Easy/safe booking, credentialed business, licensed captains, and great communication. Booked in Miami.
tl;dr A great charter company with USCG licensed captains that makes payment and booking simple. The boat is as advertised, and it was a seamless booking even with it only being about 5 days out.
I booked this for my partner’s bday about a week out in Miami. Initially, I was looking at sites like Boatsetter via Viator but then I realized that it’s not a true “charter.” So I did some research and landed on Nauty360 and they had all the green flags I could find in a charter (USCG licensed captains, good reviews, registered business, full invoiced payment through PayPal, etc).
Booking experience:
So I went online and booked and paid the 50% deposit via PayPal (refundable if canceled within 72 hours of the “travel” date). Within about 1-2 hours I was contacted and gave the particulars of my charter (pickup location, the process, etc) and I gave some info about my group. Then a couple days before the charter date I received an invoice for the other half of the payment.
Getting to the Marina:
The morning of the charter the captain and the Nauty360 contacted me on the details for the day. We were a little late to our booking but both the company and captain were gracious with us and stayed in contact to make sure everything was easeful in getting the to the boat (we Ubered but if driving you can have parking passes provided).
Onboard the boat:
The boat was exactly as pictured and advertised (we did the 29’ Hurricane boat since we only had 3 passengers). We took our shoes off and got onboard. Then the captain gave us some safety particulars, and showed us dry storage, a cooler for champagne (we asked for just ice and plastic glasses), first aid kit, etc. We played some music onboard using the Bluetooth in the boat. We asked to mostly anchor in sandbars (you can customize your charter to your needs). We went to Nixon Sandbar, a tour of some cool homes, then another less known sandbar that was nice. We spent maybe only 30 min total in transit to/from the marina which is nice as most of the charter wasn’t spent just in transit.
Overall, it was nice to be able to book such an otherwise complicated thing (a boat charter) with such ease and confidence. And have my expectations met and exceeded throughout the process of booking and onboard.
Besvarelse fra Nauty 360
Thank you for the incredibly thorough review. You did the exact research we wish every traveler did before booking a charter, and it means a lot that the USCG licensing, the registered business, and the invoiced payment were what earned your trust.
Happy birthday to your partner! The 29' Hurricane is a great call for a small group, and Nixon plus a quieter sandbar is honestly our favorite way to spend a Miami afternoon. No stress about running a little late either, that is exactly what the captain is there for.
Thanks for choosing Nauty 360 on short notice. Whenever you are back in Miami, or anywhere else we operate, we would love to have you on board again