Craft Cruises

Melissa Gower founded Craft Cruises in 1999 but started her career in the travel industry in 1987. Although Melissa has worked in every aspect of the travel industry, she has always been a cruise specialist. While Melissa loves both knitting and cruising, what motivates her most is the shared travel experience.

Melissa grew up in a home filled with arts and crafts. Knitting, quilting, beading, crocheting, soap making and tole painting were all a part of everyday life. Melissa grew up on military bases so gravitating towards the travel industry seemed only natural.

Affiliate Commission and Free Cruise Referral Program

Earn commission for all cruise reservations your referrals generate! You will earn money on the first cruise the customer takes as a result of your referral as well as on EVERY CRUISE THEY EVER TAKE with Craft Cruises.

Not only can you help spread the word about the hottest trends in travel, cruising and crafting retreats at sea, but you can get rewarded for your efforts. Our system tracks referrals and pays top dollar for every new client you send our way. Our program allows you to earn commission on our educational based cruises as well as regular cruises.

Earn a free cruise! You can cruise for free by referring 15 customers who all book the same cruise. If you fall short of 15 you still earn the referral commission so either way you win.

 High Conversion Rate = More Money.

Our website and cruise programs generate one of the highest client conversion rates in the travel industry. This means that the people who you direct to Craft Cruises receive the highest level of service and travel planning expertise making each referral more likely to reserve their cruise with Craft Cruises.

How does it work?

It couldn't be simpler! We've streamlined the entire process to ensure ease of use, while still maintaining extremely accurate tracking methods. The process is as follows:

Internet Website & Email Referrals 

1. Visitor clicks on an affiliate link on your site or in an email.
2. The visitors IP is logged and a cookie is placed in their browser for tracking purposes.
3. The visitor browses our site, and may decide to contact us or subscribe to our email newsletter. Your tracking code is automatically added to their account.
4. If the visitor reserves a cruise the booking will be registered as a sale for you.
5. We also qualify each customer verbally so if they simply call us you still earn full credit for any cruise reserved.
6. You will receive commission payouts on the 15th of every month following the departure of each cruise on which you have referrals booked.

Rules and Requirements

• All participants in the US must enter a US Social Security or Taxpayer ID number. International customers simply enter "International" in this field.
• You may NOT receive credit for referring yourself.

Participants caught violating or attempting to circumvent these rules will have all affiliate credit voided and will not receive payouts. Additionally, they will be banned from further participation in our affiliate program.

Refer other Affiliates

Do you know websites, stores or charitable organizations who might be interested in earning money by helping us spread the word? If anyone joins our affiliate program as a result of your referral you will receive a $25 bonus at the time that affiliate generates their first cruise booking.

Ready to Join?

Signing up and getting your account configured couldn't be easier. You can be referring business our way in as little as five minutes.

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