Glossary
Formats and products
- Workation
A stretch of days spent in a new place while continuing to do your normal remote work. Half holiday, half regular week — the goal is to work without logistics eating the week.
Wild Workation delivers the "sailing" variant — morning deep-work blocks at anchor on a catamaran, afternoons for exploring.
- Sailing workation
A workation on a sailing yacht. You live on the boat for 7 days, do focused work from deck or the main cabin each morning, and sail to the next anchorage in the afternoon.
Internet is handled by a combination of marine Starlink and 4G/5G near shore. Routing is weather-aware so a bad day never costs a focus block.
- No-worry offsite
Our fixed-price product for individual remote professionals. One per-person price covers boat, captain, fuel, marina and port fees, end-cleaning, linen, and groceries for the week.
Wild Workation carries the charter risk. You pick a date, pay once, arrive with a laptop.
- Team offsite
A private charter for a single company's team. Custom route, schedule built around sprints, one invoice, one contact. Typical size 4–8, up to ~24 across multiple boats.
Indicative pricing is €9,000–€12,000 per week for the full boat, all-inclusive.
- Workation vs vacation
A vacation is a break from work. A workation keeps work in place and changes the environment around it. Workations use full work days; vacations do not.
Sailing vocabulary
- Catamaran
A twin-hulled sailing yacht. More stable, more deck space, and roomier cabins than a monohull of the same length — which is why almost all Wild Workation boats are catamarans.
Stability matters for workation: a catamaran at anchor is a working platform, not a rocking chair.
- Monohull
A traditional single-hulled sailing yacht. Narrower, heels more under sail, less deck space — but faster upwind and cheaper per foot. We occasionally run monohull routes for experienced groups.
- Skipper
The licensed professional in charge of the boat. Handles the route, safety, anchoring, and interfacing with marinas. Also called the captain on longer passages.
All Wild Workation skippers are IYT-certified. You are a guest; no sailing experience is required.
- Captain
The formal title for the person commanding a vessel. In our context, captain and skipper are used interchangeably — captain is more formal, skipper is casual.
- IYT (International Yacht Training)
One of the main international yacht-skipper certifying bodies. An IYT Yachtmaster certification signals a professional skipper qualified for commercial charters internationally.
All captains on Wild Workation cruises are IYT-certified through our partner RYC Sailing.
- RYC Sailing
The operating partner behind Wild Workation. 18+ years of Mediterranean sailing, a professional fleet of catamarans, and IYT-certified captains.
- Anchorage
A protected bay where the boat drops anchor. Most Wild Workation work days happen at anchor — a stable platform with shade, power, and quiet.
- Marina
A managed harbour with berths, fuel, water, and shore power. We use marinas at the start and end of trips, and occasionally for resupply and shore-based workdays.
- Meltemi
The prevailing northerly wind in the central Aegean, strongest from mid-July to mid-August. Shapes Greek sailing schedules — calls go on calm mornings, long passages go early.
- Mediterranean sailing season
Roughly April to October, with June–September as the peak. Temperatures, winds, and water conditions all hold steady through this window — which is why our Mediterranean cruises run only inside it.
- Andaman sailing season
November to March, our off-season alternative. The northeast monsoon keeps Thai waters calm and dry through the whole high season.
Pricing and logistics
- Starlink
SpaceX's low-earth-orbit satellite internet service. Delivers stable low-latency internet far from shore — the difference between a yacht that can hold a video call and one that cannot.
Our workation fleet carries Starlink. Coverage can still drop in certain anchorages (shadowed by cliffs) and on very long passages.
- Deposit
A non-refundable payment that confirms a booking. Wild Workation takes a 30 % deposit; the balance is due two weeks before departure.
- Security deposit
A refundable amount held against potential damage or loss during a shared charter. Split evenly between participants, held by the charter company, and refunded after the trip once the boat is cleared.
- Early-bird price
A reduced per-person price for guests who book far in advance. Each cruise has a single early-bird tier; it turns off once the first cabins are sold.
- Single-guest price
The standard per-person price for a berth in a shared cabin. The person in the other berth is usually another guest; we do not pair strangers of different genders.
- Full-cabin price
The price for a whole cabin for two. Use this if you are sailing as a couple, or if you want privacy and do not mind the additional cost.
- All-inclusive (our definition)
Wild Workation's published price always includes boat, captain, fuel, marina and port fees, end-cleaning, linen, and groceries for the week. Not included: personal expenses ashore and optional crew tip.
- Digital nomad
Someone who works remotely while travelling for extended periods. Related to but distinct from workation: a nomad's default state is on the move, a workation is one deliberate stretch.
- Remote work
Work done outside a central office, typically from a home, coworking space, or — in our case — a sailing yacht. The context Wild Workation is built for.