Managing boat and yacht rentals online can be a challenge — from handling bookings, to keeping track of fleet availability, to processing payments and customer preferences. That’s why we created the Boat & Yacht Charter Booking System for WordPress, a powerful plugin designed to simplify the entire reservation process for watercraft businesses.

With the release of version 1.9, this solution reaches a new level of flexibility and functionality. This post will introduce you to the plugin’s core features and showcase the major improvements that make version 1.9 the biggest update since its initial release.

What Is Boat & Yacht Charter Booking System?

This dedicated WordPress plugin offers a full-featured charter management solution for boat owners, charter agencies, or tour operators. It supports all essential workflows, including:

• Real-time booking calendar
• Marina configuration
• Pricing flexibility (hourly, daily, per person, deposits, extras)
• Advanced forms with custom fields and agreements
• Notifications via email, SMS, Telegram
• WooCommerce payment gateway integration
• Multi-language and multi-currency support
• Support for both captain-required and bareboat rentals

Whether you rent a single boat or an entire fleet, this system gives you full control over pricing, scheduling, customer data, and payment processes, directly from your WordPress dashboard.

Core Modules Overview

Here’s a breakdown of the core modules included in the plugin:

• Bookings Module: See all reservations at a glance, including pick-up and return dates, marina information, number of guests, customer data (including invoice details), payment methods, and any booked extras.
• Calendar Module: Visualize daily bookings, returned vessels, and overall fleet occupancy in a calendar format.
• Booking Forms: Create tailored forms for each type of charter, with configurable marinas, supported currencies, taxes, minimum order values, WooCommerce integration, visual color settings, and custom agreement fields.
• Boats Module: Manage your fleet, including boat dimensions, guest capacity, galleries, pricing details (initial fees, hourly/daily rates, per passenger pricing, security deposits, out-of-hours surcharges), and charter availability with or without a captain.
• Booking Extras: Set up add-ons customers can select when reserving their charter, such as catering, fishing gear, or water sports equipment.
• Pricing Rules: Dynamic pricing rules based on date ranges, booking lengths, guest numbers, boat attributes, marinas, and even the new charter types.
• Charter Types (new in 1.9): Create ready-made packages, such as a romantic sunset cruise, a fishing trip, or sightseeing tour, that customers can quickly select during booking.
• Marinas Module: Manage pick-up and drop-off ports for your vessels.
• Coupons & Tax Rates: Handle promotions and tax settings within the plugin.

What’s New in Version 1.9?

Version 1.9 marks the largest update to this plugin since its launch, introducing significant improvements requested by customers and aligned with real-world charter business needs.

Charter Types Module

This is a game-changer: you can now predefine popular cruise packages with their own conditions, pricing, and booking requirements. For example, you might set up a “Romantic Sunset Cruise” with a 2-hour minimum, or a “Half-Day Fishing Tour” with specific capacity and pricing. This helps customers choose faster and reduces manual configuration on your end.

New Pricing Options

Version 1.9 adds brand-new price types, making pricing even more granular:

• Fixed fee per adult guest
• Fixed fee per adult guest per day
• Fixed fee per adult guest per hour
• Fixed fee per child guest
• Fixed fee per child guest per day
• Fixed fee per child guest per hour

This means you can tailor pricing to fit any charter style, from day-long family tours to multi-day excursions with children and adults at different rates.

Enhanced Option Descriptions & UI

The admin panel descriptions were revised to make configuration easier, clearer, and less prone to errors. Labels are more consistent, and settings are grouped more logically, which helps new users get up to speed faster.

Why Upgrade or Buy Now?

If you own or manage a charter operation, this plugin gives you a fully integrated, one-time-purchase WordPress solution without relying on third-party services. You stay in control of:

• Customer data
• Payment processing
• Pricing flexibility
• Visual customization
• Add-ons and extras

Version 1.9 makes it even easier to sell predefined charter experiences, manage seasonal pricing, and handle complex billing scenarios with security deposits and out-of-hours fees.

How to Get Started

Already a customer? You can download version 1.9 from your CodeCanyon downloads page.

New to Boat & Yacht Charter Booking System? Learn more and see Live demos.