How do I choose a good yacht charter broker?

Answer

Look for a broker who demonstrates knowledge of the destinations and yachts relevant to your trip, asks detailed questions about your group, explains costs clearly and is willing to discuss alternatives.

Responsiveness and attention to detail are also important because charter planning involves many moving parts.

It can be useful to ask how the broker verifies yacht information, availability, crew details and contractual terms.

Analysis

A broker should add interpretation rather than simply forwarding yacht brochures.

The quality of the initial questions can be a useful indication of whether the broker is genuinely trying to understand the charter requirement.

Broker’s advice

A good first conversation should involve quite a lot of questions from the broker. If someone can recommend the “perfect yacht” without asking who is travelling, where you want to go and how you want to spend your time, I’d want to understand how they reached that conclusion.