Always wanted to own a boat, but never won the lottery? Well, we’ve got some very good news for you.
Request-a-ride platform Uber has just partnered with boat rental company Click & Boat in a venture which, from this summer, will make hiring a vessel as easy as booking a taxi.
The service is set to be piloted from mid-June across 23 coastal cities in Italy, Portugal, France, Spain and Croatia, meaning you’ll literally be able to book a boat via the Uber app.
It’s a little different from London’s Uber Boat by Thames Clippers, which instead operates like a waterborne bus.
You don’t need a boat driving license, nor any experience, and each one comes with its own skipper. Click & Boat’s statement described the service as ‘the ultimate shortcut to unforgettable memories on the water’, and with destinations such as Split, Dubrovnik, Saint-Tropez, Nice, Barcelona and Mallorca on the roster, they’re not wrong.
Hire a boat from Saint Tropez and head out to enjoy more secluded beachy spots like L’escalet or the scenic but relatively untouched Plage des Salins, or embark from Dubrovnik and have easier access to the cliff-enclosed Pasjača Beach in Konavle.
CEO of Click & Boat Christian Berces says the partnership came about because young travellers are looking for unique, more adventurous experiences, and that this offers users more flexibility ‘without the commitment of a full-day charter or the cost of traditional excursions’, according to euronews.
We don’t yet know how much this will cost, but it sounds like a pretty sick day out, doesn’t it? Stay tuned.
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