State Of The Charter Market 2026
State Of The Charter Market 2025 provides data-driven System insights and trends based on last year's industry performance, combining it with the latest data available for 2025. Dive deeper into the global charter data stream with our dedicated blog HERE! To gain access to the complete webinar presentation click HERE.
Q&A
1. Are the prices net amounts or incuding Commission?
BMA: The prices are final client prices.
2. The top destination numbers- they show total number of weeks booked via booking-manager per country?
BMA: Yes, correct.
3. What are the leading winter‑season destinations in terms of bookings? For example, how strong is demand for the BVI compared with Asian destinations or European Atlantic islands(azores, canaries)?
BMA: The most popular winter destination are generelly, Martinique, Guadaloupe and the caribean islands. Tahiti is also one of the top destinations. Thailand is also a popular destination outside the Med.
4. Can I get a list of which charters only use your Booking Manager, as a Agent that information will be welcome.?
BMA: You can find the list of Golden Partners HERE.
5. We are observing a clear trend: around 70% of our clients book 3–4 months in advance, but we have also seen almost a two‑fold increase in last‑minute bookings (21 to 3 days before departure).?
BMA: Yes, last minute bookings is definitely one of the trends we have been observing in the past few years, also peak seasonality has been changing in the past two years and short term charter or non standard saturday saturday are becoming more popular.
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