Renting a boat berth and winter storage: night, season and on land

The boat mode in AntPark

In AntPark, private individuals in Sweden rent out boat berths they are not using: a berth at their own jetty, a berth in a harbour that they have the right to rent out, or a storage spot on their plot. You rent from the owner, and AntPark arranges the booking and the payment and takes a service fee for it.

Boat berths have a mode of their own in the app. In boat mode you search among boat berths instead of parking spots, and choose between In the water and On land.

AntPark is new, and there are still few berths to rent. You can see what is available where you are looking on the map, at antpark.app in your browser. The Android app is on Google Play. The iPhone app is not in the App Store yet.

A berth in the water

A berth in the water can be rented in four ways. The listing shows which of them the owner offers, with a price for each:

• By the night, when you are passing through or want to stay over a weekend.
• By the week, for example during your holiday.
• By the month, as a running agreement with 30 days’ notice for both.
• For the whole season, with one price for the whole period.

The listing for a berth in the water shows:

• The mooring: Y-boom, alongside or buoy.
• The largest boat: length, beam and draught.
• On the dock: whether there is electricity and water.
• The season, meaning the dates between which the berth is rented out.
• The cancellation rule and whether the berth is booked instantly or by request.

The map shows free berths with the price per night, and a date strip where you choose the night. There are shortcuts for tonight, the weekend and the season.

Does the boat fit?

A boat berth is always booked for a particular boat. You add the boat the first time you book: name, model, length, beam and draught. The app then compares the boat with the berth’s dimensions.

• If the boat fits, the booking says so, together with the boat’s dimensions.
• If the boat is too long, too wide or draws too much, the app says which, and the berth cannot be booked for that boat.

You are responsible for making sure that the boat fits within the dimensions in the listing. If you are unsure about the depth at the jetty or how to get in, ask the owner in the booking’s thread.

Renting for the whole season

Every owner sets their own season, for example from spring to autumn for a berth in the water. The season applies every year. When you choose Season in the booking, there are no dates to pick: you book the whole period, and the app shows the first and last day, how many weeks it is and that the berth is free the whole time.

• The price is one amount for the whole season, plus AntPark’s 10% service fee, at least SEK 5 per payment.
• The payment is as a rule split in two. The first part is paid when you book, in the same way as an ordinary booking. The second part falls due ahead of the 1st of the month closest to the middle of the season. If you have saved a card, it is charged seven days before that date; otherwise you pay it yourself in the app by then.
• The whole amount is charged at once if that date has already passed when you book, or if the season is too short or too cheap to be split. How the amount is split is shown in the checkout before you pay.
• A season that has already begun cannot be booked as a season. You then book by the night, week or month instead, if the owner offers it.

You get the street address as soon as the booking is confirmed. The gate code and the owner’s directions appear in the app when check-in opens: twelve hours before the start for a season, and fifteen minutes before the start for other bookings.

Winter storage on land

Under On land you find spots for winter storage (vinteruppställning). They are rented by the day, week, month or for the whole winter season. The listing shows:

• Type of spot: outdoors, rack, unheated garage or heated garage. You can filter by type.
• The largest boat: length and beam, and the height on trailer when the owner has given it.
• Haul-out: whether there is a crane or ramp at the spot. If there is none, the boat needs to arrive on a trailer. You can filter on spots with haul-out.

When you book a winter season you also see:

• Access to your boat during the winter: either by agreement with the owner, or the spot is locked during the season.
• Electricity for trickle charging, if the owner offers it. It is an option with a fixed price per month or part of a month of the season, and AntPark takes no fee on it.

A winter season is booked and paid like a season in the water: the whole period at once, as a rule in two parts. If you are looking for winter storage for a car, motorhome or caravan in a garage, read the guide to renting a garage spot.

Cancelling

• Night, day and week follow the listing’s rule: free cancellation up to 2, 12 or 24 hours before the start. If you cancel in time, you get the full amount back, including the service fee.
• A season always has the same rule, whatever the owner has chosen: free cancellation up to 30 days before the first day of the season. If you book later than that, there is no free cancellation.
• If you cancel a season later, the owner keeps the part already paid, and the second part is not charged.
• If the owner cancels, you always get the full amount back. The owner cannot cancel a season that has begun. If it needs to end, AntPark’s support helps both parties.
• A monthly spot is ended with 30 days’ notice. More on that in the guide to renting by the month, which applies to boat berths too.

Liability and insurance

The owner is responsible for the details in the listing being correct and for having the right to rent out the berth, for example the harbour association’s permission. If that right ends in the middle of a season, you are not to pay for time that cannot be used, and what has already been paid for such time is refunded through AntPark’s support.

AntPark does not compensate for damage to the boat or the berth and has no insurance for the bookings. It is a matter between you, the owner and your insurers, so check what your boat insurance covers before you moor. If something else goes wrong that you cannot solve in the thread, you can open a case on the booking in the app, at the latest three days after it ended. It is all in the terms.

Do you have a berth or a storage spot of your own that stands empty? Read the guide to renting out a boat berth.