What does a Fort Lauderdale Boat Show yacht charter cost, all-in?

A 42-metre yacht for the FLIBS week (six nights, Tuesday arrival through Sunday close) typically runs $215,000–$390,000 all-in. That comprises a base charter fee of around $135,000–$240,000, APA of 30%, the Pier Sixty-Six berth supplement of $12,000–$28,000, and concierge, restaurant programme, water-taxi, private-aviation and on-shore coordination of $40,000–$95,000. A 52-metre yacht moves the all-in to $440,000–$840,000; 65m+ moves beyond $1.4m.

How is Fort Lauderdale different from Palm Beach Boat Show?

Three meaningful differences. First, the scale — FLIBS shows roughly twice the inventory of Palm Beach and is the largest in-water show globally. Second, the buyer profile — Palm Beach concentrates a tighter UHNW family-office and resident-buyer profile within walking distance of the show; FLIBS is broader in both attendance and inventory but with more trade-and-industry density. Third, the operational profile — Palm Beach is calmer and more compact; FLIBS is the heaviest working show of the calendar and rewards a more ambitious on-board hosting programme.

Can I get a Pier Sixty-Six berth?

Yes — engagement by April of the show year is recommended for the better positions. Pier Sixty-Six offers transient charter berths across the show week, contracted separately from the yacht; the better positions are taken through spring. Bahia Mar transient is the secondary option when Pier Sixty-Six is full.

What's the right yacht size for FLIBS?

For a principal-and-advisor buyer charter: 38–46m. For a brokerage or corporate-sponsor anchor with meaningful hosted receptions: 47–58m. For a shipyard headline activation: 59m+. The 45–55m bracket is the sweet spot for serious FLIBS hosting — large enough to host meaningfully, controllable enough to keep the heavy show-week cadence manageable.

Can I host brokerage and shipyard meetings on board?

Yes — this is the most common single use-case. A chartered yacht at Pier Sixty-Six gives the buying-side principal a controlled private environment for the conversations that should not happen on the show floor. The sky lounge or formal indoor dining is the venue for these working meetings; the aft deck or beach club hosts the lighter post-walk debrief conversations.

Can I extend the charter into the Bahamas?

Yes, and this is the most popular continuation. Slip lines Sunday or Monday from Pier Sixty-Six, overnight passage to Bimini, then onward to the Abacos (Green Turtle Cay, Treasure Cay, Marsh Harbour) or to the Exumas via Nassau. Five to seven days of Bahamas decompression in early November is the ideal weather window before the winter trade winds firm up.

How does charter inventory at FLIBS compare with Monaco Yacht Show?

Broader on the US-flagged inventory side, particularly in the 30-to-60-metre bracket; deeper on the European-flagged side at Monaco. FLIBS is the natural show for charter clients with a US-flagged preference; Monaco is the natural show for charter clients with a European-flagged preference. The two shows complement rather than substitute.

What's the weather in late October?

Reliably 24–28°C daytime, 19–22°C overnight, humidity moderate, rain unlikely. The one operational risk is an early-season cold front from the north; we monitor through the week. Aft-deck reception evenings through show week are weather-friendly with very high confidence.

How do guests get to Fort Lauderdale?

FXE (Fort Lauderdale Executive) is the primary private-aviation field — 15 minutes from Pier Sixty-Six. FLL (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International) is the primary commercial gateway — 20 minutes. MIA and Opa-Locka are useful Miami alternatives. Excellent private-aviation infrastructure and direct commercial connections to New York, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, London, Paris and the Caribbean.

Yes — FLIBS week is family-friendly and we have run multi-generational family charters around the show successfully. The parallel programme run by the chief stewardess (Las Olas day trips, Bonnet House and museum visits, paddle-boarding off the swim platform) sits comfortably alongside the adult show calendar.

What about corporate sponsorship and branding?

FLIBS is the densest single corporate-sponsorship hospitality week in the US yacht industry calendar. We run shipyard, marine industry supplier, finance partner and insurance broker corporate charters across the show with branded provisioning, dressing where permitted by the chartering yacht, and a controlled multi-night client hospitality programme.

Is the WiFi on board good enough for business use?

Yes. US east-coast charter yachts run Starlink with redundant cellular failover; bandwidth supports board calls, video conferencing, walk-through video review and a connected hospitality programme. Fort Lauderdale cellular coverage is excellent across the marina cluster.

What's the cancellation policy?

