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Advertising on Cruise Critic works! Our range of programs help maximize your marketing dollars and meet your goals. We want to help your business grow!
Creative Ad Unit Rotation
  • Rotate creative units including skyscrapers, half skyscrapers, leader boards and buttons throughout the Cruise Critic site
Creative Unit Size Net CPM
Wide Skyscraper
Leaderboard
Medium Rectangle
Rectangle
Find A Cruise Button
Reviews Text Links
160 x 600
728 x 90
300 x 250
180 x 150
150 x 50
50 Characters Max
$15
$15
$15
$15
$15
$15
Format
JPEG, GIF, Rich Media

File Size
Max 70k – recommended size 40K
  • Creative units and URL linking instructions must be received 5 business days prior to start date.
  • All advertising on Cruise Critic is served using Dart for Publishers. Third party ad serving is accepted. No looping restrictions.
Find a Cruise Search Results Sponsorship
  • Increase cruise bookings, via button placement on Find a Cruise search results when consumers search for the cruise best suited for their needs; by cruise line, destination, interests, and lifestyle
Creative Unit Size Net CPM
Button 150 x 50 $15

Cruise Deal of the Week Sponsorship
  • Book Cruises! Showcase your hottest cruise deals via premiere Cruise Critic Deal of the Week Sponsorship. Appears in Cruise Deals and Cruise Sails e-letter.
  • Creative: 300 characters
  • Cost: $2,000
Category Sponsorship
  • Fixed creative unit placement on a targeted area of content on the Cruise Critic site
  • Cost: Pricing on a program-by-program basis
Cruise Agency Awareness Program
  • Perfect for the travel agent with a smaller budget to showcase their company, and promote their vacation packages and cruise specials
  • Includes listing on Cruise Agency page with company logo, link to web site, and up to 100 words of copy
  • Cost: $1,000 per quarter
Cruise Critic E-Letter Sponsorship
  • Target 700,000+ cruise enthusiasts via the Cruise Critic electronic newsletter, which drops once per week
  • Creative: Title, 5 lines of text, logo, linking URL, skyscraper ad (160x600)
  • Cost: $5,000 Full List, $2,500 Half List
  • Sample Newsletter
Cruise Critic HTML Stand Alone Email Blast
  • Target 700,000+ Cruise Critic E-Letter subscribers with stand alone email, solely and specifically for your brand
  • Cost: $20,000 Full List, $10,000 Half List
"Cruise Sails" E-Letter Sponsorship
  • Target 700,000+ "Cruise Sails" subscribers
  • Creative: Supply Cruise Critic five deals per week each week for one month.
  • Cost: $5,000 per month
  • Sample Newsletter
Sweepstakes Marketing
  • Gather email addresses for future marketing efforts via an online contest on the Cruise Critic site for one month, with home page placement
  • Cost: $10,000
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