclusive BVI yacht charter quote is thousands cheaper than another because the two quotes are almost never describing the same week. Crew count is the usual culprit. A catamaran running two crew, where the mate also cooks, prices well below a three-crew boat with a dedicated chef. The bar is next: house wine and beer on one quote, premium spirits with no cap on the other. Water toys vary too: paddleboards and snorkel gear on one, a SCUBA compressor and e-foils on the other. BVI cruising taxes (roughly $50 per person per week), mooring balls and national park fees sit inside some quotes and get added at the end of others. Late May straddles the switch to low season rates, so one yacht may have repriced and the other not yet. Crew gratuity, 15 to 20% of the base, is never included on either. Ask both for the same line-item breakdown. The gap is usually the crew or the bar. Compare the tiers in BVI crewed catamaran rates.