Prestige Yacht Rentals is one of the largest yacht charter companies in Illinois, running a fleet of 12 yachts out on Lake Michigan. A charter operation is a different animal than a quick rental: a single booking can run half a day, carry a couple dozen guests, need a licensed captain and crew assigned, and layer on catering, water toys, and extra hours on top of the base charter. Getting every one of those pieces to line up, on every boat, every day of the season, is the whole job.
- Business
- Prestige Yacht Rentals
- Location
- Illinois
- Type
- Yacht charters
- Fleet
- 12 yachts
- Using
- Multi-hour charter bookings & add-ons, captain/crew scheduling with conflict detection, digital waivers & guest check-in
The challenge
With 12 yachts and charters that can run for hours, Prestige can't just track "is this boat booked." Every charter has to reserve the right boat for the right window, pull an available captain and crew who aren't already out on another yacht, collect signed waivers from a full guest list before anyone boards, and get the add-ons right so the boat leaves the dock stocked and ready. Coordinating all of that by hand across a dozen boats is exactly where things fall through the cracks.
Charters and add-ons, priced as one booking
Every Prestige charter is booked as a multi-hour block: guests choose a yacht and a half-day or full-day window, then layer on the extras that make the trip, catering, water toys, and additional hours, right in the same flow. Resytech prices the whole thing as a single booking, so the base charter and every add-on land on one total and one balance instead of a stack of side agreements. The boat leaves the dock with a clear, itemized manifest of exactly what that group paid for.
The right captain on the right boat
A charter isn't confirmed until it has a captain, and a captain can only be in one place at a time. Resytech treats crew like any other bookable resource: when a charter is scheduled, staff assign a captain and crew, and the platform blocks anyone who's already committed to another yacht in that window. That double-booking check means Prestige can fill the calendar across all 12 boats without ever quietly scheduling the same captain onto two trips at once.
Waivers signed at the dock, everyone at once
Before a group boards, every guest needs a signed waiver, and a charter party can be a couple dozen people. Rather than pass around a clipboard, Resytech texts each guest a link to their own waiver the moment the group arrives, and everyone signs on their own phone at the same time. Each booking shows the full guest list and exactly who has signed, so the crew can see at a glance when the party is cleared to leave the dock, and the trip pushes off on schedule.
The result
Running a dozen yachts on one platform means Prestige's team works from a single source of truth: charters and add-ons priced together, captains and crew scheduled without collisions, and guest waivers cleared before boarding. One of Illinois's largest charter fleets stays organized through the busiest days of the season without the operation outgrowing the tools that run it.