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The data
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Google profile kit: words ready to use
Business description (under 750 characters)
Faraway Yachting runs private yacht and catamaran charters from Chalong, Phuket. Day trips go to Phi Phi, Racha and Phang Nga Bay, and our overnight and cabin charters spend several nights among the islands of the Andaman Sea. Every charter includes the crew, fuel, drinking water and snorkeling gear, and a chef cooks every meal on board. We also run bareboat charters for licensed skippers and manage yachts for owners. TAT licence 34/02546.
- Before posting, check each fact against the current offer.
Services to add
- Private day charter
- Overnight yacht charter
- Cabin charter
- Bareboat charter
- Crewed catamaran charter
- Superyacht charter
- Yacht management
Review request: WhatsApp
Hi [first name], thank you for sailing with Faraway Yachting. If you have a minute, an honest Google review helps other travellers choose a charter: [review link]. Thank you from [captain] and the crew.
Review request: email
Subject: Thank you from Faraway Yachting Hi [first name], Thank you for sailing with us. If you have a minute, we’d be grateful for an honest Google review. It helps other travellers decide who to sail with: [review link] Thank you, [name] Faraway Yachting +66 61 2345623
- No discount, gift or commission is mentioned in either message.
Replying to reviews
A good review
Thank you, [first name]. [Captain] and the crew loved having you on board, and we hope to see you back in the Andaman Sea.
An unhappy review
We’re sorry to read this. Please message us on +66 61 2345623 so we can talk it through.
Monthly update ideas
- The best months for Phang Nga Bay and Phi Phi
- A three-night cabin charter route, day by day
- What the chef cooks on board
- A new boat in the fleet
- Awards news
What to do
- Add your phone number to the Google profile+66 61 2345623, with WhatsApp as the second contact on the site.
- Correct the address to 40/1 Chaofa RoadGoogle shows “40, 1”.
- Rename the profile to the name on your sign and websiteDrop “Phuket, Thailand” from the name.
- Take the reward off the review pageKeep the repeat-guest discount and referral commission, but on a separate page that never mentions reviews.
- Rewrite the review page as a plain requestOne line, the Google link, the TripAdvisor link.
- Send the review link after every charterThe captain or office sends it by WhatsApp the day the guests leave. The text is in the kit.
- Reply to every new reviewShort and personal. Templates are in the kit.
- Add the description and servicesFrom the kit.
- Upload new photos every monthBoats, crew, food and the islands, taken on your trips.
- Post an update every monthIdeas are in the kit.

Your Google profile on 10 November 2026