About
Built by a firefighter-paramedic
and a 4th grade teacher.
We know the schedule, the shift trades, the classroom calendar, and why "just take a vacation" is harder than it sounds. That's why we exist.
Jeremy & Crystal — Sarasota, FL
The story
It started with a station trip nobody wanted to plan.
Jeremy is a Fire Fighter Paramedic with 20 years on the job. Crystal is a 4th Grade Teacher with 20 years in the classroom. After years of watching crews overpay for vacations, cancel group trips because nobody wanted to be the organizer, and get burned by 800-numbers that didn't understand a Kelly schedule or a school break calendar — we got tired of it.
First Response Voyages is a first-responder-owned travel agency built around one idea: the people who spend their careers taking care of others should have someone taking care of them when it's time to log off. We book cruises, resorts, all-inclusive packages, flights, hotels, and shore excursions. We negotiate the group rates. We remember your kids' names. And we don't ever charge you a dime — the cruise lines, resorts, and hotels pay us.
We're based in Sarasota, Florida. We sail from Tampa, Port Canaveral, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale most often — but we book from every port in the country. If you're on the job (or love someone who is), you're one of ours.
The promise
Four things we don't play around with.
24-hour quotes
We reply within a day. Always. If your trip needs to happen sooner, tell us — we move.
Straight answers
No upsells, no scripts, no 'let me check with my manager.' Just real recommendations.
Price-drop monitoring
After you book, we keep watching. Price drops? We re-fare. You keep the savings.
Always free
The cruise lines, resorts, and hotels pay us. You never pay us. This is not a limited-time thing.
Who we book
Cruises, resorts, flights & full vacations.
Every major cruise line, all-inclusive resorts, hotels, flights, and shore excursions — whatever fits your crew.
Plus resorts, all-inclusive packages, flights, hotels, car rentals, theme parks, and shore excursions. If it gets you to the beach with a drink in your hand, we can book it.
Credentials & compliance
Independent travel advisor. Host agency affiliation, CLIA number, and Florida Seller of Travel registration are published here once finalized. First Response Voyages is a privately owned travel agency and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or an agent of any fire department, EMS agency, law enforcement organization, union, or government body.