Yacht charter cancellation follows the MYBA or industry-standard agreement signed at contract — typically 50% deposit non-refundable from signing, balance at six months, full balance non-refundable inside ninety days. Berth contracts at the marinas are non-refundable from allocation. Specialist charter cancellation insurance is strongly recommended and we introduce a broker at contracting.

Editorial guide · Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show · Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale Boat Show Yacht Charter

Five days each late October when more than 1,300 boats and 110,000 attendees converge on the largest in-water boat show in the world — and the deepest single concentration of US superyacht inventory of the year.

Dates · Late October / early November (5 days)From · $240,000 / weekRead · 19 min

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Editor's introduction

Why Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show belongs on the water

The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show — FLIBS — is the largest in-water boat show on the planet by every meaningful metric. More than 1,300 boats across the spectrum from 18-foot center-consoles to 100-metre-plus superyachts; 110,000 attendees across the five working days; the deepest single concentration of US-flagged superyacht inventory of the year; and the working centerpiece of the global brokerage and shipyard calendar in the Americas. Held across six display locations linked by an internal water-taxi network — the Bahia Mar Yachting Center (the superyacht spine), the Las Olas Marina, the Hall of Fame Marina, the Sails Marina, the Pier 66 Marina and the Broward County Convention Center — FLIBS is, in practical scale, the closest thing the global yacht industry has to a single sovereign meeting.

From a charter-broker perspective, FLIBS week is the heaviest working show of the American calendar and the natural anchor of the autumn US charter window. The serious buying-side principal who is shortlisting a 40-to-80-metre yacht for purchase has more relevant inventory to walk in three days at FLIBS than anywhere else on the calendar; the broker and shipyard sales team has more visiting clients in a tighter geographic radius across the show days than at any other point in the year. The infrastructure across the show's six display sites is mature, the marinas are professional, and the surrounding Fort Lauderdale charter berth inventory (Pier Sixty-Six, Bahia Mar transient slips, Sunrise Harbor, Lauderdale Marine Center across the river) is broader and deeper than the equivalent at any other US show.

What makes a chartered yacht specifically valuable during FLIBS week is, paradoxically, the show's scale. Across five days, 110,000 attendees, six display sites and a Las Olas restaurant district saturated to capacity, the chartered yacht is the only setting in Fort Lauderdale that can deliver controlled, private senior-level hospitality. A 50-metre yacht moored at Pier Sixty-Six is a five-minute water-taxi from the Bahia Mar superyacht display, hosts a meaningful brokerage-and-client reception on the aft deck Wednesday or Thursday evening, and serves as the calm working base for the principal across the four working days — entirely outside the public flow of the show floor.

Editorially, FLIBS charter splits into four briefs we deliver against each year. The first is the serious-buyer principal charter — a UHNW principal using the show to compress months of brokerage walk-throughs into four concentrated days. The second is the brokerage anchor charter — a major US brokerage (Northrop & Johnson, IYC, Denison, Fraser, Burgess, Camper & Nicholsons, YPI) running a structured client-introduction week. The third is the shipyard host charter — a European or American shipyard using a chartered or owned hospitality yacht as the extension of their static display. The fourth is the corporate sponsor charter — marine industry suppliers, finance partners and insurance brokers running a multi-night client hospitality programme. This guide covers all four.

Booking note

FLIBS week berths commit by July.

Event schedule

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show day-by-day

Indicative running order based on prior editions. Final times are released by the organisers closer to the date; your concierge will confirm the working schedule for your charter week.

