Choose the wrong airboat company and you’ll be standing in long lines at a tourist trap. Finding the right airboat ride will give you the experience of a lifetime! Here are some insider secrets on how to avoid some of the web site hype and downright mistruths that you might run into.
First of all, you don’t need to be affiliated with a store, bait shack or campground to have a fully licensed airboat ride company. Stores don’t regulate airboats; the United States Coastguard regulates all vessels operating on the water, and that includes airboats.
That’s right… the USCG sets the rules and issues Commercial Captain’s Licenses. By the way, all of our Captains are USCG Master Captains, fully licensed, annually drug tested and have current First Aid and CPR Certification.
If an airboat ride company website has any of this nonsense on their website, or worst than that - flashing stars with coupons and deals - all I can say is - bingo! You’ve found a tourist trap!
On the other hand, our passengers tell us that they love the fact that we’re not over commercialized! We also don’t mislead customers or need to offer cheesy deals and coupons to have earned our reputation as Florida’s number-one rated airboat company!
