Travel Advertiser
Cruise first. Then all of travel.

Put your cruise line in front of people who are planning a cruise

Travel Advertiser sells banner, article and sponsored placements across our network: 388 live cruise websites, each built around a single cruise topic from Danube river cruises to Antarctica, Alaska and the Caribbean, plus 216 more travel websites for resorts, tours, destinations and travel services.

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388live cruise websites
119river-cruise sites
216more travel websites
1974the year Mister Cruise sold his first cruise

Advertising that matches the site to the sailing

Every site in the network covers one thing. Someone reading about Rhine river cruises is a river-cruise prospect, and someone on a Galapagos site is looking at expedition ships. That lets you buy exactly the audience your ships sail for, rather than general travel traffic.

Display

Banner advertising

Leaderboards at the top and bottom of every page, plus in-content squares, served and click-tracked from our own ad server. Buy by segment, by site or across the whole network.

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Content

Sponsored articles

Ship reviews, itinerary features and destination stories, written to our editorial standard, labeled as sponsored and published on the sites that fit the subject.

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Beyond cruise

The wider travel network

216 more travel websites: destination planners, all-inclusive resort and tour sites, local Best Of guides, and hotel, flight and car-rental sites. Open to resorts, tour operators, tourism boards and travel suppliers.

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Email

Newsletter sponsorship

A featured slot in the Mister Cruise cruise deals newsletter, which readers on every cruise site in the network are invited to join.

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Deals

Featured deals and directories

Featured deal posts on the Official Cruise Directory and the Official River Cruise Directory, plus our deal and savings sites.

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Seasonal

Wave Season promotions

January to March is when the most cruises are booked. Wave Season packages combine banners, articles and newsletter placements across the network.

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Built by people who sell cruises

The network is run by Mister Cruise, whose first cruise sale was in 1974. Since 1996 we have sold or originated more than $500 million in cruises, and in 2019 the network generated more than 68,000 cruise leads. We know which messages move cruise bookings, because booking cruises is our business too.

  • One contact for the whole network, no ad exchange in the middle
  • Placements chosen by hand to match your ships and itineraries
  • Click reporting from our ad server
  • Sponsored content is always labeled, so readers trust it
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Audiences you can buy

Choose one segment, combine several, or run across the whole network.

River cruising

119 sites. The largest river-cruise collection we know of: Europe’s Danube, Rhine and French waterways, the Nile, Mekong, Irrawaddy and Ganges, the Mississippi and Columbia, plus barge and small-ship river sailing.

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Expedition and polar

13 sites. Antarctica, the Arctic, the Galapagos and other expedition voyages, for lines with ice-class and small expedition ships.

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Ports and shore excursions

17 sites. Port guides and shore-excursion sites, read by passengers who have already booked and are planning their days ashore.

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Travel trade and agent education

20 sites. Sites read by travel advisors and people entering the business, for lines that want to reach the agents who sell them.

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Themed and special-interest cruising

43 sites. Music, singles, families, faith, alumni, food, wellness, learning, sport and other special interests, each with a clearly defined audience.

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Luxury and small-ship

12 sites. Luxury, first-class and small-ship cruising, for upscale lines and suite-level promotions.

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Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda and Mexico

11 sites. The busiest cruise region, covering the eastern, western and southern Caribbean, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Mexico and Florida departures.

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Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and the USA

18 sites. Alaska’s Inside Passage, Hawaii, Canada and New England, plus US home-port cruising.

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Europe, Asia and worldwide

23 sites. The Mediterranean, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, the British Isles, Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, world cruises and repositioning voyages.

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Cruise deals and savings

56 sites. Deal hunters actively comparing prices: discounts, last-minute sailings, sales, rewards and value cruising.

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Cruise planning, lines, reviews and news

56 sites. First-timers and repeat cruisers researching where, when and how to cruise: cruise lines and ships, reviews, comparisons, safety, itineraries and news.

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Beyond cruise: the wider travel network

For resorts, tour operators, tourism boards and travel suppliers, or for cruise lines that want land and pre- and post-cruise audiences too.

Destinations and things to do

95 sites. Destination planners and things-to-do guides, from Hawaii, the Caribbean and Mexico to Europe, Asia and US cities.

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Tours, resorts and vacation planning

58 sites. All-inclusive resorts, escorted and luxury tours, safaris, weddings and honeymoons, and special-interest travel.

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Local Best Of guides and dining

43 sites. Regional Best Of visitor guides and restaurant guides, read by locals and visitors deciding where to go and eat.

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Hotels, flights, car rental and deals

13 sites. Booking sites for hotels, airfare and car rental, plus travel deal and savings sites.

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Travel trade

7 sites. Sites for travel advisors and the travel industry: training, incentives, news and awards.

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Tell us what you want to promote

Send us the ships, itineraries or offer you want to push and the audience you want to reach. We will come back with a proposal: the sites, the placements and the price.

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