Day –5 to –1
Fri prior–Tue
Yacht arrivals, marina rig, broker prep
Exhibitor and brokerage yachts arrive Fort Lauderdale through the preceding week, with the heaviest yard activity at Lauderdale Marine Center and Derecktor Shipyards in the days before the show. Charter yachts arrive into Pier Sixty-Six, Bahia Mar transient or Sunrise Harbor through Monday and Tuesday. The Bahia Mar and Convention Center display footprints rig through Tuesday.
Day 1 — Wed
Prime Time VIP preview & opening
Prime Time Preview Wednesday 10:00–19:00 — the most efficient single day for serious buyers, with the calmest walking density across the show. The headline brokerage and shipyard receptions Wednesday evening anchor the calendar; the opening dinner at The Capital Grille or Cafe Boulud on Las Olas opens the principal-and-broker dining programme.
Day 2 — Thu
First full public day, dense walk-through schedule
Doors 10:00–19:00 across the show. Densest working day for buyer-side walk-throughs of the headline superyacht inventory at Bahia Mar; brokerage second-round meetings begin in the late afternoon. Thursday-evening dinners at Steak 954 at the W, Cafe Boulud, Eddie V's, and the principal-table programme across the brokerage host dinners.
Day 3 — Fri
Buyer concentration day
Doors 10:00–19:00. Peak attendance for the serious US buying community; family-office walk-throughs concentrate Friday morning, brokerage closing conversations dominate the afternoon. Friday-evening dinners are the contested single night of the show calendar — restaurant reservations across the Las Olas programme need to be in by June.
Day 4 — Sat
Public peak & owner-handover day
Public peak attendance Saturday. Buyer-side calendar generally pauses; Saturday is the day for the Las Olas lunch escape, the Cap's Place lunch or the on-board principal-table foredeck lunch. Saturday-evening brokerage receptions on the headline yachts at Pier Sixty-Six and Bahia Mar host the week's largest social moments.
Day 5 — Sun
Final show day & decision wrap
Final show day, doors 10:00–18:00. Light morning attendance for any remaining principal walk-throughs. Decision conversation Sunday afternoon between principal and lead brokerage on the surviving shortlist; offer or LOI drafted with the brokerage by Sunday evening. Quiet closing dinner on board or at Casa D'Angelo.
Day 6 — Mon
Departure or onward cruising
Departure day. Charter yachts disembark guests in the morning at the chartered marina for private-aviation departures from FXE (Fort Lauderdale Executive), FLL or Opa-Locka, or — for clients who extend — slip lines for a 3–7 day Bahamas continuation: Bimini overnight, then onward to the Abacos or the Exumas for a post-show decompression week.

VIP hotspots

Where the week actually happens

The berths, terraces, lounges, and tables that define Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show. Access varies: some require a host on the inside, others can be arranged through our concierge.

Marina
Pier Sixty-Six Marina — Fort Lauderdale
Newly reopened and re-built; the premier charter and superyacht marina in Fort Lauderdale. Deep-water capacity for yachts to 110m+, full superyacht service infrastructure, walking distance to the Pier 66 hotel programme, five-minute water-taxi to Bahia Mar. The default charter berth for serious FLIBS charter clients in the 50m-plus bracket.
Marina & show venue
Bahia Mar Yachting Center
The historic superyacht spine of the show and the home of FLIBS's superyacht display. Transient charter berths available across the show week; the most efficient location for charter clients whose primary focus is the show inventory and who want zero water-taxi friction.
Marina
Sunrise Harbor Marina — east Fort Lauderdale
Modern marina with deep-water capacity for 50m yachts, fifteen-minute drive from the Convention Center. Quieter and more discreet than the Pier Sixty-Six and Bahia Mar alternatives; useful when the principal prefers privacy over walking distance to the show.
Restaurant
Las Olas Boulevard restaurant district
The contested single restaurant district of show week. Cafe Boulud at the Auberge, The Capital Grille, Casa D'Angelo, Eddie V's, Steak 954 at the W, Louie Bossi's, Boatyard, and the contested newer kitchens (Beachside Restaurant + Bar, Tilted Trees) — the principal-and-broker dinner programme across the show runs almost entirely through Las Olas. Book by June.
Hotel & dining
Pier Sixty-Six Hotel — South Tower
The newly reopened landmark Pier Sixty-Six hotel hosts the contested working-lunch reservation across show week. Useful daytime venue for the broker-and-client lunch table; the rooftop bar is the late-evening venue when the show floor closes.
Hotel & dining
W Fort Lauderdale Beach
Steak 954 is the contested Thursday and Friday-night dinner reservation; the beachfront pool deck hosts brokerage and shipyard cocktail programmes through the week. Twenty-minute drive from the Pier Sixty-Six and Bahia Mar marina cluster.
Restaurant
The Cap's Place — Lighthouse Point
The historic 1928 Lighthouse Point seafood restaurant, accessible only by boat. The contested Saturday lunch venue for the principal-and-broker table that wants to escape the show floor pace for two hours; tender shuttle through the Intracoastal.
Hotel & dining
Auberge Beach Residences
Cafe Boulud Fort Lauderdale, Daniel Boulud's south-Florida kitchen. The principal-table French-fine-dining alternative across the show; the contested Wednesday-night opening dinner reservation alongside The Capital Grille.
Yard
Lauderdale Marine Center & Derecktor Shipyards
The two anchor superyacht refit yards in Fort Lauderdale, west of the New River and across the Intracoastal. Hosts a portion of the show's commissioning and pre-show outfitting traffic; relevant point of interest for buying-side principals interested in refit-and-modernisation pathways.
Restaurant
Lobster Bar Sea Grille — Las Olas
The contested seafood-and-lobster venue for the show-week dinner table; the principal-and-broker working dinner alternative when Cafe Boulud and Capital Grille are gone.

