The Click & Boat platform, which will celebrate its tenth anniversary in 2024, closed the first quarter of 2023 with a clear 54% increase in business volume compared to last year.
05/05/2023 VOILES ET VOILIERSThis strong growth illustrates the ongoing development of the site, which is aiming for a leading position in yacht charter worldwide.
In the first quarter of 2023, more than 100 million euros of requests were recorded on www.clickandboat.com, a significant increase compared to the same period in 2022.
Business volume jumped 54%! Vacations on the water were already a great success, amplified at the start of the pandemic.
This opening up to the general public thanks to skippered rentals continues to intensify, in line with the growing desire to recharge one's batteries far from the crowds, in the heart of nature, with friends or family.
Spearheading the accelerating digitalization of the yachting industry, Click & Boat recorded very significant growth in each of its main markets at the end of the first quarter: the German market grew by 49%, Italy by 59%, and Spain by an even more spectacular 145%.
"In a context of reduced purchasing power, our users are anticipating even more to take advantage of the best offers at the best price", notes Click & Boat co-founder Édouard Gorioux.
International momentum: over a million people have already sailed with Click & Boat.
The platform, which bought out five of its historic competitors (Sailsharing, Captain'Flit, Océans Évasion, Scansail and Nautal) in less than ten years of existence, now employs around 200 people and is aiming for a record summer in 2023.
The clickandboat.com website combines accessibility, simplicity and security. "The majority of users personalize their project from their cell phone, which was impossible just a few years ago," notes Jérémy Bismuth, Click & Boat's other co-founder.
The platform works with over 70% of all business fleet operators in Europe, and continues to expand internationally.
Rentals booked in Germany by domestic customers have multiplied by 2.3 in one year. In France, the idea of privatizing a boat, with or without a skipper, continues to attract large numbers of customers.
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Launched in 2014 by Edouard Gorioux and Jeremy Bismuth, Click & Boat started as the Airbnb for boats, a pure digital peer-to-peer actor, and now lists boats from traditional brokerages and professional renters, as well for a fleet in excess of 35,000 yachts and bareboats. The company has been expanding its core market by addressing additional services such as week-long sailing cruises and luxury rentals, as well as offering travel agency related services. The founders’ vision for Click & Boat remains unchanged: becoming the reference actor in the boat rental market as a whole, and their energy to continue disrupting this sector is limitless.
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