Cruisebound provides a digital cruise assistant and booking platform aimed at first-time cruisers. The platform aggregates comprehensive inventory with real-time pricing and instant booking across major cruise lines, and offers a customer service team and no booking fees. Cruisebound lists 27,000+ cruise itineraries from 19 of the top cruise lines. The company intends to use new funds to accelerate its cruise booking products. Cruisebound was founded in 2022 and is led by CEO Pierre-Olivier Lepage and Bjorn Larsen. The company is based in New York City. Cruisebound offers a mobile-optimized OTA that aggregates deals from major cruise lines, enabling users to compare prices, itineraries, ships and cabin types with filters, deck plans and destination content. The platform targets first-time cruisers and younger travelers, with 91% of purchases made on mobile and an average customer age of 36. It surfaces personalized discounts—resulting in average savings of 15–30% for eligible customers—and combines instant online booking with a "Human Support Guarantee" for post-booking service. Feature differentiation includes no booking fee, buy-now-pay-later via Uplift, and A/B testing of multi-cabin booking capability. Cruisebound monetizes through booking commissions and is focused on improving unit economics while growing its customer base to convert non-cruisers into first-time cruisers.

Total raised

$23M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Oct 2024