It's just like renting a boat, except your unique floating accommodations never leave the dock - unless you want them to. Walking past a beautiful marina one sunny morning, I was struggling to find an important client a hotel room for the weekend. Columns of gleaming boats sat there idle, gently bobbing in the warm breeze. And that is when the idea hit me. Why can’t we simply rent a boat’s cabin s
pace for accommodation use and in turn help boat owners generate extra income to offset their boat ownership costs? With the emergence of the sharing economy, co-founders Richard Namad and Paul Fraynd knew it was time to bring Boatel to life. Boatel is a world community or shared-access economy, for boat owners to host and vacationers to book luxurious floating accommodations (non-moving/docked boats). Through our platform (http://www.boatel.net), vacationers can book unique travel experiences in the most desirable cities around the world.
