Two very different things are called "renting a boat in Budva". One is a small boat for a few hours, which you drive yourself. The other is what we do: an 18-metre yacht with a captain and a steward, taken as a whole for your group. Prices differ by a factor of thirty, and so does the day.
Yes, we can take you from Budva. It is normal practice; it just gets planned in advance. Our home berth is Porto Montenegro in Tivat, but the boat does not sit there all season — she works up and down the coast, and on your date she may be far closer to you than the map suggests.
Why boarding in Budva is arranged ahead
Tivat to Budva along the coast is about four hours each way. That is not a refusal, it is the reason not to decide such things the night before: if the boat is inside the bay that day, she needs time to come down, and that time belongs in the plan rather than being taken out of your day on the water.
Arranged in advance, the whole paid day works on the route. Arranged late, half of it goes on the passage. That difference is why we ask for your dates in the first message rather than quoting a number.
How it usually works
Boarding in Budva. Agreed beforehand and counted separately from the charter itself. You get on in the south and the entire day runs along the Riviera.
Dropping off in Budva and continuing. Used more often than people expect: guests are set ashore in Budva and collected again the next day. The trip stops being an out-and-back and becomes a night ashore in a convenient place, with the water on both sides of it.
Sleeping aboard. From two days on it is €3,400 per day, and distance stops mattering at all. The boat works down the coast unhurried, spends the night where your day ended, and the morning begins in the south. Six guests fit in the cabins against sixteen by day, which is a berth limit. How two and three days aboard run is set out in our piece on overnight charters; routes and prices are on the multi-day charter page.
There is no single price list for "a yacht in Budva" precisely because of this. Too much depends on the date, on where the boat is, and on what you want out of the day. We work it out for your date and give you the figure before you commit to anything.
What you see along the Riviera
- Sveti Stefan from the water. Everyone photographs it from the road; almost nobody sees the whole island from the sea, which is the only angle that holds it complete.
- Blue Horizon. A sand beach, rare on this coast, with an easy anchorage.
- Almara Beach Club. A cocktail stop as the day tips toward evening.
- Dobreč. Hammocks over the water and seafood; this is where lunch happens.
- Bigova. A fishing village and dinner at sunset.
- The cave past Poče. Another arch toward Budva that the guidebooks skip.
Prices
The price is for the whole boat, up to 16 guests on a day charter, not per seat. One range covers the whole season from May to October.
Included: captain and steward, fuel within the route, insurance for everyone aboard, a welcome drink, paddleboards, masks and an underwater scooter, towels, ice, water and fruit. Not included: food, alcohol beyond the welcome drink, and port fees at other marinas. The arithmetic behind the hourly rate is in our breakdown of yacht charter prices in Montenegro.
Marea is in refit until September 2026. For dates before that we match guests with a comparable boat and confirm the price before the booking, not after.
Who this suits and who it does not
It suits a group that wants a day, or several, specifically along the Riviera, and that is planning more than twenty-four hours ahead.
It does not suit two people for whom price decides. Budva has group boats and small self-drive rentals, and they cost a fraction of this. The difference between the three ways of getting on the water is set out in our comparison of a boat, a group tour and a yacht.
And if Budva is not the point but a day on the water is, Tivat is closer and cheaper: yacht rental in Tivat puts the whole Bay of Kotor inside eight hours.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. We take guests from Budva; it is arranged in advance and counted separately from the charter. Sometimes it works the other way round: we drop guests in Budva and pick them up again the next day. It depends on the date and on where the boat is that day.
About four hours each way. That is why boarding in Budva is agreed in advance: the boat needs time to get there, and that time belongs in the plan rather than being taken out of your day on the water.
Eight hours on the water is €3,000 for the whole boat, up to 16 guests. A full 24 hours is €4,000, and from two days on it is €3,400 per day. Captain and steward, fuel within the route, insurance and swimming gear are included.
Sveti Stefan from the water, the sandy Blue Horizon beach, the Almara Beach Club, Dobreč beach with hammocks and seafood, and dinner at Bigova. There is also a cave past Poče toward Budva that guidebooks tend to miss.
No. The charter comes with a captain and a steward and there is no handling deposit. A licence only matters if you rent a boat without crew, which is a different product at a different price.