Why Learn In A Classroom When You Could Learn On A Superyacht?
Today, superyacht charters come in many forms; they are no longer just about being luxury sanctuaries for both adventure and relaxation. While they can undoubtedly be these, a new movement is growing and reshaping how some experience life onboard: through educational charters and learning at sea.
Parents, students, business leaders, and those passionate about learning are now looking for more than luxury; they are pairing yacht charters and travel with more profound, more meaningful experiences. Recognizing this, IYC has recently partnered up with Enjoy Education to deliver world-class, highly personalized tuition and learning experiences to charter clients. Learning while travelling can provide a sense of purpose and progress, allowing you to return home relaxed yet enriched by your experiences.
Through Enjoy Education, guests gain access to one of the most extensive and experienced tutor networks in the world. Enjoy’s specialists cover every age, stage, and learning style, from early years and primary education to GCSEs, A Levels, IB, university support, and professional development for adults. Their tutors are not only subject experts but also skilled in personalizing teaching for neurodiverse learners, high achievers, reluctant learners, and those seeking deeper intellectual challenge. This breadth allows every student on board to receive exactly the right support, whatever their goals.
The ideal platform, a luxury yacht charter, is excellent for learning, offering privacy, flexibility, and immersive environments. Here we explain our new partnership and why learning at sea could easily be part of your next yachting vacation:
A Floating Classroom
For many, the traditional education system can prevent extended travel, as schools operate on fixed calendars, exams are set for specific dates, and further education courses are restricted to one location. But through Enjoy Education, learning doesn’t have to stop. Expert tutors can join guests aboard IYC charters anywhere in the world. Whether you are a child, teen, student, or adult, you can now continue your learning journey while enjoying your yachting vacation.
Unlike alternative, distant, and screen-based learning sometimes facilitated on board, this offering is intuitive and immersive, aligning with global academic standards. Each program is tailored to personal goals and learning style, from supporting early learning lessons and exam pathways to exploring new subjects that traditional schooling typically overlooks.
For families pursuing a world schooling lifestyle, a day of learning at sea may include early-morning study sessions on deck, hands-on marine biology workshops in the water, or even cultural lessons inspired by local history. There are no rigid timings, so learning can unfold naturally, at a pace that suits the student. Tutors can also use destinations as learning environments, turning academic concepts into real-world, lived experiences, which has been proven to increase motivation and memory.
While cruising, every destination becomes its own classroom. From studying art in Italy, exploring marine life in the BVIs, to the history of the Greek islands and ecology of the Galapagos, everywhere you turn can be a learning experience.
Who Can Learn At Sea?
An educational yacht charter isn’t just for schooling, but for guests of all ages. Primary education can be brought on board through real-world exploration and curiosity. Education becomes exciting and inspiring through nature, marine science, art, and history surrounding the yacht, and transforms into real case studies. For children gearing up for exams, tutors can also align learning with exam preparation.
In those exam-heavy years that continue throughout secondary school, parents often worry that travel and chartering a yacht will disrupt learning; however, the opposite is true. Structured tutoring on board results in consistent progress and high-level motivation in a private, focused environment. Enjoy Education offers preparation for various global exam boards, remote GCSE and A Level examinations through online invigilators, and designs programs to build confidence and independence.
Similarly, for university students, learning at sea can mean uninterrupted study time complemented by time to relax and unwind. Whether it be admissions preparation, dissertation coaching, exam support, or research mentoring, all of this can take place on board so students can continue their academic work while travelling or taking structured study leave.
Naturally, education is thought to end after graduation; however, today, more than ever, adults are seeking new and interesting ways to learn. Bespoke tutoring for adults can cover topics such as business, AI, business English, entrepreneurship, languages, and specialist cultural issues. Onboard a yacht charter, the education becomes part of the trip and unlocks a whole new level of self-development alongside the endless benefits of the yachting lifestyle.
Why A Yacht Charter Is Perfect For Education?
Combining destination expertise, an international fleet, and concierge-level planning, IYC is perfectly positioned to create educational journeys that integrate learning into yacht charter itineraries.
Yachts in the IYC fleet can be hand-selected for these charters, featuring dedicated study spaces and private tutor cabins, and destination routes that complement the learning topics.
With the Enjoy Education partnerships, IYC has a whole host of expert tutors on hand, ready to join you on board. Alongside the standard week-long charter lengths, there is also the flexibility for both shorter and longer-term world-schooling programmes.
Charter With IYC X Enjoy Education
Through our collaboration with Enjoy Education, the destination, vessel, study structure, tutors, support, and experiences are thoughtfully arranged to make your time at sea the most memorable and meaningful.
The programs are designed to be discreet, flexible, and completely personalized, meaning learning can be as structured or relaxed as required. No matter if your goal is academic improvement, creativity, or personal growth, an educational yacht charter can help make your learning truly unique.
If you are starting an educational journey, planning a sabbatical, choosing to world school, preparing for exams, joining a university, or looking at personal development goals, reach out to our expert consultants who can help curate the perfect yacht charter that combines achievement with adventure, relaxation, and exploration.