My oh My what a great time! My wife and I rented a pontoon boat for the first time. I had never captained a boat on salt water. We arrived about 15 minutes ahead of time and were met by really nice staff. Our boat was already in the water fully ready to go. We went through operational notes, navigation, and tips for the best beaches to land on. What a great day. The water, beaches, and scenery were perfect. We highly recommend renting from these guys. read more

We used them for a pontoon rental yesterday and this was the best boat rental company we have used. They employees were friendly, informative and timely. The boat was in good condition and ran awesome for us all day. I will definitely use them again. read more

Anclote Village Marina - Anclote Key south end. Perfect clear water for our all day boat rental. - Boating Near Me - Holiday, Florida

Not a great looking marina, but it gets the job done. Any day I am out on the water, I am happy & feel at home. Sometimes it's to fish, scallop, shrimp, but mainly I just like to hang. Feel the wind in my hair, the speed of the boat & watch for sea life & other boaters. I think people that love to boat are somehow kindred spirits. The call of the gulf & a gypsy souls. Ya call ahead & the boat is out of storage, gased & ready for another adventure. You return, it is rinsed & put away, what could be easier & everybody is so friendly! What's a girl to do? Always ready to hit the water & live a Salt Life. read more

Anclote Village Marina - Nice day - Boating Near Me - Holiday, Florida

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The folks that run this boat rental are great.....explaining where to park the pontoon, etc. A great rental for the money...... half day rental was a good choice.....we docked at a sandbar near the Anclote lighthouse......The Odyssey cruise ship also docks there.... read more

Super surprised at the neg-o reviews on here! I rented a pontoon boat for half the day with a group of friends, and everything went super smooth. The price was reasonable, the boat was baller and the location you can't beat! A half day was enough to get to the sandbars/island, relax with a few drinks, swim around and come back. No issues at all, and no micro-managing which I especially appreciate. The staff was laid back, to the point (no tricks or anything weird in the contract), gave us a map and timed us out perfectly. I love that we could buy ice there and didn't have to go out of the way at all. My only suggestions for them would be to not advertise that the boats are "iPod compatible" because that is not the case (we planned ahead and brought a wireless speaker, which worked fine!) and to have a mini-station with essentials that people may have forgotten for sale e.g. Dramamine Other than that, excellent experience and I highly recommend to anyone visiting Tarpon Springs. Beautiful way to experience the Gulf. read more

Great location. Clean boats (like new). Helpful staff No stress rental. Perfect for family outing on the water to head to sandbar or Anclote island for the day. Perfect place for boaters that have rented before or have even owned boats themselves. read more

Great experience! My husband and I rented a boat for a half day. Staff wonderful to work with. We called a couple of other places and lots of rules seemed to be the common theme. This was much more relaxed, rules as well, but common sense stuff and nothing to take away from experience. Would definitely recommend! read more

WOW!!!! What a crooked Manager. Gave us about that nothing worked on. Of course we didn't realize this until we were already out far enough to not make it worth the return. Lucky we didn't need the Marine radio or need to charge our phones or get abandoned at sea at night because the lights didn't work either. And then tried to charge me 600 dollars because it got stuck on the sand. They waited and floated it off when the tide came up. Six hundred dollars for a 5 hour wait. And they didn't even stay with the boat. We were three miles offshore and the rushing tide pushed it up u to the shallows. Had a 5lb anchor for a 22 foot pontoon. Lol. Motor was less than average and barely pushed the boat let alone give g me enough power to get it off the bank before the tide went out. No pre trip instructions or check list. Very unpleasant and unprofessional group. Never rent here is my suggestion. Boats are garbage and the crew is very unfriendly read more

Simply wonderful! Staff was very helpful,boat in top notch shape and best of all it's only about a 15 min. Ride to the beautiful Anclote island! What more could you ask for! read more

Boat was ok, however it had very little power. Other boats we're passing us because when we accelerated the throttle the engine just got louder still didn't go any faster. When we finally got to Anclote key we tried calling the marina and also dropped into voicemail to find out if there was a battery switch off, they did not return the voicemail. They said someone would be on the dock to help us when we returned, there was not a dockmaster anywhere to be found, and no space to tie the boat up to the dock..... I doubt we will rent from them again read more

BEWARE RENTER!!!!!!! Rented 22 ft pontoon from Anclote Village Marina this past weekend. Not only are they WAY over priced, but boats are not properly registered( our registration was expired by 3 months) and in less than poor condition. We paid almost 200.00 for a half day and our boats was filthy and OLD! the young girl who assisted us told us if we had any problems thier phone was monitered 24/7. When we left the marina, our boat stalled out in the middle of the channel- we almost had an accident with 2 other boats. Called Anclote Village Marina, only to get a voicemail. Our radio didn't work. No iPod dock as advertised. Our boat continued to stall out all day, radio didn't work, wires hanging out everywhere! Called the company 3 times, only to be told "the boat worked fine yesterday" doors and gates on boat didn't close, back ladder rusty and broken. On arrival back to marina, we attempted to talk to the owner , who did give us a partial refund. While waiting fornthenrefund, 3 of the workers at the dock, got very upset we were getting a refund and called my wife" a see you next Tuesday" 3 times! We had 2 small children with us who had to witness the workers harassing my wife. STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!!!! Refund or not refund, I would NEVER RENT FROM THEM AGAIN! read more