American Yacht Charters

Went on this charter for a friend’s wedding… I’m not sure if it’s the same issue as the last reviewer, but we did board about an hour late too.
The ceremony was on the top deck, there was no audio… We sat at the very back row and could barely hear anything. Honestly, I could hardly remember any staff on the boat except for the guy at the bar and the servers for the food. I almost tripped a few times walking in and out from the table because the table cloth was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long. The food was mediocre and they were running out of salad…
Regardless, the wedding was nice but I’m not sure about the charter itself.

Noooooooo!!!
Definitely not worth using!!!
My family friend just had a beautiful wedding but definitely not with this Yacht Charter’s help. This company loaded the boat about an HOUR LATE because they forgot to empty the bathroom poop tank. Can you believe it? We didn’t load on time because they forgot to dump their poop cannisters! How unprofessional!
It honestly seemed like their first wedding on a boat EVER! First, they boarded the boat an hour late. Second, none of the audio-​visual equipment worked. Third, there were not enough chairs for the wedding ceremony. Fourth, dinner service took about TWO hours as they only had two people serving 200 guests and they ran out of forks/​knives after the first 100 guests ate! Geez! Fifth, they cut the wedding cake and all the Yacht workers decided to eat FIRST before serving the cake! Grandma of the bride did NOT even get cake as they ran out!!!
Hope the family got their money back cuz my friend looked too good to be on this boat!

Recently attended a wedding aboard the Endeavour. Let me tell you, it was quite the experience. If I remember correctly, the invitation stated to be there at 5:00. I was there a few minutes after that. Around 5:15 — 5:20, the food started to show up. This was not a good sign. I would have imagined the food was already on the boat by now as well as the cake, which, by the way, was also late. 5:30 comes and goes. 5:45. It was after 6:00 before we boarded the boat. 6:00! I’m starting to think that this crew is not very organized.
Wedding ceremony took place on the top-​most deck and it was a nice arrangement for the most part. Guests boarded the ship on the bottom of three decks and had to climb up to the top deck. This process took about 30 – 45 minutes, give or take. There were people standing at the back since there were not enough chairs.
Ceremony starts. Music plays. Usual wedding stuff. Narration by the «professional» DJ David Robert (
) begins and is cutting in and out since the microphone and/​or audio equipment is not working. Pastor/​officiant proceeds to finish the ceremony unassisted by any audio equipment making it very difficult to hear anything.
After the ceremony the bar opens. I make my way down to get drinks and find myself behind 6 or so people. There are two line so I figure the total number of guests is about 10 – 12. Not too bad but there is only one bartender for most of the time. One. There are about 200+ guests. You do the math. However, when I was 2^nd or 3^rd, a second bartender showed up. Yay.
Guests’ tables were on the second deck. Food was on the first. This means we had to go downstairs then back up with our food. Not too much of a problem but for older folks who have difficulty with the stairs, the ship’s crew was supposed to assist in getting food for those guests. Well, that never happened. It was up to the bride’s mother, father and uncle to do that job! Then the bride’s mother was concerned about the cake and why it wasn’t being served. She went downstairs to check only to find that the servers were helping themselves to cake BEFORE serving guests!
Bathrooms (heads). Oh boy. The first one I went into had no sink. No sink! How the heck am I supposed to wash my hands?! I saw a small basket with packets of alcohol wipes in lieu of a sink. It gets better. The bathrooms with sinks only had one cloth towel. This is okay if you’re at home but when you have over 200 guests ONE cloth towel just doesn’t cut it. This might even be considered a health hazard and worthy of a visit by OSHA!
I’m sure there are MUCH better charter companies out there. Please do your homework before you hire one and definitely stay away from this company unless you don’t care how the event is handled.

This company is a scam. They had all the info wrong from the start. They didn’t set up for our party and lied about what the service would be. They were rude to my daughter for her grad party and our guests, kept asking for more money when they were late. And the worse part is they forced us off the boat in 5 minutes, said we could pick up all of our candles, hotbox, etc next day and it was all stolen by the captain and crew. We retrieved some items, but they were unprofessional. DON’T USE THIS COMPANY!!!

AVOID THIS COMPANY.
We did not use AYC for a wedding but for a private business event upon the Majestic. To put it simply, our cruise was staffed with jerks. We had women who were harassed in the restrooms, a captain who strut around with an ego proclaiming he was a «federal agent», and poor bar service.
We had a sense that things would not go well just by gauging the demeanor and capacity of our coordinator. Lesson learned by not listening to our gut.
If you are forced to use AYC (which you should not be. Any boat they have can be procured through another company) tell them you want to interview EACH person who is going to staff the boat during your event.