Welcome to the Fun & Fitness Travel Club

Watch it all. With practice you too can dance like this 80 year old Salsa Dancer! Take our cruise to learn how.

Fis an award winning organization recognized by both Royal Caribbean and Celebrity for its fitness cruises. Guests exercise together in the ships' pools, along with taking dance lessons, deck walking, tai chi and yoga classes too. has no dues. Club members vacation at discounted group rates. Royal Caribbean has named its Number #1 Business Partner in Virginia, Maryland and Delaware. "What Americans wanted when they cruised years ago is not what they want today," says Travel Coordinator Cynthia Neu. "We already know we don't have to be young to exercise. But we do have to exercise to stay young!"

Watch our fun filled video to learn the benefit of exercising at sea. Then visit our upcoming cruises!

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members exercise every morning on their cruises. Certified water aerobics instructors from across the United States invite their hometown students to cruise with them while attending their water exercise classes on the ship. Jim Seeley, (C), is Program Director of this one-of-a-kind travel club. He is certified to teach water aerobics, tai chi, yoga and ballroom dancing.

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TALL PINES GROW ODD 'DOWN UNDER' in Wellington, New Zealand. Club members were fascinated to see trees there grew a different way.

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SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE in Australia is all it claims to be say members of the who cruised there in 2009. Designed in the image of sea shells, it has a magnificent story to tell.

PAT BURSHEM of VIENNA, VA climbed up 558 steps on top of Harbor Bridge in Sydney to see the city."I'd do it again tomorrow!," she says.

Chuck Siple of Debary, FL wanted to dance on this cruise, but his wife Carolyn wanted to do her water aerobics. This proves who wears the hat in their family!

Why bother with a glass if you can drink like this? Enjoy new experiences when you take a cruise to any exotic Caribbean Island.

JoAnn Jackson of Milwaukee, WI (R) hosted a group of water exercise students on a cruise to Belize. Their next cruise is to the Mexican Riviera.

Debbie Clark of Springfield, VA had one wish on her last cruise. She wanted to swim with the dolphins. Debbie's dream did come true!

AEA certified instructor Sallie Jackson of Winter Springs, FL leads classes on board ship. When the fitness club began in 1998 only a handful of men came along. Today nearly as many men as women book the exercise cruises too.

F has 3,500 members nationwide and and more than 200 Fitness Hosts. These certified instructors have escorted their hometown students on cruises to all the Caribbean Islands, the Mexican Riviera, Hawaii, the Inside Passage to Alaska, through the Panama Canal, to Bermuda and all along the Eastern Shores from Charleston to New York City to Quebec, Canada. They've sailed away from Seattle, New Orleans, Galveston, San Diego, Los Angeles, Vancouver, B.C.; Philadelphia, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Tampa, Honolulu, as well as Barcelona, Spain; St. Petersburg, Russia; Dublin, Ireland; Amsterdam, Holland; Sydney, Australia; Wellington, New Zealand; San Juan, Puerto Rico and Buenos Aires, Argentina. They've even sailed around Cape Horn going to the South Pole. Another favorite cruise sailed to Halifax and St. John, Canada. The next exotic cruise is to Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Cypress and Greece. Where do you want to go?

Instructor Laila Vehvilainen of Sherborn, MA led her students on their first fitness cruise to Key West, Cozumel and Belize. "It was exactly the right time to go to the sunny Caribbean," says Laila. "What a wonderful way to teach!" water exercise classes are held each morning on board ship. They are held at different times.

Program Director Jim Seeley leads deck walking sessions, in addition to teaching water aerobics on the club's cruises. "We like to move," he says.

Booking a balcony means you can have the total experience of cruising. Tanning in private while having your own personal ocean view is luxury personified.

cruised to Belize twice last winter generating smiles all around for club members who said, "We'll cruise again as soon as we can!"

Program Director Jim Seeley recommends taking a fitness cruise to learn a new exercise. "Tai Chi is a great new one to learn," he says. Jim teaches the classes.

Fcruises are tailor made for students who want to participate in daily exercises. They've been featured in many of the nation's top newspapers, travel industry publications and in the corporate magazines of both Celebrity and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Both luxury liners welcome members because they come on board as "as health conscious passengers." In response to the club's requests, both cruise lines grant the club use of all their ships' pools for morning water exercises. They offer early, private dining seating, book mid-ship cabins convenient to elevators and provide cabins in up-graded categories with deep discounts for early bookings. The club also is given the best prices for air fares and transfers when applicable, as well as providing low cost travel insurance to include medical coverage sans pre-existing medical conditions. Special dietary meals are also available upon request.

F host Sam Fadullon has taught Ballroom Dancing, Salsa, Tango and Cha Cha at Spring Hill RECenter in McLean, VA. for 8 years. Sam has extensive training, having taught in Florida for Tom Chapman Dance Club International. When the sailed to Bermuda Sam invited his students to join him for Tango lessons on board ship. He assured them doing daily dance exercises at sea is an excellent fitness program. He was right. They danced in the Passengers' Talent Show to a standing ovation!

