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Originally Posted by ITD
The other thing you need to consider is that they make you sign a contract stating you are responsible for any damage and, at least last time I did it, there is no insurance. Repairs for things like prop strikes or lower unit damage can get quite expensive.
Buy a Bizer chart.
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A guy I work with ended up paying for a prop one year then the following year an entire outdrive the following so I would definately check to see what the insurance coverage available is.
My other word of wisdom is make sure you rent a big enough boat for your family and what you want to do. These little 17-18 footers with a 3.0 liter IO probably aren't going to keep a family of 6 happy if your doing anything besided putting around. trexlers, anchor and glendale all have 20-21 footers with bigger engines that will make it more comfortable and easier to ski and tube behind and it's only a couple hundred more for the week.
Going to the lake certainly isn't a cheap vacation but the 4,000-5,000 it costs with the boat rental is still a better value to me than going to somewhere like Disney.