Happy Sunday Fam!

We are back and ready to get back into the swing of things! This past week, some of our friends joined us for our second BYOC Cruise, and we had an amazing time!

If you are not aware, BYOC stands for Bring Your Own Cruise. We held our first BYOC In February 2023 on the Celebrity Summit. We were joined by our friends Keke from Team Reese Travels and Cheryl “SIG Cruiser” on that one. If you’d like to revisit those moments you can check them out here!

It seems that Celebrity has become the BYOC staple because this year, it was on Celebrity Beyond. We met up with a few more cruise content creators and rebranded the BYOC to the BYOC Kickback. We all got together and decided the next cruise would be on the Beyond and started to book. Unfortunately, not all of our friends could make it but we did have the pleasure of sailing with:

• Peta for My Cruising Family

• Regina Davis of The Travel Savvy Hub

• Keke “BYOC OG” of Team Reese Travels

And a few of our Subscribers

• Liam’s of Liam Having Fun and Angel

• Theodora and Amir who celebrated his Birthday on this cruise

The Next BYOC Kickback will be on the Celebrity Xcel! November 18-23, 2025. This will be an inaugural sailing so we would love to have you along for the ride. The Xcel will port in Port Everglades and have stops in Bimini and Cozumel with 2 sea days. If you’d love to join us and Kickback, please submit the Cruise Interest Form here!

Updates

Cruise announcements:

- From February 16-23, 2025, we will be Reconnecting at Sea with our friends Team Reese Travels and Your Favorite Couple.

- March 7-10, 2025, is the very first LUSH Cruise. LUSH stands for Ladies Unwind, Sip, and Hang. We are excited to welcome all ladies to this one-of-a-kind ladies' weekend. Join us today. We already have 16 cabins booked! Make sure you click the link to book today!

Cruise Tip of the Week

If you missed it, we had an "11 Cruise Discounts You Need to Know" video last week. Here are the cliff notes.

1. 55+ rates

2. Public Service Discounts

3. Military Discounts

4. Singles Cruise Discounts

5. Past Cruiser Discounts

6. Resident Rates

7. Group Rates

8. Last Minute Cruise Deals

9. Off-Season Rates

10. Travel Agents

You can watch it here!

Travelers Tale

Content Creator Opportunities

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SheSpeaks has an exciting opportunity with DaySpring Holiday at Walmart to create engaging and emotional content with a strong storytelling-focus, that will drive awareness and purchase of DaySpring Boxed Holiday Cards and Calendars at Walmart.

Please answer the questions below and provide us with your rate. We are primarily looking for faith-based influencers who create holiday and gift-giving content and shop at and post frequently about Walmart. We're looking for influencers who have between 20k - 499k followers on Instagram and are U.S. residents. If this describes you, please fill out the form below to be considered for this campaign

Hey cruise fans and Halloween lovers, listen up!

We're throwing a Halloween costume contest on our YouTube channel, and we want to see your best cruise-themed costumes. Show us your creative side and share your love for cruising with the world.

Here's how to join the fun:

1. Get creative and put together your best cruise-themed Halloween costume.

2. Take a pic or record a video of yourself in your awesome costume.

3. Share your photo or video with us via email, tag us on IG, or post in our Parker Fam Facebook Group, and don't forget to use the hashtag #POTGHalloweenContest.

4. Make sure to subscribe to our channel and set a reminder for the contest announcement video.

Prizes, you ask?

Of course! The top three entries will win amazing cruise-related prizes, so don't miss this chance to show off your creativity and win big.

You have until October 20, 2024, to submit your entries, so don't wait!

We will be looking at your creativity, originality, and overall presentation when choosing the winners.

All entries will be compiled in a video and our channel members will vote on the winner! The winner will be announced on Talk To ME Thursday on October 31, 2024!

So what are you waiting for?

Start working on your costume and get ready to show us your best cruise Halloween look. We can't wait to see your submissions!

See you next week!

Parkers Out!

Charvon: <3

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