Gladys Cheek (L) and Nancy Summers, both of Alexandria, VA., are founding members of the Travel Club which began in 1998. They teach water exercises and swimming lessons for the Fairfax County Park Authority in Northern Virginia. They say, "We love the water!" Their ride in this glass bottom boat proves it.

Travel Club sailed on its first cruise in 1998 hosted by co-founders Jim Seeley and Cynthia Neu. In 2010 Jim and Cynthia will celebrate 12 years of travel with. At least 250 water exercise instructors nationwide, along with their 3,500 students, have joined them on their popular fitness cruises. "The secret to our success," says Cynthia, "is that we strive to make each cruise great fun, often giving them themes like we did on our last Mardi Gras cruise!" But Jim says, "Our cruises are are known for their great fun because what happens at sea stays at sea!"

Joyce Doucette of Points, W. VA., who leads yoga classes on cruises says, " A mid-morning yoga class makes you feel super all day. Our cruises prove it"

"Let me speak to the Captain."

members are often video taped on cruise ships when conducting their water exercises. Other passengers want to join them, but only those who book with may attend its water exercise classes.

"When Dick and Gloria returned home I asked them how the cruise went and they said, 'It was the best cruise we've ever been on!' They've cruised before many times. Thank you so much, Jim and Cynthia, for taking care of my guests on this cruise when at the last minute I could not go. You kept your promise. Thank you!" Jody Ausman, Asotin, Washington

"We've cruised on Royal Caribbean many times, but none compared to this one. We loved the planned activities, the daily exercises, the cleanliness of the rooms, the ship! What can I say? We had a wonderful time." Mary McLaughlin, Indian Trail, NC

"I'm overwhelmed! You went over and above any expectations to explain in writing why it's better to have a valid passport to travel rather than a passport card currently being offered for travel to the Caribbean. No one tells you the airlines won't accept such cards. No one tells you if the country had a real emergency you could not travel anywhere with it. We thank you for explaining all the facts." Barbara Fezzi, Albuquerque, N. M.

"Thank you for pointing out that if we booked shore excursions on line we could not get our money back if something went wrong. As it happened, my husband and I had to cancel all our trips ashore when we arrived to the Panama Canal. The ship refunded everything 100% for our canceled shore excursions It was that easy." Marge Van Lierde, Vienna, VA.

" Travel Club is remarkable. I cannot thank you enough for making my winter cruise vacation so much fun. You matched me with another club member who needed a roommate. It was perfect. I'm now booking my next cruise knowing there are even more friends for me to make in this very nice travel club." Cecile Hannaway, Fairfax, VA

"I want to thank you for your helpful message explaining why the cruise lines asks our race when we check in on-line prior to arriving to the ship. In a very kind way you explained that such information would be required if suddenly police or authorities in a foreign country needed to find me. I now own a Set Sail Pass!" Richard Bond, Troy, Ontario, Canada

For more information about this dues-free travel club and to learn about its "Upcoming Cruises," click atop this page. Prices include the cruise fare with port charges. Prices can also be quoted with air, if requested. Call 1-800-955-9942 or e-mail CynthiaNeu@aol.com The club requires guests be at least 30 years of age to participate in its trips. Call Fitness Host Coordinator Barb Batson at 1-800-500-8905 to learn how you personally could host a fitness cruise. Parent company of the Fitness Travel Club is Ventures in Travel, a subsidiary of Ventures in Video, Inc. in Falls Church, VA. The popular Fitness Travel Club is a member of Cruise & Vacation Specialists, Inc. and Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). Instructors who teach on board ship are certified by the Aquatic Exercise Association (AEA). The club also recommends exercises developed by WaterWellnessWorkouts.com. Other top resources for the club are TravelSmart.com, an award winning travel newsletter and ExerciseFriends.com where viewers can find exercise partners in their same zip code areas. The top rated local FOREVER YOUNG TV SHOW is hosted by Jim Seeley who recently interviewed officials of Washington, D.C.'s Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation at Spring Hill RECreation Center in McLean, VA. The Travel Club was created specifically to allow water exercise students with arthritis to cruise comfortably by offering them daily water exercises in the cruise lines' indoor, heated pools. Both Jim Seeley and Travel Coordinator Cynthia Neu are certified by the Arthritis Foundation to teach water arthritis classes. They met at Spring Hill RECenter 12 years ago where their concept for the Travel Club was born. Cynthia and Jim continue to teach water exercise classes for the nationally recognized Fairfax County Park Authority. Last year Cynthia was named Outstanding Water Exercise Instructor at Spring Hill ReCenter where FOREVER YOUNG TV recently produced a program promoting the importance of water exercises. (For an excerpt click below.)

FOREVER YOUNG TV SHOW reports on the benefits of taking water aerobics to deter arthritis. Jim Seeley is host of this top rated show in Fairfax County.

This page last updated: June 23, 2009