Cruise Holidays vs CruiseOne Franchise Comparison

Below is an in-depth analysis and side-by-side comparison of Cruise Holidays vs CruiseOne including start-up costs and fees, business experience requirements, training & support and financing options.

Start-Up Costs and Fees
 
Cruise Holidays Franchise
CruiseOne Franchise
Investment $9,500 - $72,800$4,625 - $26,265
Franchise Fee $9,500 - $30,000$495 - $9,800
Royalty Fee up to 3%3%
Advertising Fee --
Year Founded 19841992
Year Franchised 19841993
Term Of Agreement 5 years5 years
Term Of Agreement 5 years5 years
Renewal Fee none-


Business Experience Requirements
 
Cruise Holidays Franchise
CruiseOne Franchise
Experience --

Financing Options
 
Cruise Holidays Franchise
CruiseOne Franchise
  In-House/3rd PartyIn-House/3rd Party
Franchise Fees No/YesNo/No
Start-up Costs No/YesNo/No
Equipment No/NoNo/No
Inventory No/NoNo/No
Receivables No/NoNo/No
Payroll No/NoNo/No

Training & Support
 
Cruise Holidays Franchise
CruiseOne Franchise
Training -Full training provided including ongoing and continuous education.
Support E-Newsletter, Annual Convention, initial and ongoing training opportunities, Toll-free phone line and e-mail support, Field operations/evaluations, Purchasing cooperativesBusiness development, agent and customer support, multiple websites, Customer Relationship Manager, Virtual Office Business Center, eNewsletter, Regional Meetings, National Conference.
Marketing Co-op advertising, Ad slicks, National online marketing, Direct on Demand marketing, "On Your Behalf" marketingAward-winning direct mail marketing, Co-op advertising, online marketing, special offers and promotions.
Operations Number of employees needed to run franchised unit: 1 for home-based; 2 for storefront

Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

 Franchise can be run from home.

Absentee ownership of franchise is NOT allowed. (100% of current franchisees are owner/operators)

Expansion Plans
 
Cruise Holidays Franchise
CruiseOne Franchise
US Expansion --
Canada Expansion NoNo
International Expansion YesNo

Company Overviews

About Cruise Holidays

Founded in 1984, Cruise Holidays is North America's largest cruise-specialty retail franchise, with more than 200 locations in the United States and Canada. As our name suggests, our retail travel stores as well as our home-based franchise owners specialize in cruise travel, providing unparalleled expertise in matching clients with the cruise ships and destinations that are right for them.Cruise Holidays' parent company, Travel Leaders Group, is a travel agency powerhouse with approximately 1,300 franchised and wholly-owned agencies under a variety of brand names. Cruise Holidays is based in Minneapolis, MN, with a Canadian head office in London, ON. Because of the size of the Cruise Holidays network, the proven expertise of its owners and agents and the unparalleled strength of its industry connections, Cruise Holidays is considered by many of the world's best cruise lines and travel suppliers to be a distribution system of choice. As a result, Cruise Holidays can offer its clients an amazing array of cruise vacations at highly competitive prices. And since Cruise Holidays agents can arrange travel on any cruise line in the world, the list of destinations seems endless. Cruise Holidays is also a distinguished provider of land-based vacations.

About CruiseOne

Franchising since 1992, CruiseOne agents sell travel packages to individuals, couples, families, businesses and groups. CruiseOne provides full marketing, training and support to ensure you operate a successful Homebased travel franchise. CruiseOne offers up to a 20% discount for U.S. Veterans, Ethnic/Racial Minorities including women in business and travel industry experts.

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