Getting away from the daily grind, having adventures, feeling free: that's what we aspire to after having gone through the health crisis. Renting a boat allows you to take to the open sea easily, sometimes even without a boat license, by hiring a skipper. As proof, Click&Boat, the leader of the sector, has increased its bookings by more than 50% compared to 2019.
If trips abroad are not yet well insured, the French coasts count 5853 km of coastline. There are plenty of beautiful coves and anchorages to enjoy memorable days on the water with your family or friends.
Significant numbers
Click&Boat is a leading company that acquired the European number two Nautal last summer and offers more than 40,000 boats for rent. These boats are owned by private individuals and professionals, motor boats as well as sailboats, monohulls as well as catamarans, at sea as well as on the river. In France alone, no less than 8500 boats are available in the catalog.
This summer 2021, the boat rental is in the spotlight. The online site admits to seeing a strong increase in the number of visits. Guillaume Belot, CMO of Click&Boat explains: " Beyond the consumer trend, the digitalization of the boat rental market continues its accelerated march. It is a real underlying phenomenon and the behaviors acquired in 2020 after the first wave of Covid-19 will remain and will take this summer an even more considerable scale than last year. We can see it on the connections. In terms of number of sessions for the month of May 2021 (France and international), Click&Boat is doing better than May 2020 and 2019 combined, while 2019 is a so-called "normal" year. This year, the platform has really achieved a historic start (from January to May 2021) with double the number of sessions recorded compared to 2019 over the same period. More than ever, boaters are eager to get away! "
Longer rentals, to take the time to get away
There also seems to be a trend toward booking for longer periods. For the summer, the average duration of reservations by French renters is up sharply. The manager specifies: " If we take the three weeks of early July 2021, the trend is, respectively, 7.8 days, 7.3 days, and 9 days. "
Accessible to all, boat rental allows you to enjoy a dream vacation while controlling your budget. In fact, more than 75% of the 2020 reservations made by a French Click&Boat user were for less than 500 euros.
Accessibility, reliability and flexibility
Desire for fresh air, flexibility, budget and the possibility? to be assisted by a skippereuros Renting a boat has never been so simple and in line with the needs of the public.
