The shore excursion providers new website improves ease of use, allows you to book for land-based customers as well as cruise guests, and enables access to a wealth of new product.
Venture Ashore's new agent portal has been fuelled by feedback from the provider's trade partners, with the ability to login straight from the Venture Ashore homepage, unlock clearer booking visibility and management, and access a newly-designed affiliate website bespoke for each agent.
You can now book the cruise and in-city experiences across ports in Europe, the Mediterranean, Alaska, the Caribbean, and Asia, with cruise line partnerships for shore excursions aboard Royal Caribbean, P&O, Princess, Celebrity, MSC and Norwegian voyages.
2024 and 2025 itineraries are live and bookable on the portal at 2023 prices.
Tour vouchers can be collected straight from the portal as soon as reservations are confirmed, streamlining the previous process in which customers would receive the vouchers two to three weeks before the travel date.
Affiliate links can be easily redeemed and shared with customers to guarantee diversified commission streams directly back to you.
Kirsty Bachelor, Venture Ashore's director of Sales, said: "At Venture Ashore we value our partnerships and relationships in the trade community, which is why it was important to us to launch a new website that eased pain points for travel agents and ensure a more user-friendly experience, with the launch of the website we have achieved that and more.
"Travel agents are now able to search and book excursions by destination, which enables agents the opportunity to sell experiences for both pre and post cruise. For the first time, agents can now offer bookings for land-based customers, providing great extra earning opportunities.
"We’ve taken onboard feedback from travel agents to improve the user experience, even from fixing the load time of the portal was raised and implemented in the launch of the new website and Agent Portal. We encourage feedback from agents on the new website and will continue to make enhancements, where necessary."
