Cruise Planners Gives Back in 2024 with over $150,000 in Charitable Impact

Coral Springs, Fla, Jan. 31, 2025—Cruise Planners, the nation’s largest home-based travel agency franchise network, continues its longstanding commitment of giving back with significant contributions to various charitable organizations throughout 2024.

 

Reinforcing its dedication to supporting impactful causes both locally and nationally, 

Cruise Planners has raised and donated over $150,000 in 2024 through CP Cares, their charitable initiative, which focuses on supporting diverse causes, including healthcare, disaster relief, animal welfare, and youth programs.

 

On a local level, Cruise Planners has partnered twice with Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital, furthering its support for pediatric healthcare, both during the Cruise Planners Annual Convention and again during the 2024 holiday season.

 

Cruise Planners is also proud to serve as a founding sponsor of Travel Elevates, the nonprofit charitable arm of Signature Travel Network. Travel Elevates supports vital initiatives in popular travel destinations worldwide, focusing on addressing pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges. Through its sponsorship, Cruise Planners has helped Travel Elevates foster sustainable and meaningful change in communities that host travelers such as building the first ever technology and innovation center in Mexico and creating early learning opportunities in Africa to help break the poverty cycle through education, including proper training of teachers and staff.

 

A cornerstone of Cruise Planners’ philanthropic efforts over the past several years has been with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society helping to raise over $3 million dollars. In 2024, Cruise Planners donated $80,000 to help support critical research and provide resources for patients and families impacted by blood cancers. 

 

In addition to these major contributions, Cruise Planners also supported numerous other worthy causes throughout the year. These include $25,000 to the Susan G. Komen Foundation in honor of five Cruise Planners franchisees who are currently going through breast cancer treatment or survivors of breast cancer and many other contributions to v causes like the Gary Sinise Foundation, PlebianHelpers, Advocacy Action Fund, Dave Miller Memorial Sponsorship, Hollywood Firefighters Benevolent Association, Stoneman Douglass DECA Program, and for flood and hurricane victims of hurricane Milton through the Family Bonds Foundation. CP Cares aims to create positive change in communities by supporting a wide range of causes, reflecting the organization’s commitment to philanthropy.

 

“We are very proud to be able to donate to these very worthy causes both locally, nationally and internationally. Giving back is at the core of what Cruise Planners stands for” said Founder and CEO of Cruise Planners, Michelle Fee. “Through CP Cares, we are honored to bring joy and hope to children and families, making a meaningful difference in the communities we serve and destinations that fuel our industry.”

 

As a trusted leader in the travel industry, Cruise Planners’ dedication to philanthropy mirrors its mission to enrich lives, whether through unforgettable travel experiences or meaningful charitable endeavors. CP Cares will continue to expand its outreach, inspiring franchisees and clients to join in supporting causes that make a lasting difference.

 

About Cruise Planners

 

Cruise Planners was founded in 1994 and is the nation’s largest home-based travel agent franchise network. As a leader in the travel franchise industry, Cruise Planners positions a nation-wide network of 2,500 franchise owners for success by providing innovative marketing programs, proprietary and cutting-edge booking and technology tools, as well as professional development and hands-on training with the industry’s top executives. The company continues to be an industry leader and was named the No.1 travel franchise by Entrepreneur magazine for 18 consecutive years and awarded by Franchise Business Review as “Best-In-Category” for 2 years.

 

Cruise Planners received a 99% franchise owner satisfaction report from Franchise Business Review for 2024. Franchise Business Review also ranked Cruise Planners #3 OVERALL on their list of Top 200 Franchises of 2022. Cruise Planners was recently featured in Entrepreneur as one of the top 30 franchise innovators in technology, has been consistently named as one of the Top Women-Owned Businesses by the South Florida Business Journal, is on the Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest-growing private companies in America, and was recognized as one of the Top Workplaces by the Sun Sentinel.

 

Visit our website, www.cruiseplanners.com, for more information or to view the complete list of awards and honors.  For those interested in becoming a franchise owner, please visit https://www.cruiseplannersfranchise.com/.