Accommodation tax: 12% of the rental line
The Turks and Caicos charge a 12 percent Hotel and Tourism Accommodation Tax on villa and hotel stays, web-verified through the TCI government revenue department. It may or may not be included in the published rate, so confirm whether the headline is tax-inclusive before you compare. Because the islands have no income, sales, or property tax, this is effectively the only government line on the rental. On a $50,000 headline the tax is $6,000. A registered operator collects and remits it.
Staff: housekeeper included, chef and butler on top
The standard luxury villa includes a housekeeper several days a week, pool maintenance, and gardening in the headline. A daily housekeeper adds $1,200 to $2,400 a week, a butler $2,200 to $4,200, and a chef is the largest add. The Grace Bay beachfront trophy villas often include a daily housekeeper and a concierge in the rate. Confirm the staffing line before comparing two listings, because a villa quoted without daily housekeeping can cost as much all-in as one that includes it.
Private chef: $650 to $1,150 per service plus food
An in-villa chef on Provo runs $650 to $1,150 per dinner service plus food at cost for ten, with food landing at $80 to $170 per head given the island's import-heavy grocery prices. A week of four chef dinners and two lunches runs $6,500 to $12,500 all in. The weekly grocery pre-stock for a group of ten runs $2,000 to $3,800, the highest provisioning line of the Caribbean markets we cover.
Boat and water sports: $2,000 to $5,000 per charter day
The Grace Bay reef, the Princess Alexandra snorkel runs, and the day trips to the uninhabited cays off Leeward are the set-pieces of a Provo week. A private charter for a group of ten runs $2,000 to $5,000 a day depending on the boat, plus fuel and a captain's gratuity. Long Bay is the kitesurfing flat-water pocket; the Leeward marina is the launch point for the cay trips and the bonefishing flats.
Transfers: $60 to $130 by car, $1,400 to $2,800 for the week
Providenciales International (PLS) sits about 10 to 20 minutes from Grace Bay, a $60 to $130 private car each way. The Chalk Sound and Turtle Tail pockets run 20 to 30 minutes. A chauffeured SUV for the week runs $1,400 to $2,800, though many groups self-drive, in which case remember the islands drive on the left.