We do not book online.  Please call us at (417) 988-1387 to make a reservation, or fill out our booking form to start a reservation.  We will take your $750 security deposit over the phone via credit card to secure your booking. 

We offer 3, 4, and 7 night trips that start and end on Monday, Thursday, and Friday.  These are the only days we operate on the dock. 

Our crew will greet you on the dock and help you unload your belongings and get you them settled on the boat (We start boarding at 2:00 PM).  After our contract paperwork, our captains will conduct a walkthrough on your boat going over functions of the boat, starting, operating, and beaching the boat on shore for the evenings.  Our captain will pilot the boat out of the dock at the beginning of the trip, and we will turn the boat over to you once you are in open water.

On your return morning, the boat must be on the dock, refueled, and unloaded by 10:00 AM.  We ask our customers to meet us out in front of the marina by 9:00 AM so we can have a captain board, pilot the boat into the fuel dock, refuel the boat and pump the holding tanks, and return the boat to it’s slip on our dock.  The same crew that helped load you will help you unload your belongings and get them to your vehicles.

We also offer to have our captains park the boats for customers if they are not interested in driving.  Please discuss this with us when booking if you are interested.

Fuel is not included in our rates.  You will run your generator for the duration of your trip, and a conservative estimate is that it will burn one gallon per hour of gasoline.  Cruising usually burns about 10 gallons per hour at a reasonable speed on the boat (6-8 MPH).  Most customers use 80-120 gallons of fuel on a 3 or 4 night trip. 

(Fuel cannot be paid for using your security deposit)

Our boats hold 200 gallons of fuel or more, depending upon the boat.  On 7 night trips we plan a mid-week refuel to ensure our guests have plenty of fuel for the week. 

We no longer have hot tubs on our boats due to insurance issues.

We furnish bedding, towels and washcloths (please bring your own beach towels), dishes, silverware, and drinkware for the capacity of your boat, and a fully furnished kitchen.  There is a three burner Weber gas grill with propane on top of every boat.

Besides typically daily attire/food and the packing list above, our customers typically bring:

• Personal Boats (Wake/Ski/Fishing/Pontoon): If you have one (we will show you were to tie up to our boat during the walkthrough)
• Waverunners:  Our marina no longer rents them, and there isn’t a convenient option for this at our location.
• Kayaks/Paddleboards/Water Toys/Floaties
• Extra Coolers
• Life Jackets for watersports or children (we don’t have sized life jackets)

Click here for our packing list.

In the afternoon you’ll identify a gravel bank on the lake to beach the boat (we help with spots to park during the walkthrough).  Our boats are beached nose in with stern lines tied out to trees at night, and when parked during the days. 

Our boats don’t come back into the marina during your trip, and we don’t have any anchors on the boats due to their size and the lake we are on.

Only Five Star’s captains can bring boats in and out of the marinas.  Most of the marinas on our lake do not have places to park our boats and/or have tight access for large boats like ours.

We do not allow pets on any of our boats, and strictly adhere to this policy.  If a pet is found to be on one of our boats, this will result in a full loss of your security deposit.

You can review our houseboat rental policies by scrolling to the bottom of the availability or rates pages.