All Inclusive or Standard on the Alanya Boats?

Two boats sell the upgrade, and the sums are nothing alike. On the pirate galleon All Inclusive is €40 an adult against €20 standard — the fare doubles. On the Starcraft day it is €40 against €35, five euros. Both buy the same thing: unlimited soft drinks with the same lunch, on the same boat, and no alcohol.

The two sums, before anything else

There are only two boats where this question exists, and the answer is completely different on each. On the pirate galleon the standard adult fare is €20 and All Inclusive is €40: the upgrade doubles what you pay. On the Starcraft day boat the standard is €35 and All Inclusive is €40, so the same upgrade costs five euros.

The child fares behave the same way. On the galleon a child aged 4–11 goes from €14 to €28, another doubling. On the Starcraft the child goes from €25 to €28 — three euros.

That single gap decides most of this page. Five euros on the Starcraft is the price of a couple of cold drinks. Twenty on the galleon is a second ticket. Same option, same contents, two entirely different decisions.

What the extra money actually buys

Unlimited soft drinks, and the same lunch you were getting anyway — grilled chicken, rice and salad on the galleon, cooked fresh on board on the Starcraft. That is the whole of it.

No alcohol. Not beer, not wine, not cocktails. The Starcraft's bar is recorded as selling soft drinks, beer and cocktails; the All Inclusive fare covers the first of those three and leaves the other two as bar purchases. The galleon's bar is recorded only as a paid bar, and we are not going to invent a drinks list for it.

Here is the number nobody can give you: our record does not carry the bar's prices. So we cannot tell you how many soft drinks earn the €20 back on the galleon, and we would rather say that than guess on your behalf. What we can tell you is that on the Starcraft you are betting five euros, which is a much smaller bet.

What does not change

  • The boat. All Inclusive is a fare on the galleon and on the Starcraft, not a third vessel.
  • The departure. Same sailing, same harbour, standing next to passengers who paid the standard fare.
  • The lunch. Identical on both fares — the meal was already in the price.
  • The pickup. The round-trip hotel transfer sits in the included list either way, inside the zone each boat records for itself.
  • The length of the day. Seven hours on the galleon, nine on the Starcraft, whichever fare you hold.
  • The terms. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before departure, and the age bands are untouched: 4–11 pays the child fare, 12 and over the adult one.

The family sums, written out

Two adults and one child of six, on the galleon: standard is €20 + €20 + €14 = €54, All Inclusive is €40 + €40 + €28 = €108. The upgrade costs that family €54 — exactly what the trip cost in the first place.

The same three on the Starcraft: €35 + €35 + €25 = €95 standard against €40 + €40 + €28 = €108 all in. Thirteen euros between them.

Two adults and two children, galleon: €68 standard against €136. On the Starcraft: €120 against €136, sixteen euros apart.

One thing the record does not settle: infants aged 0–3 sail free on the standard fare, and the option is priced for adults and children only. What a free-sailing infant costs on the All Inclusive fare is not written down anywhere we can see, so ask us when you book rather than assume it either way.

At €40 both boats cost the same

Once you have decided the drinks should be in the price, the price stops choosing the boat for you: All Inclusive is €40 an adult and €28 a child on the galleon and on the Starcraft alike. What is left to decide on is the day itself — seven hours against nine, and a daytime foam party that the Starcraft's record carries and the galleon's does not.

It works the other way too. €35 buys a standard Starcraft day; €40 buys the galleon with the drinks folded in; and the cheapest thing on this page is still the €20 galleon with the bar left alone.

The seven boats where the question never comes up

The option exists on those two products and nowhere else. The sunset sailing, the night disco boat, the fishing day, Green Canyon, Manavgat, Suluada and the private yacht are sold at their standard fares only, and on none of them do drinks come with the ticket.

Anything that calls one of those seven all-inclusive is describing something we do not sell. This is an upgraded fare on two boats, not an all-inclusive boat, and the difference is the whole point.

Questions

Frequently asked

How much more is All Inclusive on an Alanya boat trip?
On the pirate galleon, €20 more per adult and €14 more per child: €20/€14 becomes €40/€28, which doubles it. On the Starcraft day boat it is €5 per adult and €3 per child, €35/€25 becoming €40/€28.
Is alcohol the difference between the two fares?
No — alcohol is in neither of them. The upgrade adds unlimited soft drinks to a lunch you were already getting; beer, wine and cocktails are bar purchases on the standard fare and on All Inclusive alike.
Is All Inclusive worth it on the pirate boat?
It doubles a €20 ticket, so it turns entirely on how much your group drinks — and our record does not carry the bar's prices, so we cannot do that sum for you. On the Starcraft, where the upgrade is five euros, the question is far easier.
Is All Inclusive a different boat from the standard trip?
No. Same boat, same sailing, same crew. It is a second fare on the pirate galleon and the Starcraft day tour; the other seven trips have no such option at all.
How much more do children pay for All Inclusive?
On the galleon, €14 more: €14 standard against €28, which doubles it. On the Starcraft, €3 more: €25 against €28. Infants 0–3 sail free on the standard fare and the record does not price the option for them, so ask when you book.
Can I switch to All Inclusive once I am on board?
Our record does not say. It carries the option and its price, not the moment you have to choose it — so tell us when you book, or ask us and we will confirm it before you sail.