She is a CLIA Accredited Cruise Counselor, and co-founder of Cruisin Couple Travel Agency, based in Chandler, Arizona. With years of experience and certifications, she has built a reputation as one of the most credentialed cruise specialists in the Southwest. Melissa holds a Certified Travel Industry Executive (CTIE), is an ASTA Verified Travel Advisor (VTA), and serves on the Board of Directors for the Arizona ASTA Chapter. Her expertise spans the full range of cruise travel, from luxury lines like Silversea, Regent Seven Seas, and Oceania to river cruise specialists including AmaWaterways, Viking, and Riverside Luxury to Land tours. The world is extraordinary, and you deserve to experience all of it. Melissa plans and manages every type of travel, from thrilling African safaris and luxury river cruises through Europe to remote expedition voyages and sun-soaked beach retreats. She does the deep research, vets every supplier, and builds every itinerary from the ground up so that your journey is uniquely yours from start to finish.
Melissa Yetter specializes in luxury river cruising, luxury ocean cruising, and European rail journeys, and holds Certified Specialist designations with AmaWaterways, Viking River, and Riverside Luxury Cruises.
Melissa is a CLIA Accredited Cruise Counselor, Certified Travel Industry Executive, ASTA Verified Travel Advisor, and Princess Commodore, the highest designation Princess Cruises awards to a travel advisor. She also holds the Azamara World Academy certification.
Melissa has personally toured and sailed on more than 20 river cruise ships and attends the ASTA River Cruise Event in Europe every year for ship inspections and excursions.
No. Travel advisors are compensated by the cruise line, so working with Melissa costs the same as booking directly while adding expert itinerary planning and a dedicated advocate.
Email melissa@ccta.co or call 602-558-0154.
Destinations Melissa has personally traveled to, the foundation of every recommendation they make.
Glühwein at the Wiener Christkindlmarkt, Vienna
Handmade Lebkuchen hearts at the Vienna market
Basilica St. Michael, Mondsee, Austria
Café stop in Salzburg's Altstadt
First snow in a Vienna city park
Canal-side bikes in Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Limmat and Zurich's Altstadt, Switzerland
Docked beneath the Hungarian Parliament, Budapest
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Work With Melissa
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