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Rent out your boat with Barqo

Extra Income

From saving for boat repairs to taking a dream trip, use the extra income to fund your passions.

Flexibility

You set your price and decide when you want to rent out your boat and how often.

Support

We are available 24/7 to
answer all your questions.

How much can I make?

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Daily average

This calculation is only an estimate.

Insurance

Barqo has a reliable and safe system, verified by Centraal Beheer and Nationale Nederlanden. If you want to insure your boat through Barqo, it is necessary to take out additional insurance. You are completely free to choose which party this is. The parties where it is possible anyway are Centraal Beheer & Nationale Nederlanden.

How does it work?

1

Create a Barqo account

Let's get started! The first step is to create your Barqo account. Tell us a bit about yourself so we know how we can best help you.

2

Add your boat

Time to upload your boat! In just a few steps you can enter the information about your boat and decide how you want to rent it out.

3

Set a price

When adding your boat, you decide how you want to rent it out. You can choose how much you charge per hour, per day and per week. To keep our platform running, we charge a commission from our boat owners when they receive a booking.

4

See if you have additional insurance for rentals.

lWhile adding your boat, we will ask you a few questions about your boat so it will be visible on the boat page. Next, it is important to indicate that your boat is insured for rental. Pease check with your current insurer. If you are unable to insure your boat, please switch to Central Management or National Netherlands.

5

Receive renters

Your boat is ready! After putting it live you will receive requests from users who want to rent the boat. You will have to respond within 48 hours so that users can book and finally start sailing!

Barqo Commission

Uploading and advertising your boat on Barqo is (and stays) complete free of charge. When you get a booking confirmed, we charge a commission from our boat owners in order to keep our platform up and running. The commission fee depends on the total amount of the booking, and on which cancellation policy is set for your boat. This is how it works.

Booking price

€0 - €249,99

20%

Commission*

Booking price

€250 - €499,99

17%

Commission*

Booking price

€500+

15%

Commission*

*Commission values for when the boat cancellation policy is set to FLEXIBLE.

Cancellation policy

Because we want to make sailing more accessible to everyone, extra commission might be applied on top of the percentages shown above, depending on the cancellation policiy of your boat. Therefore, we recommend you to set the cancelation policies of your boat to ‘Flexible’, to ensure no extra fees and attract more bookings.

Flexible

0%

No extra commission

€0 - €249,99

20%

€250 - €499,99

17%

€500+

15%

Standard

+4%

New commission values

€0 - €249,99

24%

€250 - €499,99

21%

€500+

19%

Strict

+6%

New commission values

€0 - €249,99

26%

€250 - €499,99

23%

€500+

21%

Stories by boat owners

It’s always exciting to receive new enthousiasts aboard. Since I’ve started renting out my boat I’ve met so many new people who share the same passion for the water.

Annelot, The Netherlands

I really think these kind of ships deserve to be preserved. And the only way to preserve them is to actually run them. Nowadays we are living very fast with everything on the internet like Facebook and all those things. When you step on board Bente, you forget about all of that for a while. It is just the sea, the sun and the beautiful ship. And some good wine and music.

Kresimir, Croatia

For me, as a captain, it's just a great satisfaction to see people are enjoying themselves. You can earn money with your hobby, it's that simple. I really feel like a fish in water.

Jaap, The Netherlands