Девичник на яхте in Istanbul

What the charter price already covers: the whole yacht, licensed captain and crew, fuel and marina fees, the bachelorette decor pack (banner, balloons, bride sash), the Bluetooth and AUX sound system, complimentary water, and bringing your own bottles and snacks with no corkage charge.

Optional extras, quoted separately: professional DJ, on-board photographer, custom cake, catered Turkish menu, cocktail service with a dedicated bartender, upgraded decor themes (tropical, disco, neon or the bride’s wedding palette) and hotel pickup for the group.

Prices above are the standard published rates. Smaller yachts and off-peak weekday departures are quoted from €299 for a four-hour charter, and multi-day or multi-boat bookings are discounted. Weekend evenings between May and October are the busiest slots of the year, so the exact rate for your date is confirmed on WhatsApp within minutes. You can book the yacht online and pay securely by credit card, with instant confirmation.

A hen night on the Bosphorus solves the hardest part of any bachelorette weekend: getting a group of ten or thirty people into one place, with music they actually chose, without a venue closing the bar at midnight or a restaurant rushing the table. The boat is the venue, the route is the entertainment, and the four hours belong entirely to your group.

Choosing the Right Yacht for Your Group Size

Headcount is the first decision and it drives everything else. Groups of eight to twelve fit comfortably on a 16–18 metre yacht where everyone can sit together and the deck still feels private. Between fifteen and thirty гостей, a two-deck yacht makes the difference: one level for dancing, one for the quieter conversations and the cake. Above seventy гостей you are into event-boat territory, with a stage, a professional sound rig and two bars.

A rule that holds well in practice: pick a boat rated for about a third more гостей than you actually have. A yacht at full capacity feels crowded once the decor, the cake table and the dancing take up space.

Picking the Departure Time

Late afternoon into golden hour is the most-booked slot and it is the one that produces the photographs people keep. Boarding around 18:00 in summer puts your group under the Босфорский мост at the exact moment the light turns amber, and the palaces begin lighting up before you dock. Evening departures from 20:00 trade the sunset for the illuminated skyline, which suits groups who want the night to run straight into a club or rooftop afterwards. In July and August an anchored swim stop can be added mid-route.

Decor, Music and Catering

The base decor pack — banner, balloons and a bride sash — is set up before you board, so the first thing the bride sees is a finished deck. Beyond that, the themes we set up most often are tropical, disco, glam, neon, and palettes matched to the wedding colours. Send a reference image a few days ahead and it is built to match.

Music runs off your own phone over Bluetooth or AUX, which most groups prefer to a stranger’s playlist. If you would rather not manage it, a professional DJ can be booked for the charter. Food is flexible in both directions: bring your own bottles and snacks at no corkage, or add a full catered Turkish menu with a meze table and a dedicated bartender.

When to Book

Peak season runs May through October and weekend evenings in that window are the first to go — three to four weeks of lead time is realistic. Off-season charters can usually be confirmed inside a week. Date changes are free up to 24 hours before departure subject to availability, and if the strait closes for weather the charter is rescheduled or refunded in full.

What the Route Actually Shows You

The standard four-hour route covers both shores. Heading north from Kabataş or Bebek you pass Dolmabahçe Palace, Ortaköy Mosque under the first bridge, the yalı mansions of Bebek and Arnavutköy, and Крепость Румелихисары before turning at the second bridge. The return leg crosses toward the Asian side past Дворец Бейлербей and Üsküdar, with Maiden’s Tower lit on the water as you come back down toward the Old City skyline.