Corporate Travel Destinations

If your organization is looking to organize its first group cruise, then you might need to find the perfect group cruise planner for your needs. If you do not know what to look for in a group cruise planner, then here are some ideas to help you find the right person for the job:

It might seem like a great cruise planner will be in demand, but that does not mean that they should be impatient or too busy to answer your questions. Event and cruise planning is a very competitive customer service industry, not a ‘customers serve us’ industry.

The perfect group cruise planner will have all of the basic information on hand regarding pricing, but special questions should require a follow up communication. This is normal, and do not be surprised if some of your requests require a little digging unless those requests seem like they should be run-of-the-mill. Knowing about room costs is run-of-the-mill, but questions about specific stocks of wine or champagne are less common and less likely to be remembered by even the best group cruise planners.

A great group cruise planner should be a listener. Group cruise planners know what is available, but they should also be willing to listen to new or specific ideas. After all, a group cruise is a significant investment in time and resources, and therefore it should be as close to perfect as possible.

Seasite.com is a one-stop group cruise planning portal from which you can source a cruise with all the cruise brands.  It is easy and efficient to source a cruise meeting with a single electronic RFP.

As Cruising Slashes the Cost of Land Based Venues by 25-40%,

Planners Can Persevere with Today’s Shrinking Budgets

MIAMI, FL (Sept. 29, 2009) – Cutting costs without compromising quality or creativity is top of mind with meeting planners these days.  With that in mind, the fact remains that meetings and incentives held at sea, verses traditional land-based programs, can reduce costs by 25-40%.  But for those unfamiliar with staging events on board cruise ships, the process can be intimidating.  With the debut of Seasite.com, the first and only web portal dedicated solely to serving the cruise meeting market, planners will find what was once labor intensive, is now quick, simple and accessible all in one place.

The first and only comprehensive online marketplace for planning cruise meetings and events, Seasite is a revolutionary approach to ship selection and onboard event planning.  “It is the new frontier of cruise meetings and incentives, allowing you to do more with less,” says Josephine Kling, Seasite CEO.  “And beyond the affordability factor is the ability to design and customize and implement a program that is unique, client focused and unforgettable,” she adds.

Seasite demystifies the process and puts users in control so that meetings at sea can now be planned as easily as land based meetings.  Driven by sophisticated technology, super rich content and robust ship-search capabilities, Seasite puts incentive and meeting management companies, corporate or independent meeting planners and other group event organizers in total “cruise” control.  For those needing assistance, Cruise Advisors are on hand by chat, phone or email.  And for those already comfortable with organizing events at sea, Seasite’s sophisticated search and content rich data, coupled with its unique eRFP process, saves time and simplifies the process.  There is no cost or membership fee to use Seasite. Continue reading »