Book the cruise.
Keep the guy who knows the ship.
I am an independent travel advisor who sails constantly. Booking through me never costs more than booking direct, and with a group it can cost less. You also get someone in your phone who has already walked the decks, found the quiet bar and worked out which day to do the island.
Plan my cruise Just have a question
- 28Royal sailings
- Diamond PlusCrown & Anchor
- SignatureClub Royale
- 30In my last group
Why through me
The cruise line sets the fare and pays me out of what it was already spending to sell that cabin, so nothing is added to your bill. Book eight cabins together and group rates, onboard credit and a free berth come into play.
Twenty-eight Royal sailings, Diamond Plus, and most of them in the last three years. When you ask which cabin, which deck, or whether the specialty dining is worth it, the answer comes from last month, not from a brochure.
Fare drops, itinerary changes, a missed connection at eleven at night. You call one person instead of holding in a queue.
Groups are the whole reason I do this
Last June I put twenty college friends and ten of their kids on Utopia of the Seas. Matching shirts, one group photo, cabins near each other, and nobody had to chase a reservation line. It went well enough that they asked when the next one is.
That trip is why I got licensed. I did not start this to sell cruises to strangers; I started it so the people I care about get looked after, at a price that is no worse than booking it themselves. Big group, small group, one couple, a family with toddlers and a nap schedule – same deal.
Plan a group tripAnd the part nobody else does
I build tools for my own sailings and then give them to whoever is aboard. They are free, they have no ads and no tracking, and they work on the ship whether or not you bought the Wi-Fi. Book with me and they come with the trip.
Every bar on the ship, top deck to bottom, with a live leaderboard for your group. Tap one off when you have had a drink there and watch everyone else chase you.
Fifteen numbered shots with a bartender who is in on it. Say a number, they pour it, no menu involved.
The small, faintly ridiculous tallies of a week at sea. Soft serve, hot tubs, sunsets, waterslides. One of them you are trying to keep at zero.
The post-cruise survey asks who looked after you, days after you are home and the name tag is a blur. Write them down while you can still see it, and the list comes back to you at survey time.
When I am at sea, the tools go live for that sailing and anyone aboard can use them. You do not have to be sailing with me, and you do not have to have booked through me.
That is the free half of this, and it stays free.
See it live ›What happens after you reach out
- You tell me roughly when, roughly where, and who is coming.Dates can be loose. "Somewhere warm in the spring, four of us" is plenty to start.
- I come back with real options and honest opinions.Usually within a day. Including the opinions that talk you out of something, because a cruise you did not enjoy is worse for me than a booking I did not make.
- I book it, and then I stay reachable.Through planning, through the sailing, and through whatever goes sideways. Fare drops get watched. You get a person, not a queue.