We are the world's first pet dog cruise (250 dogs and a detailed plan for success). On November 18, 2025, we are sailing out of Tampa, Florida, on Margaritaville of the Sea's Islander. The overview is "250 lucky dogs can bring their humans along for a truly first-time experience. You will be a hero among your friends and envied by every cat you know! Your personal pet butler will schedule your pet massage and costume fitting, and make sure your entire experience is sublime. Humans can join in or enjoy dog-free time in the restaurants, human-only pools and other designated areas."
We are a fantastic cross-marketing match for anyone with pet related business connections. Our travel partner is the long-established Expedia Cruises of West Orlando. Our leadership team has over 25 years each of award-winning leadership, diverse travel experience and successful business ownership.
We began selling a month ago and:
- We're overwhelmed with bookings (45 rooms out of over 1,000 in two weeks for $368,000 in sales—we review each one personally, so there is a process).
- They featured us in over 300 news media outlets, including CNN, Travel & Leisure, People, USAToday, Sports Illustrated, Forbes—and across all channels, including YouTube and Radio.
- We received over 100 sponsor requests in the first 3 weeks. We have just started responding and are having outstanding success.
- We're in the news as far away as Germany and Australia.
- We are setting up event festivals, one pre-event in Tampa and one at the Key West Port.
- We just brought on our first social media influencer who has over 270,000 followers. She is one of many of the list of social media influencers interested in working with us.
- Will have a YouTube channel with international contests choosing dog winners in different categories chosen by votes. This engages a vast population in the decisions and offers great sponsorship potential.
"Normalizing" pet travel has become a revolution among pet lovers (11 million dog owners in America will not travel without their pets, and pet spending is at over $150 Billion this year). Both the pet sponsors and pet owners are invested in this success, planning for it to lead to future pet and hopefully expand other previously "impossible" options.
We need funding as the project has grown in scope from just the cruise to pre and post events, port events and we are receiving requests to have events in major cities, as everyone wants to create a "normalizing pets travel" community.
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