Had bday party for my son. Paid total of $11000 for 70 people.prepaid for 20 parking spots. Never was told that it was somewhere other than parking lot next to boat. Found out when guests were late to party trying to find a parking place. We, the hosts had to go out front and wave everyone down in our formal wear. Everything else was ok. Just make sure that you let your guests know to park across the street and down 3 doors or you'll be out on Coast Hwy directing your guests after the fact. Also the prepaid parking is on a first come first serve. They will sell it to you under the premise of you being able to hand passes to your family..... Not so

We looked into several yacht companies and decided on Charter Yachts because they are a family operation with much more personal service. We were treated like their most important customer throughout the process, not like just another invoice to be handled. Our coordiinator, Ariel, was great. She communicated regularly and kept us on task.

Our wedding and smooth and beautiful

Great group from pre-planning and organization all the way to the captain and crew. Special attention to detail and making all of our guests feel special.

First I want to say how much I love and adore my wedding planner Ariel! She is super omg over the top amazing! I am so in love with the venue, the package deal, the vendors and I cannot wait for my wedding day to come! If you are looking for something different and romantic, look no further!

My review of "Charter Yachts of Newport Beach" begins with the initial email I sent requesting information. No sooner had I sent the message when my phone rang. It was Ariel Janikowski, an event planner with the company who would go on to become our single source of contact. We were not from the area or even the Country and needed to rely on Ariel to help us. After a detailed conversation, she described a perfect graduation outing for our daughter with family and friends. She suggested a beautiful yacht that was affordable and suitable for our group, casual and interesting catering and even some fun cupcakes that contained a little something special for the celebratory occasion. Ariel even suggested hotels in the area and some great places for us to continue our celebrating after our 3 hours cruise. Our plans were thoughtfully put together and confirmed at each and every step and we felt completely comfortable and confident. I'll be honest, my expectations in general and in partic... Read moreular for my daughters special day were set very high, I wanted it to be perfect and the greatest surprise was that it was. Not only did everything go flawlessly but it surpassed my high expectations. I would wholeheartedly recommend this company for its products, service, staff and of course Ariel.

Charter Yachts provided me and my family and friends a beautiful venue for a double burial at sea. Ariel in the office was excellent in guiding me through logistics; the crew aboard the ICON was terrific. All were very professional and friendly. If I could give 10 stars, I would. Although there were only 18 of us at the memorial service and the ICON can hold 150, it wasn't too large for our event. Everyone had enough space and time to reflect and remember. I definitely recommend Charter Yachts to anyone wanting an outstanding venue for a special occasion.

I hosted my engagement party at ICON and it was amazing! The service was impeccable and unbelievably accommodating for a party of 40 people. Ariel (Manager) was the best, and other yachts should have their level of service. Onto the food - we had a buffet and everything was delicious. I recommend going for dinner or hosting a party. You will never regret it.

After researching yacht places in Newport Beach, Charter Yachts of Newport Beach is by far the best of them all, considering pricing, quality of food and outstanding customer service. From the moment I stepped into their offices, I was greeted with a sincere warm welcome. Ariel came across to me as an active listener, professional and customer-focus driven. With very intricate details regarding the corporate event I was planning, she executed my plan the best way she could. I was surely impressed. What stand out the most about Ariel was that she was extremely responsive via email, phone and text. That helped me so much due to so many last minute changes I had to make. The employees and more importantly the managers were very pleased with the presentation of the yacht, food and the outstanding customer service that was provided on the yacht. It was truly a pleasure working with Ariel Janikowski. I highly recommend this place.

How do we begin to put this into words? Absolutely beautiful; Fantastic; First class; Best wedding ever. And those are not just our words, but the words from all of our family and friends who attended our wedding. There aren't enough words to describe how wonderful and memorable Charter Yachts of Newport Beach made our wedding day experience. We began searching for a wedding venue six months before our wedding. We wanted to make the experience as memorable for our guests as it would be for us, and what better than a yacht. We previewed several yachts, but none of them compared to the Icon. Beautiful; Classy; Elegant; and very clean. We dropped off guest favors the day before the wedding and could see a crew cleaning her up. You would almost swear that she is brand new. The other yachts in the area did not even compare. CYNB made it so easy and stress free for us. We could not have been more impressed with all of their services and recommendations. Everyone from the wedding coord... Read moreinator, the chef, the DJ, the photographer, the flower vendor, the cake vendor, the servers, the bartenders; all went above and beyond great customer service. A very special thank you to the coordinator Penny. She was amazing. Everything was perfect and went according to schedule. And a very special thank you to the Captain and the crew. Thank you for making our day so special, happy, fun, and the most memorable experience of our lives. We will always treasure that day in our hearts forever. And thank you for making it not only a memorable experience for us, but also for our guests. They are still talking about it. We could go on and on about the day, but apparently there is a limit to the length of a review posting. We would like to finish by saying…for anyone who is still searching for a wedding venue, we highly, highly, highly recommend Charter Yachts of Newport Beach. They way exceeded our expectations. And if you don't have your wedding aboard the Icon, you will be missing out.

