Larry Norman

San Diego, CA Travel Agent

Vacation and Cruise Consultants

33 Reviews

97% Recommended

25+ Years of Experience

Additional Languages

English

Family Cruise Reunions & Fundraising Cruise Expert

I have 35 years of experience in the travel industry and was given the name "the Cruise Coach" due to my enthusiasm for selling cruises and becoming a popular and nationally recognized travel industry trainer at almost every major cruise conference from 1988 to 2003.

I have been on over 300 cruises and have visited almost every major leisure destination in the Caribbean, Hawaii, Mexico and South Pacific Islands. I also, was the host of the weekly, two-hour Vacation and Cruise Club radio show in Miami, for eight years.

After a successful 12 year career as a Pacific Northwest banker, I opened my first travel agency in Evansville, Indiana, in 1986. Within four years my business had grown to a four state network of 14 travel agencies, with annual sales of $28 million a year.

My flagship operation was the "Miami Cruise Center" which annually sold over $24 million a year in cruises. My agency earned “Top Producer Awards" with Carnival, Celebrity, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Holland America, Norwegian Cruise Line, Princess, Regent Seven Sea Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Silversea Cruises and Seabourn Cruise Lines. I have cruised extensively on all these cruise lines and can help you find the perfect cruise for your next vacation.

I also operate "Retire to Travel" Mentoring and serve as the "Head Coach" for people that want to learn how save money on their retirement travel. This new venture follows my long history of teaching travel agents on how to find the right cruise for their clients.

It has been estimated that I have trained over 30,000 travel agents over my 30 years as an educator. In 1996, I was honored by Travel Trade as “Travel Educator of the Year". I was also an early advocate of home-based travel agents and became known as “The Outside Sales Agent Expert.” after being asked to present 25 workshops on that subject, at Travel Trade/CLIA Cruise-A-Thons.

I look forward to answering any questions regarding your next cruise or better yet, how you can become a part-time travel agent and start traveling for less for life, as part of our "Retire To Travel" Mentoring program!

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Areas of Expertise

Destinations:

Mexico

Hawaii

Florida, Miami

Quintana Roo, Cancun

Interests:

Cruises

All Inclusive

Groups

Culinary & Foodie

Luxury Cruises

Suppliers:

Celebrity Cruises

Holland America Line

Crystal

MSC Cruises

AmaWaterways

Norwegian Cruise Line

Princess Cruises®

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Linda Hayes - The Foxy Cruiser

FOXY CRUISER - Distinctive Voyage Group Host

About Your DV Voyages Host - Linda Hayes “Foxy Cruiser” 
Ten Years of Large Cruise Group Hosting Experience
For the last ten years Linda has co-hosted over sixteen cruise groups, from 7-days to 27-days, with Larry Norman, who operates the Vacation and Cruise Club.
During those ten years she attended over 20 major travel industry conferences and attended over 100 travel seminars. 
In October 2019 Linda became a Certified Luxury Specialist upon completing the Travel Leaders Certified Luxury Special Program.
She looks forward to hosting you on a future Distinctive Voyage Cruise Groups on many of the luxury cruises lines she has experience with. 
Has Become A Very Accomplished Cruise and Travel Blogger 
Linda has always enjoyed writing about her world travels and has become a very accomplished travel blogger. Many people know Linda as “Foxy Cruiser” from her many published travel blogs, as well as her many postings on Cruise Critic and Trip Advisor. 
Linda looks forward to helping Distinctive Voyages Group participants learn how to write their own travel blogs, while serving as a Distinctive Voyage Host.
Has 30 Years of Business Experience and Understands How to Deal With People 
As owner of a California construction company, a 15-year career with the State of California and 8 years of owning a restaurant and catering business, Linda knows how to deal with all types of people.

Other Specialties

The Nationally Recognized "CRUISE COACH"

I have 35 years of experience in the travel industry and was given the name "t...

Reviews

33 Reviews

Awesome experience he is the best Travel agent.

Grace - Mexico ~ Mexico

Larry is, without exception, the hardest working travel agent I've ever worked with. Traveling with our group, he was tireless when it came to solving problems and making sure everyone was having a good experience.

Lynn and Jill - Hawaii Island ~ Hawaii ~ USA

Our first cruise was with Larry and we have since gone on a total of four. Has always been excellent to work with and seen to our every need onboard.

Judy - Hawaii ~ USA

Larry proved to be the perfect host for our first cruise! It started with him finding us the ideal balcony cabin, which was close to the elevator and at a special group price, that saved us over $400. He was 100% correct; we loved having our morning breakfast and afternoon wine on our balcony, unforgettable! As cruise "newbies" we really appreciated that each night, he went around to all our group's dinner tables (there was 60 of us), and shared some recommendations to that night's events and some highlights of the next day's activities. To say that we were blown away by the two cocktail parties, unannounced gifts, and our private shore excursions is an understatement! We are now a believer, in both cruising and Larry, our "Cruise Coach."

Chuck - Mexico

My experience working with Larry is awesome. With Larry we have fun, excitment, surprises on board and the best of the cruise.

Grace - San Francisco ~ California ~ USA

True, experienced professional! Took care of all details start to finish!! Excellent communication before, during and after trip!

Seasoned World Traveller - Ensenada ~ Baja California Norte ~ Mexico

He's been very informative and helpful.

