Cruise Together: Groups, Friends and Family Reunions, Girlfriend Getaways, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Fund Raisers, Weddings And More.
Grab your family and friends, and start planning your next cruise event today - birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, family reunions and more!

Planning a wedding, friends & family cruise, a corporate meeting or incentive program. perhaps a reunion. Put our planning experience to work for you. Just fill out the Group Request Form ( click here )

Then, give us a call at 800.365.1445.

Converting Free Berths

Here are a few ways group leaders can take advantage of earned berths:

You Sail Free
Keep the free bed for yourself and cruise for free and even earn extra spending money if enough people travel with the group. This is agreed upon in advance and can be kept confidential.

Lower the Per Person Price
You can take the value of the free berth (s) and divide it among the others in the group as an additional discount. Since the number of free berths depends on the number of cabins that actually sail, the additional discounts are applied at final payment or as a rebate after the group returns from the cruise.

Personal Cruise Direct Escort
You can hire an on-board group escort to help coordinate on-board and on-shore activities. Use one of free berths to cover the escorts passage.  A separate special services fee may apply.

Invite A Special Guest
Invite a guest lecturer or celebrity. This could be a local pastor, radio or tv personality or an expert in your field whose participation may encourage others to join your group.

Shore Tours
Take the value of the free berths and apply them towards the purchase of shore excursions like sightseeing tours, snorkeling, fishing adventures or a glacier helicopter landing.

In Cabin Amenities

Give everyone an in cabin gifts like fruit baskets, wine, or chocolates. 

Interested in planning a group cruise? Have a Groups Representative contact you.

Just fill out the Group Request Form click here

 

Individual Incentives Looking to reward your top individuals, one at a time. After all, there's no motivation more powerful than being singled out. With an individual incentive cruise program, your participants can choose when they'll cruise, or even where they go. Or perhaps reward someone a cruise as an on-the-spot bonus for exceptional performance, or how about creating a multi-tiered incentive program with varying award levels? Winners could go on a 3-day Caribbean getaway, a 7-day Bermuda cruise or a 12-day Europe cruise. Nothing can increase motivation and productivity more than an individual incentive. It's the ultimate reward. Let us customize an incentive cruise program made just for you. 24 Cruise Lines Have Meeting & Incentive Programs

Group Incentives

Going on a cruise is like taking two vacations in one: the first-class treatment and facilities of a luxury resort, combined with the excitement of travel to exotic destinations. From cocktail parties to award ceremonies, a cruise is a great way to bring colleagues closer together, while everyone still has time to themselves. What's more, were professionals in the business of planning group and incentive travel, so relax: You're in the hands of experts here.

Meeting Incentives No deadlines, no sales calls, no e-mails, no memos. Is this any way to conduct business? Well - actually, yes. Think of a cruise ship as a floating conference center complete with video and overhead sound and light capabilities, multi-image shows, theatrical special effects and more. Many ships have rooms that accommodate large sessions, breakout rooms and hospitality suites of all sizes. And since your associates can't stray too far when they're aboard ship, you can keep attendance higher and be more productive.

Full Ship Charter
For large groups, nothing is more impressive than a privately chartered ship. Since you "own" the ship, virtually every aspect of the cruise can be customized for your group. You can decide which ports the ship will call on, what dishes will be offered on the menu, and which shore excursions will be available. Choreographed stage shows can be customized for the company, or the ship can be renamed in the company's honor. The ship's Captain can even promote the company's chairman to the rank of Honorary Admiral in a full-dress ceremony. It's like having your own corporate yacht to do as you please, only better. Because aboard a cruise ship, there's so much more to do. 

The Details

From business meetings to awards ceremonies, cocktail receptions, shore tours and theme parties, Cruise Direct Online can customize every detail. Gift items such as shirts, caps or sunglasses imprinted with the Company's name; signature cocktail napkins, menus, and daily newsletters; custom nameplates on everyone's stateroom door; ice sculptures in the form of a logo; corporate ideas played over closed-circuit TV, "Welcome Aboard" notes from the ship's Captain ... unlimited opportunities to customize your incentive cruise. And you can count on us to deliver.  

Depending on the ship you choose, as few as 16 guests or up to a full-ship charter. 

Your cruise fare will include stateroom accommodations, sea transportation, all your meals, entertainment and on-board activities.

Generally speaking, depending upon cruise line, air transportation, shore excursions, medical services, items of a personal nature such as bar beverages (except coffee, tea, or milk with meals or when expressly specified) gift shop purchases, photography, beauty salon/barber shop and spa services, gambling and service/porterage gratuities are not included in the cruise fare. Also not included are charges for passports, visas, inoculations, laundry,  travel insurance, postage, telegrams, telephone calls and surcharges, any items of a personal nature, Guests are urged to read the cruise lines brochure and cruise line confirmation from the cruise line for complete details on what is or what is not included.

The economies are evident. Not only because our prices are competitive, but because many of the services that resorts charge extra for are complimentary aboard our ships: meeting rooms, coffee breaks, meals, afternoon snacks, AV equipment, entertainment, theme parties, sporting events and many daytime activities, to name just a few.

Your group's functions and cocktail receptions can be held either in public rooms or in private suites. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres can be provided at an affordable cost (gratuity included).

You may have , depending upon availability, all your group's members seated in one area of a dining room, with either assigned or open seating. 

Drinks, spa services, shore excursions and shop purchases can all be charged to on-board accounts. You may either set up a master account for your group, or leave it up to individual participants to establish and settle their own accounts.

Gratuities for your group's dining room staff and room stewards are prepaid prior to sailing. A 15% gratuity is automatically added to all purchases in bars and lounges.

Yes, anyone from your group can telephone directly from their stateroom. In addition, worldwide telex, radiogram or fax services are available from most ships. The guest will be charged at applicable ship-to-shore rates. And aboard many ships, you will find  internet access via the ship's satellite system.

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Excerpt comments from an article that appeared in TRAVEL WEEKLY NEWS - Meetings & Incentives