From the home screen, you can easily search for and join a new cruise by clicking the Join another cruise button and then searching for the cruise you are interested in. 

In the next section, you will learn about the searching options available, and later you will see where to find the most popular cruises that people are joining with the app. 

We have partnered with Cruise Planners to be able to search for all cruises happening in the world that are bookable from the US (if you do not see your voyage, please reach out to mmob@cruiseplanners.com and we can manually add your voyage). 

Input any or all of these items if you know what cruise you are looking for or just want to see what is available:

Date

Destination

Cruise Line

Particular Ship

Duration

Note: If you are having trouble finding a particular cruise, try removing the Destination field as sometimes there are multiple options for similar destinations like "Alaska" and "Alaska Inside Passage"

If you dont know what exact cruise you want to join, but want to see what is popular, at the bottom of the home page, you can find the popular cruises section. 

Full ship charter cruises, like Atlantis Gay Cruises, and UK based lines like Ambassador and P&O are not in the app by default, so please let us know and we can add one for you. When searching for one though, please scroll to the bottom of each search field for the 'Custom' section

Once you have found a cruise that you are interested in, tap 'See More' to find out all the details from the cruise line such as the Line, Ship Name, Departure and Return Dates, the Ports of Call, and information from the cruise line about this specific voyage.

Often times throughout the app, you will see a 'Book Now' button and a 'Join Now' button. 

The difference between these is that choosing 'Book Now' will send an email to one of our MeetMeOnBoard/Cruise Planners travel advisors who will assist you in booking a cruise are available for any of your travel booking needs. 

'Join Now' will just add you to the list of MMOB users who have joined that particular sailing.

Please note: if you 'Join' a cruise you did not intend to, there is currently not a way to 'unjoin' that cruise, this functionality will be coming in the next iteration of the MMOB App. 

Once you have joined a cruise, you have access to the 'Events' section of that particular cruise. Any cruiser has the ability to add an event that will be visible to the other users who have joined the cruise. 

Use this feature for things like making a boarding day meet and greet for other Cruisemates, or any kind of party you would like to host! 

In the next iteration of the app, we will be adding the functionality to be able to collect and see RSVPs for your event, and also make an event private that you invite specific cruisers to. 

Once you have joined a cruise, you have access to the 'Discussion' section of that particular cruise. Any cruiser has the ability to add a post that will be visible to the other users who have joined the cruise. 

Use this section to ask questions you have about this particular voyage whether it be looking for friends to join you on an excursion or even just asking for recommendations for where you can find the best espresso martini onboard!

The Community button at the bottom of the screen is the Global Community where you can post a question or reply to any others that are not tied to a specific sailing, but rather larger questions that the entire MMoB community could reply to like 'What are the must-haves to bring on your first cruise?'

Once you have joined a cruise, you have access to the 'Cruisemates' section of that particular cruise. Any cruiser the other cruisemates who have joined this voyage and you can 'Connect' with anyone as well which will keep you connected beyond this trip. 

You can also view someone's profile to learn more about them and also access their social media handles that they have added. 

Once you have connected with someone, they will show up in your chat section and you will be able to start a conversation as well as message them from the Cruisemates tab.

Chat lives in the icon in the top right corner, when you tap into it, you will see all of your active chats and you can search your conversations to start a chat with one of your connections.

If you are not able to find your friends, make sure that you are both joined on the same cruise, and that you have gone to the Cruisemates list or to their profile, connected with them, and that they have accepted your connection request. 

We hope if never comes to this, but if you need to block or report someone for offensive or unwelcomed behavior, you have two options. 

Blocking someone:

This is from the chat feature and in the messages with the person, tap the dots in the top right corner and choose block. 

Reporting someone:

This can happen in the same place as blocking above, or from the Cruisemate's profile page. 

Disconnecting with someone:

You can also disconnect from a Cruisemate on their profile page which will disable them from being able to message you. 

Reasons to block someone:

-Promoting false information

-Harassment

-Illegal Activity

-Impersonation

-Nudity or Pornography

-Spam

-Violence

If you are going on a full ship charter, or are on a cruise line from the UK like Ambassador, P&O, etc and your cruise is not showing in the app, please reach out to us at mmob@cruiseplanners.com and we will be happy to add it! 

We base the avaiable cruises on what we can book through our partners at Cruise Planners, but if there is a full ship charter that we cannot book, it will need to be added manually. 

Once added, custom and charter cruises will be available to use all other features of the app, but when searching for them, you may need to scroll to the "Custom Charter ____" section of the search, this will be for 'Custom Charter Destination' - 'Custom Charter Ship' - 'Custom Charter Cruise Line'