Cruise Planners : A Retiree Finds a Rewarding Encore Career at Cruise Planners Alongside His Daughter

In this Cruise Planners franchisee video, a retired project manager talks about why selling travel turned out to be the perfect encore career — and how working alongside his daughter Kelly has shaped both their lives. The story starts at retirement. His wife asked what he was going to do next, and his honest answer was that he didn't know. She suggested he try being a travel agent. He thought she was crazy — he'd never been in the travel business. But he had traveled extensively for work, and the more he looked at the Cruise Planners franchise opportunity, the more it lined up with what he was already good at: project management. Planning a client's trip, he points out, is project management — making sure every aspect of the trip works for the traveler. He started part-time, the business grew, and he loved it enough to bring his daughter Kelly in. Kelly handles part of the workload, supports her family, watches her kids, and earns extra money — and the half-mile distance between their homes makes the operating model practical. With both of them on CP Maxx, either can step in for a client at any time and deliver the same level of service. The handoff is seamless because they always know what the other is going to say. The line that anchors the video is his moment of confirmation. He had booked a young family on their first Walt Disney World trip. They came home and called crying — telling him it was the best family trip they'd ever taken and that they couldn't have done it without his planning and insight. That's when he knew this work was the right thing. For prospective franchisees considering Cruise Planners as a retirement business, a multi-generational family business, or both, this video is a useful preview of what the model can support.