This page compares GMDSS Restricted Operator's Certificate (ROC) courses only.
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| Escola Port | Barcelona, Spain | No dates published | £465approxSchool’s price: 540,00 € | Rooms about €60 to €190 a nightPlus tourist tax, up to about €8.40 per person per nightRough guide, checked 23 Sep 2026Rooms in Barcelona ↗ |
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| Sjosportskolan Swedish Maritime Academy | Gothenburg, Sweden | 10 Nov 20261 upcoming date | £663approxSchool’s price: från 8 700 kr | Rooms about SEK 500 to SEK 1,500 a nightRough guide, checked 23 Sep 2026Rooms in Gothenburg ↗ |
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| MaritimeMT | Birzebbugia (Hal Far), Malta | No dates published | £990approxSchool’s price: €1,150.00 | Rooms about €60 to €150 a nightPlus Malta eco contribution, €1.50 per adult per nightRough guide, checked 23 Sep 2026 |
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Prices and dates as held in the directory on 27 Sep 2026. Prices for schools that list no dates were read from their own pages between 22 Sep 2026 and 26 Sep 2026.
How we checked the room guides
Rough guide built by YachtSync from published average prices for mid-range hotels and guesthouses in each town (travel-cost guides, tourism sites and travel price indices), with at least two sources per town. Never from Booking.com. Refreshed quarterly.
- Barcelona, €60 to €190, checked 23 Sep 2026. Published averages for budget-to-mid-range hotels in Barcelona, per room per night. Sources: RadicalStorage travel guide (budget hotels/guesthouses EUR 55-95/night; mid-range 3-star hotels EUR 95-190/night; overall average EUR 110-130/night); RateRanger Barcelona hotel guide (hotels across the city averaged EUR 186.40/night in 2025 at 78% occupancy; tourist tax explicitly not included in quoted rates).
- Birzebbugia, €60 to €150, checked 23 Sep 2026. Hal Far is an industrial estate with no hotels, so this is based on Birzebbuga, the nearest town, about 2 km away, checked against Malta-wide published bands. Low end from published budget hotel and off-season averages, high end from the published typical and September averages; hostels and luxury left out. trivago gave GBP and KAYAK USD; converted to EUR at the ECB rate on 2026-09-22 and rounded. Sources: trivago (Birzebbuga) (usually £41 to £164 a night, typical £113 (about €132); lowest month December £58 (about €68), peak September £134 (about €156)); Radical Storage Malta guide (budget hotels €50 to €90 a night; mid-range hotels and guesthouses €90 to €170); KAYAK (Birzebbuga) (average weeknight $144 (about €126) over the last two weeks); Malta Tourism Authority, environmental contribution (€1.50 per night per person aged 18 or over, maximum €22.50 per visit, from 1 July 2026).
- Gothenburg, SEK 500 to SEK 1,500, checked 23 Sep 2026. Published averages for budget-to-mid-range hotels in Gothenburg, per room per night. Sources: hotelljakten.se (lowest 2-star from 437 SEK/night; budget range 500-800 SEK/night for simple 2-3 star; 3-star average 1,290 SEK/night, 4-star average 1,480 SEK/night); Kayak (Gothenburg Centrum) (average price of a double room in Centrum is $141/night (USD)).
- Dates and prices come from each school’s own public pages. Re-confirm with the school before you pay.
- A price is shown only against a date the school is still selling, or the price it publishes for the course when it lists no dates. A price with conditions we cannot compare like for like (several options, an extra charge with no figure, a price before VAT) is shown in the school’s own words and listed after the complete prices.
- Prices in another currency are converted at the European Central Bank reference rate published on 25 Sep 2026 and marked approx, with the school’s own figure under them. An estimate for comparison, not what your bank will charge.
- Most schools here do not publish what their price includes, so ask the school before you book.
- “Other costs” is about the town, not the school: a rough guide to a room there where we have sampled one, never a live price. “Variable” means we have not sampled that town.
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