Notes from the sea

Group Discount: From How Many People Does It Apply?

If you are booking for a crowd, the first question is always the same: at what headcount does the price move? Honest answer first: there is no fixed percentage that applies to everyone when it comes to a Bodrum boat tour group discount. The figure depends on how many of you there are, the date you choose and how full that departure already is. Here is the arithmetic behind it.

Where every calculation starts: 1,500 TL

The price is 1,500 TL per person. That covers departure from Gumbet Harbour at 10:30, return at 17:00, the lunch served around 13:00 at Ada Bogazi (chicken, pasta, salad) and hotel pick-up for Gumbet, Bitez and Ortakent. Drinks are not included and are paid separately at the deck bar. So ten people come to 15,000 TL and twenty people to 30,000 TL before anything else is discussed. Looking at how the day unfolds hour by hour makes that total easier to judge.

From how many people is it worth asking?

A difference of two or three guests will not shift the price. The conversation starts to make sense once you are booking a double-digit number of seats in one go. The boat carries 100 people, so when your group fills a visible share of that capacity the rate is reviewed accordingly. We do not publish a fixed percentage because it moves with the date and the occupancy. Send your headcount and date to +90 536 306 6359 on WhatsApp and you will get the exact total for that day. Our step-by-step breakdown for larger parties helps you prepare the request.

Children change the total more than you expect

In family-heavy groups this is where the real saving sits:

  • Ages 0-6: free, they never appear in the total
  • Ages 6-12: half ticket, 750 TL
  • Over 12: full ticket, 1,500 TL

If four members of a party of sixteen are between 6 and 12, the total becomes 21,000 TL instead of 24,000 TL, a 3,000 TL difference before any group rate is mentioned.

Which items to count when comparing

When a per-person figure looks low, ask whether lunch and hotel transfer are inside it. A hidden 200 TL per head costs a group of four an extra 800 TL by the end of the day. With us, food and transfer from three districts are included, drinks are not, and knowing that split in advance keeps the budget predictable.

The last step for a group booking

Seats are held once the headcount and date are confirmed, and cancellations are possible up to three days before the tour. If you are marking an occasion, weigh up what a celebration set-up costs as well. Coming as a small group and meeting other people on deck is part of this tour's character; if you want a quiet day at sea, this is not the right boat.