Charter price ranges

What Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show actually costs

Indicative all-in budgets for a seven-night charter timed to the event. Base rates are the yacht only; APA (advance provisioning, typically 30–35%), VAT where applicable, and event-week berth supplements sit on top.

Entry

28–35m motor yacht

Weekly base

From $80,000

Berth supplement

$5–12k FLIBS-week

Best for

8 sleeping guests, 20-guest reception

A compact base for principal-and-advisor visits. Sleeps a small principal party, supports an on-board working dinner of fifteen, keeps operational simplicity in a five-day attendance. The pragmatic choice when the show floor carries the working day and the yacht is the controlled hosting base.

Core

36–46m motor yacht

Weekly base

$135,000–$280,000

Berth supplement

$12–28k FLIBS-week

Best for

10 sleeping guests, 35-guest reception

The default FLIBS charter shape. A modern 42-metre Westport, Sanlorenzo, Sunseeker or Princess at Pier Sixty-Six with crew of nine, a chef capable of running a five-day cocktail-and-dinner hospitality programme. The bracket where the yacht hosts a meaningful Thursday-evening reception of thirty plus the principal-table dinners.

Showpiece

47–58m motor yacht

Weekly base

$280,000–$580,000

Berth supplement

$28–62k FLIBS-week

Best for

12 sleeping guests, 55-guest reception

The major-brokerage and corporate-sponsor anchor bracket. Twelve guests across six suites, crew of fourteen, beach club aft, sky lounge that converts to a private dining room for sixteen. The yacht hosts the headline Wednesday- or Thursday-evening reception of fifty plus the principal-table dinners — the natural shape for the brokerage anchor charter.

Statement

59–80m motor yacht

Weekly base

$580,000–$1.4m

Berth supplement

$62–145k FLIBS-week

Best for

12 sleeping guests, 100-guest reception

The shipyard and major-corporate-sponsor headline charter bracket. Crew of twenty, helideck, formal indoor dining for eighteen, foredeck staging 100 standing reception. The platform for a multi-yacht shipyard sales week or a corporate-sponsor multi-night client programme; Pier Sixty-Six berth typically required.

Pinnacle

80m+ superyacht

Weekly base

$1.4m–$3.5m+

Berth supplement

$145k+ Pier Sixty-Six

Best for

12 sleeping guests, 180+ standing reception

The narrow pinnacle bracket at FLIBS. Most pinnacle yachts present across show week are owner-positioned or are the marquee static displays of major shipyards; charter availability when it exists is allocated by single introduction six to nine months ahead.

Sample week

A seven-day yacht itinerary around Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

Day 1 — Tue
Pier Sixty-Six board, soft evening
Board mid-afternoon at Pier Sixty-Six. Walking orientation of the marina and the show footprint, early-evening Champagne service on the aft deck, quiet on-board dinner before the show opens Wednesday.
Day 2 — Wed
Prime Time Preview
Prime Time Preview entry 10:00. Working day at the show — five or six scheduled walk-throughs of headline yachts at Bahia Mar and the satellite displays. Working lunch on board on the foredeck for the principal-and-broker table. Wednesday-evening opening dinner at Cafe Boulud or The Capital Grille.
Day 3 — Thu
First public day, headline reception
Doors open 10:00. Working day at the show. 18:30 — host headline yacht reception on the aft deck for fifty (the densest single networking function of the week), 20:30 — principal-table dinner moves either on board or to Steak 954 at the W.
Day 4 — Fri
Family-office day
Family-office and senior-buyer concentration at the show Friday morning; brokerage closing-conversation meetings dominate the afternoon. Working lunch on board. Friday-evening principal-table dinner at Auberge Cafe Boulud or Casa D'Angelo.
Day 5 — Sat
Lunch escape & closing reception
Saturday lunch at The Cap's Place — tender shuttle through the Intracoastal, two-hour lunch, return mid-afternoon. Saturday-evening: closing reception on a peer brokerage yacht at Pier Sixty-Six or Bahia Mar, then quiet dinner on board.
Day 6 — Sun
Decision day, show closes
Final show day. Light morning at the show for any remaining walk-throughs. Decision conversation with the lead brokerage on the two-yacht surviving shortlist. Quiet closing dinner on board.
Day 7 — Mon
Departure or Bahamas continuation
Disembark mid-morning at Pier Sixty-Six for private-aviation departures from FXE or FLL, or — for clients who extend — slip lines for an overnight passage to Bimini and a 5–7 day Bahamas continuation through the Abacos or the Exumas.

