Cookie Policy

Last Updated October 2026

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, which cookies and similar technologies we use on www.phuket-sailing.com, why we use them, and the choices you have. It supplements our Privacy Policy. By choosing "Accept" in our cookie banner you consent to the non-essential cookies described here. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time.

For details on how we handle personal data, please read our Privacy Policy.

What Are Cookies?

How We Use Cookies

Cookie Categories

Cookies We Use

Google Consent Mode

Managing Your Preferences

Third-Party Cookies

Changes to this Policy

Contact Us

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, remember your preferences and provide information to the website owner. We also use similar technologies such as local storage and tracking pixels, which this policy refers to collectively as "cookies".

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

1To keep the website working securely and remember essential settings such as your cookie consent.
2To remember your chosen language so you do not have to select it on every page.
3To understand how visitors use our website so we can improve the pages, itineraries and yacht listings we offer.
4To measure whether our advertising brings genuine charter enquiries, so we can spend our marketing budget responsibly.

3. Cookie Categories

Necessary

Required for the website to function and cannot be switched off. They are set in response to actions you take, such as saving your cookie preferences. They do not store any personally identifiable information.

Functional

Allow the website to remember choices you make, such as your language, and to show embedded content like our customer review widget.

Analytics

Help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information anonymously via Google Analytics.

Used by Google Ads to measure whether our ads lead to enquiries and to show you relevant ads. They are only set with your consent.

4. Cookies We Use

Cookie	Provider	Purpose	Duration	Category
cookieyes-consent	CookieYes	Stores your cookie consent choices so the banner is not shown again on every visit.	1 year	Necessary
NEXT_LOCALE	Phuket Sailing	Remembers the language you selected on the website.	1 year	Functional
_ga, _ga_*	Google Analytics	Distinguishes visitors and keeps session state so we can measure how the site is used.	2 years	Analytics
_gid	Google Analytics	Distinguishes visitors for 24 hours to count unique sessions.	1 day	Analytics
_gcl_au	Google Ads	Stores the Google Ads click ID so enquiries can be attributed to the ad that brought you here.	3 months	Advertisement
IDE, test_cookie	Google (DoubleClick)	Used by Google Ads to measure ad performance and limit how often an ad is shown.	Up to 1 year	Advertisement

Exact cookie names and durations may change as our service providers update their technology. The CookieYes banner always shows the current, automatically scanned list.

6. Managing Your Preferences

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by opening the cookie settings panel:

You can also delete or block cookies through your browser settings. Note that blocking necessary cookies may prevent parts of the website from working correctly. Instructions for the most common browsers:

7. Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are set by third-party services that appear on our pages, such as Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Tag Manager and Trustindex (our customer review widget). We do not control these cookies. Please refer to the privacy policies of these providers for details on how they process your data.

8. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or in applicable law. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised. We encourage you to review it periodically.