Yacht Week accepts solo sailors

Yacht Week is expanding solo bookings for its 2026 season, letting more travelers join a boat without arriving with a pre-formed group. (theyachtweek.com) (voice-online.co.uk) On Yacht Week’s solo page, the company says solo guests are placed into a “curated crew” and share a double-bed cabin with another solo traveler matched by gender. The company lists 2026 solo routes in Croatia from €715, Greece from €890, and Sicily from €801. (theyachtweek.com) The main Yacht Week site says solo spots have launched on all routes, while its cabin-booking page says travelers can join without booking a full yacht. That page lists 2026 package prices starting at €768 per person for a Classic Monohull and €1,993 per person for a Premium Catamaran cabin package. (theyachtweek.com 1) (theyachtweek.com 2) The change widens a model that had tighter limits before. A January 2024 Yacht Week post said “Solo Bunk Cabins” were available only on Premium Monohulls and in a smaller set of routes including Croatia and Greece, with waitlists when spots filled. (theyachtweek.com) Yacht Week’s current help page still says the shared-cabin option for solo travelers is “only available for now in Greece and Croatia,” even as the main site promotes solo spots across all routes. The same help page says solo travelers can also book an entire two-person cabin for themselves, paying the full cabin rate. (help.theyachtweek.com) (theyachtweek.com) That mismatch suggests Yacht Week is in the middle of a broader rollout rather than flipping every part of the booking system at once. The company’s homepage says no sailing experience is required, and it markets the trip as seven days of sailing, exploring and nightlife across multiple destinations. (theyachtweek.com) The 2026 push also lands in Yacht Week’s 20th year. Voice Online reported on April 13 that the season includes routes in French Polynesia, Croatia, Greece and Sicily, and cited co-founder Erik Biorklund saying the company wants to keep building shared travel experiences around in-person connection. (voice-online.co.uk) For travelers who like the idea of Yacht Week but not the logistics of assembling eight or 10 friends, the new pitch is simple: book a cabin, get matched, and show up. (theyachtweek.com)