Guest experience

What life on board looks like

FLIBS week is the heaviest single working show in the global yacht industry and one of the most operationally rewarding charter weeks of the US calendar. The show's scale means that the on-board working calendar can be ambitious — five or six walk-throughs per day, a hosted reception of fifty Thursday or Saturday night, three principal-table dinners ashore, two on board, a Saturday lunch escape — without operational drift, provided the crew is right. The crews who run FLIBS well are typically crews who run a Caribbean winter season followed by a Mediterranean summer with FLIBS as the bridge; they know the marinas, the brokers, the restaurants and the show inventory personally.

On board, the most useful single capability across the week is a chief stewardess managing the parallel flow of brokerage walk-through traffic (typically twenty to forty broker-and-client visitors crossing the gangway through Wednesday and Thursday on the headline yachts), principal-and-advisor working meetings in the sky lounge, and the hosted-reception logistics on Thursday or Saturday evening. The 50-metre bracket is the natural size for this — large enough to separate working flow from hospitality flow spatially, controllable enough to keep the cadence calm.

Off the yacht, the concierge layer manages the items unique to FLIBS — Las Olas restaurant reservations (the contested single dining cluster of the show, booked solid by June for the Thursday and Friday nights), water-taxi and tender movements between Pier Sixty-Six, Bahia Mar and the Convention Center, private-aviation slot coordination through FXE and FLL, and the bilateral brokerage walk-through schedule with the major US selling brokers (Northrop & Johnson, IYC, Denison, Fraser, Burgess, Camper & Nicholsons, YPI, Edmiston, Moran, RJC). Our FLIBS-week concierge is on site from the Monday before opening through the Sunday close.

Booking timeline

How Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show actually gets booked

T–10 to T–12 months
Yacht longlist & berth strategy
Charter enquiries for the following October FLIBS open in December or January of the prior year. Pier Sixty-Six and Bahia Mar transient allocations firm up through spring; the better positions are taken by May. Charter inventory above 50m in Fort Lauderdale during the FLIBS window is broader than at Palm Beach but is taken up through the summer.
T–6 months
Yacht contracted
Yacht contracted with 50% deposit by April or May for an October FLIBS. Berth contract confirmed in parallel through the chosen marina.
T–4 months
Show & broker programme
Show appointment programme drafted — bilateral walk-through schedule with the major US selling brokers across the show inventory the principal is shortlisting. Restaurant reservations confirmed across Las Olas — Cafe Boulud, Capital Grille, Steak 954, Casa D'Angelo, Lobster Bar Sea Grille, Eddie V's — for the Wednesday through Saturday dinner programme.
T–2 months
Guest list & dietary lock
Final guest list, arrival flights, dietary requirements, stateroom assignments to chief stewardess. Private-aviation slots at FXE coordinated for principal and guests. Branded provisioning ordered if the week is a corporate or shipyard activation.
T–4 weeks
Rehearsal & supplier confirmation
Captain, chief stewardess and chef walk through the daily flow with the broker — tender movements, water-taxi timings, restaurant timings, reception logistics. Suppliers (florists, branded barware, additional crew if required for the reception evenings) confirmed.
Show week
Live concierge
On-site concierge from Tuesday through Sunday morning, present at Pier Sixty-Six, holding the master schedule and intervening in real time when the day's calendar slips.

Featured yachts

Yachts suited to Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show

Examples from our current fleet. Final yacht and berth are matched to your group and event week at proposal stage.

