Licensed Charter Coordination
Luma Yacht plans private, crewed Bosphorus charters through a TÜRSAB-licensed travel agency, matching the right yacht class and service details to your occasion.
Who is Luma Yacht?
Luma Yacht is a customer-facing private-charter brand for the Bosphorus in Istanbul. It operates through MERYEM YILDIZ TURIZM SEYAHAT ACENTASI, a TÜRSAB A Group licensed travel agency (A Group #14316), and matches guests with verified yacht classes rather than presenting boat ownership that is not part of the service model. The booking team coordinates the licensed captain and onboard crew, route, timing and requested extras around each occasion. The house behind Luma has served guests since 2001, with more than 50,000+ guests hosted. Before confirmation, guests receive the yacht class, included services, optional extras and booking terms in writing.
Our story
Two decades on the strait between two continents
Luma Yacht is the private-charter brand of MERYEM YILDIZ TURIZM SEYAHAT ACENTASI, a TÜRSAB A Group licensed travel agency (A Group #14316). The team has coordinated guest experiences in Istanbul since 2001, and displays the agency licence clearly.
In that time more than 50,000+ guests have sailed with the house behind Luma — couples marking an engagement, families on a milestone birthday, friends on a stag day, companies hosting clients past the palaces. That experience is the quiet engine behind a Luma charter.
We built Luma to do one thing properly: coordinate private charters around the occasion. The booking team matches the right verified yacht class, confirms the licensed captain and crew, and itemises included services and optional extras before you commit.
Why guests book Luma direct
- Verified yacht matching
- We match your group, occasion and preferred timing with a verified yacht class, then confirm the exact vessel, inclusions and optional extras in writing.
- Licensed and accountable
- Luma operates through MERYEM YILDIZ TURIZM SEYAHAT ACENTASI, a TÜRSAB A Group licensed travel agency (A Group #14316). Displaying the agency licence clearly is part of being accountable to every guest.
- Bosphorus expertise
- Our captains know the strait — the light, the currents, the quiet bays and the best vantage points for a proposal or a photograph. That local knowledge is what turns a boat ride into the day you remember.
- Bespoke, never packaged
- We don't sell fixed tours. Tell us the occasion and we design the route, timing, catering and staging around it, matching the right yacht from our handpicked fleet to your party.
About Luma — common questions
- Who is Luma Yacht?
- Luma Yacht is a customer-facing private-charter brand in Istanbul, operating through Meryem Yıldız Travel, TÜRSAB A Group #14316. We match guests with verified yacht classes and coordinate the captain, crew, route, timing and optional extras around each occasion.
- Is Luma Yacht licensed?
- Yes. Luma operates through Meryem Yıldız Travel, a TÜRSAB A Group licensed travel agency (#14316). The charter itself runs with a professional licensed captain and onboard crew, and the exact yacht class, inclusions, extras and booking terms are confirmed in writing.
- How long has Luma been operating on the Bosphorus?
- The house behind Luma has been carrying guests on the Bosphorus since 2001, and more than 50,000 guests have sailed with it — couples marking an engagement, families on a milestone birthday, friends on a stag day and companies hosting clients past the palaces.
- Why plan a private charter with Luma?
- You receive one coordinated point of contact, a yacht class matched to your group and a written quote that separates included services from optional extras. We coordinate route, timing, catering and event details with the licensed captain and onboard team before the charter.
On the Bosphorus since
Guests hosted
TÜRSAB travel licence
Sail with us
Explore what a Luma day can be, then message us for a tailored quote — we usually reply the same day.
Plan with a licensed charter team
Share your date, party size and occasion and we'll come back with a tailored charter from €220, with inclusions and optional extras set out clearly in writing.