About Just For Fun: Pontoons & Party Barges
Just For Fun Watercraft Rental on Lake Travis in Austin, TX, has been Central Texas' best boat rentals company for over 30 years. We are Austin's original boat rental at Emerald Point Marina on the best part of the lake. Spend a day on a pontoon boat or party barge. Ju...st For Fun created the original party barge, fitting up to 50 people for the best parties on the lake. We know the boat business. We are family owned and operated for over three decades. Our friendly, trained staff know how to create a memorable experience for you and your family. Our competitors' marketing strategy is to wait until we book all our boats - there's a reason we're the leader.
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- Mon Mon 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
- Tue Tue 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
- Wed Wed 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
- Thu Thu 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
- Fri Fri 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
- Sat Sat 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
- Sun Sun 9:00 am - 7:00 pm
Reviews
Terrible service and a complete ripoff
I had the same experience as several other recent reviewers. JFF tried to charge me $108.00 for a supposedly 'damaged' prop. The owner told me if it was his personal boat, he would just fix the prop but since I supposedly damaged the prop, he had to replace it. The guy is rude, obnoxious and a crook. Don't do business with these people
Horrible phone service and rude personel
I have been on many party barges at JFF and had a great experiences and loved the boat captains!\t\nBUT I just had a horrible experience... such a bad experience that I am taking the time on a holiday weekend to share this missery. \t\nI called Saturday evening to check... the avaliability for a pontoon rental on Sunday... the young guy who answered the phone told me that there were plenty of boats avaliable and to just call back early in the morning (He should have made the reservation for me then... but he was being LAZY)!\t\nI called Sunday to reserve my boat. I was first on hold for 32 mins before I was disconnected... I called back and was on hold for 52 mins. I hung up and called back, when I did so the woman asked "can you please hold" at which point I said "No, I have been on hold for over an hour and a half- I just need to see if you have a boats avaliable". In a very rude and condescending manner she told me it was a holiday and to call back later. It would have made more sense for her to inform me of that when she first answered the phone in stead of putting me on hold and making me waste half of my morning! \t\nI am so turned off by JFF and will never spend my time or money with them. They obviously do not treat their customers with gratitude or respect.
Save your time & money...Go somewhere else!
They charged us for a "damaged" propeller and made us buy a replacement. When we asked them if we could keep the old propeller, since it was no longer any good, they said no, that they were going to fix it.\t\n So why did we need to buy a new one for them if they co...uld just fix the one we supposedly broke??? As if paying $150 for a ski boat rental wasn't enough. So they got to make an extra $100 plus tax for a part which cost $40 to buy and nothing to replace. Since the employees are on an hourly wage, they don't get paid anything extra to install. It took them 5 minutes for them to install it, so there was no need for us to paid parts and labor. \t\n You're better off going somewhere else.
Boating !!
Hi ,, i just loved this place for boating. I have discount tickets for boating here, let me know if your interested !! discount upto $40 !!!
Great Boat Rental
The staff here is great! We rented a boat last friday and Wow! what a good time. We reserved a boat online through their website (easy). When we arrived we had to do some paperwork and then they took us to our boat. They went through some rules and showed us how everyth...ing worked...this was a little boring, but paid off as we saw some people getting tickets for not following the laws. The guy that showed us everything was polite and really seemed to know a lot about boats. The boat ran great and we rented a tube as well which was totally fun. We came back a little early because everyone was tired and Just for Fun even gave us a credit to use the 20 minutes that we were early for the next time. We will definitely be back!
Best experience on Lake Travis
After renting boats on Lake Travis for several years, I found Just for Fun near Carlos and Charlies restaurant. The boat was clean and new. The employees were all friendly and helpful and seemed to really want us to have fun. These guys know so much about the lake and boating that I would recommend them to anyone.