Stop cruise sales brochures after requesting a quote

After a cruise quote, a brochure may come from the agent, the cruise line or a campaign involving both. Identify who sent each piece and ask whose mailing record the preference will change. If two senders maintain separate records, send each its own request. Keep booking documents out of the marketing message.

By Junk Mail Magic. Updated October 2, 2026.

Split the brochure by sender

Write down every business name on the brochure. An agency may print a cruise line's logo next to its own name, so check the return address and the small print near the contact details to see who actually mailed it.
Give the agent or agency one row on your worksheet and the cruise line another. Note which one gave you the quote and which one, if any, holds a booking.
Use the contact route on each sender's official website, or the phone number you already have for your agent. Ask whether a postal-only marketing option exists. Do not assume it does.
Ask each sender to stop printed sales brochures only. Say plainly that the request does not change a reservation, loyalty points or a membership.

What the request should leave alone

Departure documents, payment notices and itinerary changes are not advertising. If you have a booking or loyalty status with the line, say that those messages should continue. Keep confirmations and receipts in their own folder. They are your trip records and do not belong in a marketing request.

Private sender worksheet

Example for your own use. Replace the bracketed details and review what you share.

Sender 1 (agent or agency): [name] Sender 2 (cruise line): [name] Brochure return address: [address] Mailing name as printed: [name] Quote requested from: [agent / line] Booking held with: [agent / line / neither] Request sent to agent on: [date] Request sent to line on: [date] Reply received: [yes / no, summary] Kept separately: booking confirmations

If a brochure still arrives

Match the new piece to a row on the worksheet. If the sender is one you already asked, give the date of your request and ask that sender to check its postal marketing record. If the sender is not on the sheet, add a row for it and send that company a separate request.

Official source

FTC: How To Stop Junk Mail

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