Group rates,curated for you.

Group cruise rates are reduced per-person fares cruise lines release to travel agencies that pre-block cabins on a sailing. Travel Squad Vacations holds two types: TSV Exclusive Group Rates (hand-hosted sailings curated by our advisors) and Agency Group Rates (extra cabin blocks across Royal Caribbean, Celebrity, Cunard, Holland America, Princess, Regent Seven Seas, Seabourn, Silversea, Viking Ocean, Azamara, and Windstar). You book directly with our agency to access them — they are not visible on cruise-line websites.

In most cases, yes. Group rates typically include either a lower base fare, added shipboard credit, additional GAP (Group Amenity Program) points, or perks like onboard credit per suite. For example, our Regent Seven Seas group blocks include US$400 group shipboard credit per suite, and Royal Caribbean group sailings include 2 additional GAP points that can be used toward gratuities, beverage packages, or onboard spend.

No. With Agency Group Rates, you book your own cabin within the agency-held block and travel independently — there is no hosted itinerary, no group dinners, and no shared activities required. With TSV Exclusive Group Rates, you join a hand-hosted sailing alongside other Travel Squad clients with optional curated experiences.

We currently hold exclusive agency group rates on Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruises, Cunard, Holland America, Princess Cruises, Regent Seven Seas, Seabourn, Silversea, Viking Ocean, Azamara, and Windstar Cruises, with sailings spanning the Caribbean, Alaska, Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Asia, Japan, Australia, South Pacific, Antarctica, and transatlantic crossings through 2028.

Deposits vary by sailing and cruise line, typically ranging from $100 to $250 per person for our TSV Exclusive sailings. Agency Group Rate deposits follow each cruise line's standard group deposit policy. Cabins are released back to the cruise line on a rolling basis as the sailing approaches, so reserving early secures the rate.

Travel Squad Vacations is a boutique luxury travel agency headquartered in Tampa, Florida, serving clients across the entire United States. We are licensed Sellers of Travel in Florida (FST ST15578), California (2090937-50), Washington (603189022), and Iowa (1202).

Yes. Eric Riley at Travel Squad Vacations specializes in corporate retreats, training retreats, sales incentive trips, and employee reward travel. We have placed groups from 12-person executive retreats to full-ship charters across Alaska, the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, and Mexico, and we handle group contract negotiations, air coordination across multiple departure cities, room blocks, private dining, and on-site logistics.

Yes. We work with 501(c)(3) nonprofits and faith-based organizations to plan cruise fundraisers, donor appreciation trips, and major-gift incentive travel. Cruise fundraisers are an efficient model because the cruise line provides the venue, lodging, meals, and entertainment, while your organization keeps the per-cabin group commission or rebates it back into the campaign. Eric Riley leads our nonprofit cruise fundraiser practice and walks each organization through cabin blocks, fundraising structures, marketing materials, and on-board events.

Incentive travel is a performance-based reward program that funds a group trip for employees, donors, or volunteers who hit a specific goal. The Incentive Research Foundation reports travel rewards outperform cash bonuses in motivating behavior change by roughly 3 to 1, because the trip is public, tangible, and story-worthy in ways a bonus deposit is not. Most corporate programs land between $2,500 and $4,500 per person all-in. Read our full incentive travel planning guide for the cost framework, ROI metrics, and destination shortlist.