About Us

All About the Cruise Lady and Her Team

Cruise Lady is a full-service travel agency that caters to an LDS clientele. Our company focuses on offering escorted groups of Latter-Day Saints on cruises all over the world with a "headliner" (well-known and well-loved speaker or musical artist) who will lecture or entertain the group during sea days.

In 2006 Cruise Lady also started LDS Guided Tours to offer land trips to Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Church History sites, Germany/Austria, and British Church History land tours, with more land sites on the drawing board.

Our mission is to create memories to last a lifetime by providing top-quality service for our clients as we book cruises and land tours to destinations around the world. This is accomplished as they travel with people that share common values and enjoy uplifting entertainment and lectures by well-known LDS authors, musical entertainers, and popular speakers which add another level of insight, education, and humor to the travel experience.

Cruise Lady, although now located in Sandy, Utah, was founded in Olympia, Washington in 1997 by Diane. She moved the business to Sandy in 2001 and now has a staff of eight people:

We are proud of our Cruise Lady team and that is definitely how we see ourselves. We are excited to offer you the opportunity to sail with us and to help you create a memory that will last a lifetime.

Although much of our business is escorting group cruises and land tours we hope that you all understand that we are a full-service travel company. If you want to plan a family cruise, honeymoon, school reunion, company incentive cruise, or a land trip to a destination resort, just give us a call: 1-888-707-4386.

	Diane Larsen - President of Cruise Lady - oversees all operations and personally escorts most cruises and land tours all over the world. Larry Larsen, MBA - Consultant, webmaster, in-charge of personalized DVD's, and husband/working partner of Diane Larsen. He also escorts most cruises and land tours.
	Karna Hobbs - Vice President in charge of advertising, marketing, technical support, bookkeeping, shore excursions and overflow cruise sales. She has been with Cruise Lady since 2001 and has escorted many cruises and escorted an Israel/Petra land tour in October 2007.
	Marilyn Stam - Operations Manager in charge of group finalizations, office management and staff. She has escorted many Book of Mormon cruises, Alaska cruises,a Mediterranean cruise in 2006, a Canada/ New England cruise in 2012, a Jordan/Petra, Israel, and Egypt tour in 2009. Marilyn joined Cruise Lady in 2003.
	Devon Ogden - Sales Manager - Joined the company in 2007 after working with another travel company. He studied travel and tourism at Everest College. He has escorted several Western Caribbean cruises to Book of Mormon lands, Alaska cruises and a land tour of Israel in 2012.
	Brandon Harris - Travel Consultant - Joined Cruise Lady in 2012. He comes with strong sales and customer service experience. He has been on over 20 cruises and escorted a Book of Mormon cruise and looking forward to escorting an Israel Land Tour in June 2013.
	C.L. - Cruise Lady just got "Smart"er with her new addition to the staff. The Company car joined the staff in May of 2008. Diane had a toy "Smart Car" on her desk for 7 years (a gift from Michael Ballam) as she waited for them to come to the United States and after being on a waiting list for the last 1 1/2 years, it finally arrived. Don't be afraid to honk or wave when you see Diane or someone else from the office "Cruising" around town in this fun new addition!