Yacht and private jet charter website cost in Galway: local agencies vs Kolonell (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Galway, a private aviation and yacht charter website built by a local agency costs, as a 2026 order of magnitude, between 4 000 and 20 000 EUR, and a competent West of Ireland freelancer can come in close to our own prices. Kolonell builds the arrival and transfer pages, the Galway Bay and Aran Islands day charter pages and a qualified request form for a fixed price of 2 700, 4 500 or 8 200 EUR, with native English copy and a project manager. Compare the three-year cost line by line, including copywriting, because that is where quotes that look cheap often stop being cheap.

What does a charter and concierge site in Galway actually need?

Galway is not Monaco, and a good site says so with confidence. Most private aviation demand here is inbound: North American families, golf groups and executives who land at Shannon, a little over an hour away by road, or at Ireland West Airport Knock to the north, then continue by car or helicopter to country house hotels in Connemara and Mayo. On the water, the offer is mostly day charters: motor boats and sailing yachts on Galway Bay, trips to the Aran Islands, skippered outings from local harbours in summer. A Galway business in this field is often a concierge or a broker that coordinates operators, boat owners and hotels rather than one that owns aircraft. The site should therefore:

• explain the journey end to end: arrival airport, transfer options, the estate or hotel, the day on the bay;
• qualify the request: travel dates, group size, arrival airport, mobility needs, budget band;
• name partners only with written permission, and never name guests;
• show weather honestly: Atlantic conditions and swell cancel boat days, so explain the rebooking rule.

The facts on status. A private flight or a commercial helicopter transfer is performed by an operator holding an Air Operator Certificate (AOC); in the European Union the framework comes from EASA and the national aviation authorities. A concierge or broker should not present itself as the operator and should tell the client who operates. Boats carrying paying passengers follow the rules of the flag and of the place of operation, and Irish requirements are worth confirming with the competent maritime authority; VAT on a charter depends on where it takes place. Your forms fall under the GDPR, supervised in Ireland by the Data Protection Commission, and since 28 June 2025 the European Accessibility Act makes WCAG 2.1 AA a sensible target. This is not legal advice.

What do Galway agencies, freelancers and Kolonell charge?

These are cautious orders of magnitude, not official prices. They draw on public price pages of agencies in Galway and Connacht, minimum project sizes on Clutch.co profiles, hourly rates published by Irish studios (often 60 to 100 EUR an hour), and freelancer rates on Upwork and Malt. Galway's university and tech scene supply a good number of freelancers, so you have real choice.

Said plainly: a Galway freelancer at 2 000 to 4 000 EUR can be cheaper than Kolonell for a simple site. Our case is a fixed price that includes the writing, a project manager who chases content for you, and a documented handover. More on our international websites page.

Payment is by bank transfer or Wise, 50 % at kick-off and 50 % at delivery. Your project manager works in your time zone, with Google Meet calls at your hours and a written update every week. The team is based in Senegal (GMT), the same time as Galway in winter and one hour behind in Irish summer time.

What does each package include for a Galway concierge or broker?

Online booking with live boat availability, instant quotes for flights, a client area with itineraries or a connection to your reservation software is a custom application, quoted separately. Ongoing search engine work is quoted on request.

How do the three options compare over three years?

The table applies the same maintenance assumption to every column, since Kolonell maintenance after the support period is quoted on request. It compares a Growth level scope.

The gap between the freelancer and Kolonell is small. Choose on who writes the copy, who manages the timeline and how the handover is documented, not on price alone.

Which red flags should you spot in a quote?

• No copywriting line: a concierge site lives on its words, and a writer added later can cost 800 to 1 500 EUR.
• Helicopter or jet photos from stock libraries presented as your own fleet.
• A promise of instant online booking inside a brochure site budget.
• A form that collects passport numbers at the first message.
• Hosting in the supplier's name with no transfer clause.

Questions to ask: how many revision rounds are included, who sources images and permissions, what a new itinerary page costs, and when you receive every access.

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Ciarán O. runs a small concierge business in Galway that organises arrivals at Shannon, helicopter transfers and days on the bay for American families. A new partnership with a Connemara country house hotel needs a proper site within six weeks. He gets three quotes:

• A Galway agency: 12 000 EUR, 9 weeks.
• A freelancer: 4 800 EUR, 5 weeks, without copywriting, so he would add a writer at 1 200 EUR, total 6 000 EUR.
• Kolonell Growth: 4 500 EUR including copywriting, 3 to 4 weeks, plus half a day with a local photographer at 800 EUR, total 5 300 EUR.

Kolonell saves 6 700 EUR against the agency and 700 EUR against the freelancer route. In return, Ciarán secures the image permissions from the hotel and the operators himself.

FAQ

How much does a private aviation and yacht charter website cost in Galway?

As a 2026 order of magnitude, 4 000 to 20 000 EUR from a Galway agency and 1 800 to 6 000 EUR from a freelancer. Kolonell charges a fixed 2 700, 4 500 or 8 200 EUR.

Is Kolonell always cheaper than a Galway freelancer?

No. A simple freelancer site at 2 000 EUR costs less than our Starter at 2 700 EUR; the difference is the included copywriting, project management and support.

Can the site cover both aviation and boats?

Yes. From Growth at 4 500 EUR each service has its own pages and the request form asks the right questions for each.

Do you visit Connemara to take photos?

No, Kolonell does not shoot on site. A local photographer usually charges 500 to 1 200 EUR for a half day or a day.

Can we add German or Spanish pages for visitors?

Yes, if you supply the texts or we quote them separately. A bilingual FR/EN site is included in Premium at 8 200 EUR.

Let's scope your project. Send us your services, your partner list and your target launch date, and we will reply with a fixed-price package and a 3 to 6 week timeline. Request your free quote or see the international offer.