About The Cruise Company

The story of The Cruise Company is a story of deep roots, community innovation, and unmatched industry expertise. Long before the era of modern online booking, our company began with a simple vision: to bring people together through the transformative power of premium travel.

The Early Days & Silicon Valley Roots

In the 1960s, our visionary founder, Herb Goodfellow, recognized a unique niche for group dynamics and community travel, laying the groundwork by launching the International Employees Clubs. As the business rapidly expanded alongside the booming early days of Silicon Valley, Herb partnered with Doug Kampick and Angelo Locatelli to formally establish The Travel Company.

Operating out of prominent hubs in Sunnyvale and later Atherton, California, the trio built a highly successful, full-scale corporate agency. They dedicated themselves to crafting tailored vacation experiences for local aerospace families, tech pioneers, and corporate teams across the San Francisco Peninsula.

The Pioneer of "All-Cruise" Travel

By the late 1980s and early 1990s, the global vacation landscape was evolving with the launch of massive, modern cruise liners. Our founders recognized that navigating complex ship layouts, specialized cabin dynamics, and global itineraries required deep, hyper-focused expertise that generic travel agencies simply couldn't provide.

Pivotally, the founders chose to drop general ticketing entirely and focus exclusively on the maritime industry. By 1993, national publications recognized The Travel Company as one of the oldest, largest, and most successful all-cruise agencies in the United States.

A Seamless Passing of the Torch

As the company evolved, its leadership naturally transitioned to mirror its deep internal dedication and heritage. Rather than shifting to an outside corporate entity, the leadership and ownership of the business were seamlessly passed to Angelina Marques.

Having spent decades fully immersed within the company since its early days as The Travel Company, Angelina was the natural choice to carry the legacy forward. Her deep-rooted institutional knowledge and firsthand experience ensured that the core values established by the founders—unmatched expertise, personal trust, and premium client care—remained completely uninterrupted.

Our Dedicated Family of Cruise Advisors

Today, our agency is powered by a closely-knit team of certified Cruise Advisors. Every advisor on our staff brings specialized training and personal, firsthand ship experience to the table, ensuring that you are always paired with a true expert who understands the nuances of your specific itinerary.

The Cruise Company Today

To perfectly reflect our specialized mastery, the firm executed its final logical evolution, rebranding to The Cruise Company and moving up the Peninsula to our long-standing home at 2995 Woodside Road in Woodside, CA. Under the ongoing, dedicated leadership of Owner Angelina Marques, we have proudly preserved our independence and our massive, direct volume-booking relationships with the world's premier cruise lines.

Today, we continue to bypass standard call centers to pass unprecedented package value, exclusive perks, and generations of trusted maritime wisdom directly to our clients.