Anita - Tampa ~ Florida ~ USA

Great from the beginning to the end, he was focused on making sure that everything was ok almost every day. This was my First Cruise and Larry and Holland America was nothing like the US Navy Uss Kitty Hawk CVA-63 that I served on in the 70s. 10 Day Mexican Cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Loreto, La Paz, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. Awesome Job Larry and your Team.

Baja Jim - Baja ~ Baja California Sur ~ Mexico

LARRY is a delightful person, always eager to help with a smile. I would rather work with a tour guide and he has been excellent in answering my questions.

ARLENE - Mexico ~ Mexico

Larry is very personable and efficient. He did a great job of coordinating 52 people

Marilyn - California ~ USA

Always good!

Catalina Island - Catalina Island ~ California ~ USA

LARRY always goes above and beyond to make his passengers happy. He always answers my questions or concerns immediately. It is good to have a tour guide and I feel he is one of the best.

ARLENE - Mexicali ~ Mexico ~ Mexico

He was thorough, friendly & efficient. A pleasure to work with & sail with

Mags - Mexico

This was my second cruise that I went on that was booked with Larry Norman turned out to be a very wonderful, carefree cruise. Larry took care of all the fine details that usually come up at the last minute, on the ship, out in the middle of the ocean. Had a great time. Have just booked another cruise with Larry on the same cruise ship at a better rate then the cruise lines web site was offering plus received extra perks.

Milo Goehring - Mexico ~ Mexico

Arranged all our fun activities and was on the ball for everything.

PHUN!! - Ensenada ~ Baja California Norte ~ Mexico

Excellent experience. Larry was very patient with our group of 52. Lots of events and fun surprises

Colleen - Ensenada ~ Baja California Norte ~ Mexico

Larry was knowledgeable and very helpful in filling out paperwork and forms for the cruise. Always ready to help.

Janet - Ensenada ~ Baja California Norte ~ Mexico

Simply wonderful. Larry went way beyond any expectations I had. He is THE BEST!

Cathie - Cabo San Lucas ~ Baja California Sur ~ Mexico

I've worked with Larry on MULTIPLE cruises (could only list one below). He has gone out of his way to make sure we have the best deals, best accommodations, and most of all, a fantastic time! When I came down with Covid just before a Caribbean cruise, he took care of everything, spending MANY hours on line with the cruise company to make sure we got all our money back!

DeeDee - French Polynesia ~ South Pacific

Excellent

Gloria Mosqueda - Mexico

Two wonderful cruses and about to embark on our third.

Baja Paul - Mexico

Larry Norman labors over every detail to bring about a fantastic experience for each of his guests. I took the USBC Mexico Cruise last December. My husband and I usually like to do our own thing on a cruise because we work so much and just want to get OFF the grid so to speak. But Larry desinged each activity so that I and my Husband actually wanted to be more involved. From Ball room dancing to tours on shore to meeting up and coming together with the whole group for activites..and we could not wait to go to dinner every night-most groups fizzel out by cruise ends..not this one 9 tables almost every night full. I can honestly say we had the MOST FUN on any cruise we had ever been on because of Larry's attention to detail. We appreciate all the pro-active work Larry did before and during this 7 day tour of Mexico. Can't wait to go again! And not alone-with a group!!

Lone Cruisers no more! - Mexicali ~ Mexico ~ Mexico

Larry was thorough, informative, obviously very knowledgeable, accommodating, and went out of his way to help everyone! In other words SUPURB!!?? We actually had to cancel at the last minute due to my sister's emergency surgery. He did all the trip insurance paperwork for us, we didn't do anything, just got the refund credited to our accounts! We have cruised multiple times before, this was by far the best service we have ever received.

DeeDee - Mexico

Larry was always available , took care of all issues before and on the ship and was prompt to return calls for questions.

Allen - Los Angeles ~ California ~ USA

Larry’s diligent attention to details and scheduling was outstanding. He also proved his ability to roll with the unexpected changes !

Gary - USA

Working with Larry Norman was an excellent experience. I found him to be very knowledgeable regarding all aspects of cruising. He was available and responsive. He responded via email to all questions and concerns. He kept me up to date on any changes and eventualities regarding the cruise.

RBF - Mexico

Nice guy - knows the cruise industry.

Chuck - Mexico

Larry goes the extra mile to make sure that you are getting the best deal and will really enjoy your cruise from the booking, cabin location, travel connections and on board extras. Not only did he take what we found and turn it into a far better package but it cost us less! He buffered all my worries during the preparation and make it very easy.

Jackie - Alaska ~ USA

Larry was great at organizing our group and providing much needed coordination, always in a very friendly, relaxed way.

Charlie - Mexico

Larry was always on the ball and sensitive to needs to travelers.

Morses - Baja ~ Baja California Sur ~ Mexico

This being my first ever cruise, which turned out wonderful, thanks to Mr. Larry Norman. He got the best balcony cabin, close to the rear of the ship, enjoyed all the little extras throughout the 7 day cruise that only someone like Larry could provide. Will I go again - YES, Will I use Larry to book my cruise again - YES.

AJ Matheny - Mexico ~ Mexico

Larry made sure ever thing ran as planned. He took great care to make sure everyone enjoyed the trip. Larry went above and beyond and always with a smile!

Vee - Ensenada ~ Baja California Norte ~ Mexico

I find Larry very helpful on any thing you may want to know about the cruising industry. The best ships, the best destinations, the best prices, and what to expect before, during, and after your cruise. My next cruise will be booked through Larry.