Ok so I don't usually write reviews... for anything. But for this one I had to! So last Saturday, my fiancé and I hosted our engagement party aboard the ICON yacht. And let me tell you, it was nothing short than amazing! It exceeded all of our expectation in every way. From the picturesque water / boat views. To the excellent staff. To the delicious food. And last but not least.... Leslie. If you are fortunate enough to work with Leslie as your coordinator... let me tell you how much better your special day will be. Not only does she go above and beyond to make you happy and ensures everything runs smooth on the day, she has the most amazing personality to top it off! We loved working with her. She was very detailed oriented and organized. It took off so much stress for us, and made that day much more enjoyable in the process. I can't say enough good things about our experience on the ICON. We were blown away, and all of our guests are now jealous of how awesome it was, and are goi... Read moreng to book their parties on the ICON too :) There will always be some cons, and things that don't go perfectly, but those were minimal. One gripe we had, was that the captain of the boat was very stern when greeting the guests. Which we understood why, there are a lot of safety precautions when boarding a board, we understood that. But they quickly locked him up in the captains room, and we didn't see him again. Otherwise everything else was very minor, and so insignificant to all the greater things. I would have given a 4 star, but Leslie got so many bonus stars for how awesome she was, its way beyond the 5 star! Thank you Leslie and the ICON yacht for providing us with such a memorable experience! One that we will always cherish and remember :) I need everyone to know how awesome our party was aboard the ICON, I am going to copy this over to all the review sites! Thank you, Mohamed & Sarah

I just wanted to say that from the beginning that we decided to plan this wedding we always had in mind to do it on a yacht and our first choice was the icon and as soon as we thought we decided to go with it we met our 1st coordinator. Husband deployed to Afghanistan so we had to move date. We then met our wedding planner and it turned out to be Ariel and then from then on she a pleasure to have worked with us. It got closer to the date and she was on top of making sure that we had all our vendors set and ready coordinated and reserved everybody that we needed last scheduled our food tasting. And we went ahead and had our wedding and it was absolutely perfect nothing went wrong. Everything else was really awesome and everybody keeps complimenting how wonderful everything was from the lovely garden ceremony to boarding to the appetizers, cocktail hour to the actual wedding night as far as dancing. Everything was organized. As the bride & groom, we didn’t have to worry about an... Read moreyone not being taken care of. Chef David the best food ever everybody had nothing but the best things to say about how beautiful the presentation was for the salad to the actual main course which we had filet mignon and we have the strawberry salmon and everything was perfectly perfect. And just overall I would recommend having your wedding aboard the Icon Yacht. Ariel Janikowski was our coordinator and she was very professional, very organized always on top of it. Our officiant, Brian, our DJ Daniel, the staff. Wonderful unforgettable wedding that we’ll cherish in our hearts forever. Thank you Charter Icon Yacht Staff!

We picked this venue for our 40th Annual Professional Organization Event. We have already worked with this company two years ago. However, this year we had a much more better experience. I worked with the event Coordinator Ariel. She was very professional, friendly, flexible, and went above and beyond to make our special event would be fun and that everything goes smoothly. I even remember calling her on her cell phone which she continued to respond quickly even on her day off. This shows she is very motivated and enthusiasm towards her job. I really appreciate that. We had 100 guests for that evening. We booked the venue for drinks, appetizer before getting on the boat. We had vendors who attended at the venue. The dinner , and entertainment was on the boat. It was buffet style. We ordered salads, vegetables, risotto, fish , pasta and filet mignon. Everyone went for seconds. They did an amazing job w/ the food. It was very delicious. We also did food tasting few wks before event. ... Read moreAriel helped us w/ picking the dinner menu. She gave us great suggestions. Everyone had a wonderful time . I want to thank all the staff for making our event very special . Our organization would definitely like to book this place for our future events. I would also recommend this place to someone who wants to have a wedding event.

The staff at CYNB treated us with great care and our family and friends enjoyed all the food. We def. will recommend them to others as it was so much fun!