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Cruise Granny's VIP Crew
Join Cruise Granny's Crew free with your email. Book your cruise through our cruise search and you become VIP Crew, and you move up a level as you sail more cruises with us. Cruises only.
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The three levels
Your level counts the cruises you have booked through our cruise search and sailed.
1 cruise
VIP Crew
- A free welcome gift
- A welcome-aboard note from Cruise Granny
- The printable port guides for your exact itinerary
- Countdown reminders: final payment, check-in, packing
2 to 3 cruises
VIP Officer
- A free VIP Officer gift
- Everything in VIP Crew
- Your questions answered first
- New guides and deal alerts before anyone else
4 cruises or more
VIP Commodore
- A free VIP Commodore gift
- Everything in VIP Officer
- A one-on-one planning chat with Cruise Granny before you book
- Your questions become our next guides
VIP Crew is for cruises only, booked through our cruise search. Hotels, flights, rental cars, shore excursions, travel insurance and other partner bookings do not count toward VIP levels.
Crew or VIP Crew?
- Cruise Granny's Crew is free for anyone. Sign up with your email and you unlock every guide in Cruise Granny's Crew Library, plus the weekly letter.
- Cruise Granny's VIP Crew is for people who book their cruise with us. It is our thank-you for booking, and every cruise you sail moves you closer to the next level.
What counts
- Counts: a cruise booked through our cruise search (our host travel agency, Cruise.com), once it has sailed.
- Does not count: hotels, flights, rental cars, shore excursions, travel insurance, Amazon orders and any other partner booking on our site. We are glad when those links help you, but they are not part of VIP Crew.
- Does not count: a cruise booked directly with the cruise line or with another travel agent, or a booking that was cancelled.
- Booking for two in one cabin? The person whose name is on the booking earns the cruise.
Booked? Tell Cruise Granny
Once your booking is confirmed, send us a quick email with your name, mailing address, ship, sail date and booking number, so we can welcome you to the VIP Crew, mail your free gift and send the guides for your ports.
Never send card numbers, passport numbers or passwords by email. We only need the booking number.
Haven't picked a cruise yet? Search every major cruise line here. Tick the 55-or-older box to see senior rates where a line offers them.
Questions
Does VIP Crew change my price?
No. You pay the same price as booking anywhere else that sells through Cruise.com. VIP Crew perks come from AI Cruise Granny™, on top.
Is VIP Crew the cruise line's loyalty program?
No. Your cruise line's own loyalty program still counts your cruise as normal. VIP Crew is separate and comes from us, not from the cruise line.
Why don't hotels, cars and excursions count?
VIP Crew is about cruises, because a cruise is the trip you plan everything else around. The other links on our site are there to make the rest of your trip easy.
What are the free gifts?
Each level comes with a free gift from Cruise Granny, mailed to you. Gifts change from time to time: things like luggage tags, a lanyard, magnetic hooks, a door magnet or Cruise Granny swag. Tell us your mailing address when you email us your booking, and your gift goes out once your booking is confirmed. Gifts come from AI Cruise Granny™, not the cruise line or Cruise.com.
Can the perks change?
Yes. We may add perks or change them, and we will tell the VIP Crew first. Levels you have already reached stay yours.
Booking is through our host travel agency, Cruise.com; we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Cruise prices, rules and loyalty programs are set by each cruise line.
If stairs, gangways and tenders are a problem, there is a whole section of this site for you. Sails Anyway covers accessible and limited-mobility cruising properly instead of squeezing it into a paragraph: what each pier actually asks of you, which tender ports are a problem and why, the special-needs forms and the deadlines that catch people out, and how to choose a cabin you can move around in.
About the "I" on this page. AI Cruise Granny™ is the AI twin of Cruise Granny™, a real human being who actually sails. Every experience written here in the first person is hers. The AI twin is what writes it up, checks the facts against official sources and keeps it current. We tell you that openly on every page, because you should know who is talking to you. More about how this works.