Franchise network connecting home-based travel advisors to cruise and tour operators
Cruise Planners operates a distributed franchise model—51–200 employees across the US supporting a network of independent home-based travel advisors. The tech stack is heavily mobile-first (iOS/Android native development with Swift, Kotlin, Java) paired with e-commerce and CRM infrastructure (Shopify, Freshdesk), suggesting the core product is advisor-facing tools and client-facing booking surfaces. Hiring accelerates across engineering, sales, and marketing, signaling expansion of both platform capability and franchise recruitment.
Cruise Planners is a privately held travel agency franchise network founded in 1994, headquartered in Coral Springs, Florida. The company positions itself as the nation's largest network of home-based travel advisors, partnering with major cruise lines, tour operators, and land-vacation companies to serve leisure travelers. The business model is two-sided: it recruits and supports independent franchise owners (travel advisors) while providing those advisors with lead-generation tools, training, marketing support, and access to wholesale relationships. Revenue flows through advisor commissions on bookings across cruises, tours, and packaged vacations.
Mobile-native development (Swift, Kotlin, Java, React Native), e-commerce (Shopify), CRM (Freshdesk), data visualization (Power BI), backend infrastructure (MySQL, PHP, Laravel), and social advertising (Facebook Ads Manager, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn).
Coral Springs, Florida. Founded in 1994 as a privately held company with 51–200 employees, all hiring concentrated in the United States.
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