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Detailed FAQ

Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show charter — questions answered in depth

What does a Fort Lauderdale Boat Show yacht charter cost, all-in?
A 42-metre yacht for the FLIBS week (six nights, Tuesday arrival through Sunday close) typically runs $215,000–$390,000 all-in. That comprises a base charter fee of around $135,000–$240,000, APA of 30%, the Pier Sixty-Six berth supplement of $12,000–$28,000, and concierge, restaurant programme, water-taxi, private-aviation and on-shore coordination of $40,000–$95,000. A 52-metre yacht moves the all-in to $440,000–$840,000; 65m+ moves beyond $1.4m.
How is Fort Lauderdale different from Palm Beach Boat Show?
Three meaningful differences. First, the scale — FLIBS shows roughly twice the inventory of Palm Beach and is the largest in-water show globally. Second, the buyer profile — Palm Beach concentrates a tighter UHNW family-office and resident-buyer profile within walking distance of the show; FLIBS is broader in both attendance and inventory but with more trade-and-industry density. Third, the operational profile — Palm Beach is calmer and more compact; FLIBS is the heaviest working show of the calendar and rewards a more ambitious on-board hosting programme.
Can I get a Pier Sixty-Six berth?
Yes — engagement by April of the show year is recommended for the better positions. Pier Sixty-Six offers transient charter berths across the show week, contracted separately from the yacht; the better positions are taken through spring. Bahia Mar transient is the secondary option when Pier Sixty-Six is full.
What's the right yacht size for FLIBS?
For a principal-and-advisor buyer charter: 38–46m. For a brokerage or corporate-sponsor anchor with meaningful hosted receptions: 47–58m. For a shipyard headline activation: 59m+. The 45–55m bracket is the sweet spot for serious FLIBS hosting — large enough to host meaningfully, controllable enough to keep the heavy show-week cadence manageable.
Can I host brokerage and shipyard meetings on board?
Yes — this is the most common single use-case. A chartered yacht at Pier Sixty-Six gives the buying-side principal a controlled private environment for the conversations that should not happen on the show floor. The sky lounge or formal indoor dining is the venue for these working meetings; the aft deck or beach club hosts the lighter post-walk debrief conversations.
Can I extend the charter into the Bahamas?
Yes, and this is the most popular continuation. Slip lines Sunday or Monday from Pier Sixty-Six, overnight passage to Bimini, then onward to the Abacos (Green Turtle Cay, Treasure Cay, Marsh Harbour) or to the Exumas via Nassau. Five to seven days of Bahamas decompression in early November is the ideal weather window before the winter trade winds firm up.
How does charter inventory at FLIBS compare with Monaco Yacht Show?
Broader on the US-flagged inventory side, particularly in the 30-to-60-metre bracket; deeper on the European-flagged side at Monaco. FLIBS is the natural show for charter clients with a US-flagged preference; Monaco is the natural show for charter clients with a European-flagged preference. The two shows complement rather than substitute.
What's the weather in late October?
Reliably 24–28°C daytime, 19–22°C overnight, humidity moderate, rain unlikely. The one operational risk is an early-season cold front from the north; we monitor through the week. Aft-deck reception evenings through show week are weather-friendly with very high confidence.
How do guests get to Fort Lauderdale?
FXE (Fort Lauderdale Executive) is the primary private-aviation field — 15 minutes from Pier Sixty-Six. FLL (Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International) is the primary commercial gateway — 20 minutes. MIA and Opa-Locka are useful Miami alternatives. Excellent private-aviation infrastructure and direct commercial connections to New York, Boston, Atlanta, Chicago, London, Paris and the Caribbean.
Can children come?
Yes — FLIBS week is family-friendly and we have run multi-generational family charters around the show successfully. The parallel programme run by the chief stewardess (Las Olas day trips, Bonnet House and museum visits, paddle-boarding off the swim platform) sits comfortably alongside the adult show calendar.
What about corporate sponsorship and branding?
FLIBS is the densest single corporate-sponsorship hospitality week in the US yacht industry calendar. We run shipyard, marine industry supplier, finance partner and insurance broker corporate charters across the show with branded provisioning, dressing where permitted by the chartering yacht, and a controlled multi-night client hospitality programme.
Is the WiFi on board good enough for business use?
Yes. US east-coast charter yachts run Starlink with redundant cellular failover; bandwidth supports board calls, video conferencing, walk-through video review and a connected hospitality programme. Fort Lauderdale cellular coverage is excellent across the marina cluster.
What's the cancellation policy?
Yacht charter cancellation follows the MYBA or industry-standard agreement signed at contract — typically 50% deposit non-refundable from signing, balance at six months, full balance non-refundable inside ninety days. Berth contracts at the marinas are non-refundable from allocation. Specialist charter cancellation insurance is strongly recommended and we introduce a broker at contracting.

Editor's note

FLIBS is the heaviest working show of the global yacht industry calendar and the natural anchor of the US autumn charter window. Engagement for the following FLIBS should open the previous winter; serious Pier Sixty-Six berth conversations close by April.

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