Susie Flores, Cruise Planners franchise owner since 2025, and Nick Peña, Cruise Planners franchise owner since 2014, at the Cruise Planners Home Office in Coral Springs, Florida, recording the first episode of The Green Room by Cruise Planners.

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The new podcast gives travel advisors real stories, practical insight, and a clearer view of what building a business can actually look like.

Travel advisors don’t need more generic industry content. They need conversations that are real.

That’s what makes The Green Room by Cruise Planners worth paying attention to. The podcast offers something many advisors are actually looking for: honest insight from people who are building the business, not just talking about it from the outside. It’s a practical perspective, real experience, and stories that help listeners think more clearly about growth, ownership, and day-to-day success.

The opening episode sets that tone right away.Susie walks in fresh off a cruise, luggage still in hand, already thinking about the next sailing. Nick arrives just as quickly, coming in the night before from Orlando and driving to Coral Springs to make it to the Home Office to record this podcast episode, all while preparing for a 50-person group trip to Vienna.

The podcast opens in that moment, unfiltered and in motion. The conversation feels real from the start, grounded in the pace and pressure of the business, and that tone carries through the rest of the show.

Real stories are the value

What makes a podcast like this useful is not just who is speaking. It’s how the conversation lands.

There’s no script and no forced talking points. Just successful advisors from different paths talking honestly about what this business looks like while they’re living it. That kind of storytelling matters because it makes the path feel more visible.

Listeners hear directly from travel advisors running profitable businesses, many doing over a million in annual sales, and building social platforms with more than 100K followers, with organic videos reaching over 7 million views. In this episode, Pena and Susie have honest conversations about the work and their pain points.

That’s what makes the show relevant. Travel advisors are always trying to answer the same questions: What does it really take to build a business? What does success look like behind the scenes? How do other advisors create momentum and keep it going?

The Green Room answers those questions through conversation. And often, that lands better than a checklist ever could.

More than one success story

Susie and Nick make strong first guests because they reflect different paths and different strengths. Their conversation suggests something important: there’s no one right way to build a successful travel business.

That idea alone makes the podcast valuable.

And the opportunity goes beyond the first episode. The Green Room by Cruise Planners also has room to grow into a broader industry resource, with future conversations featuring industry professionals, influencers, home office team members, and Cruise Planners leadership.

That wider mix matters because travel advisors rarely build in isolation. They learn from peers, mentors, partners, and industry voices that help them see the business more clearly. A podcast that brings those perspectives together can become more than a one-time listen. It can become an ongoing source of insight, connection, and perspective.

That’s what makes The Green Room work. It gives advisors access to real conversations, practical lessons, and stories that make the business feel more understandable and more possible.

And that’s what makes it worth listening to.

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