About Us

At Atlantis while on a Carnival Imagination cruise to the Bahamas

The concept for MeetOnCruise.com came about while Faraz Qureshi and Eddy Garrido were on a cruise!  We had a nice time the first few days of the cruise, but the fun really started when we met some wonderful, like minded people on the last few days of the cruise. So while re-playing the highlights of the trip, we regretted that we didn't meet our new friends earlier in the trip. We asked ourselves, why isn't there an easy way to meet other ship mates before our cruise?

Once back on land, we did some research and discovered there was not an easy way to do this.  Most of the cruise websites were cluttered and not easy to navigate.  So we cobbled together our personal savings and decided to create a website that cruisers would be proud of.

MeetOnCruise.com was launched as an early beta website in January of 2010. Listening to you, our cruise community, we have continued to improve the website everyday. Thanks to your feedback, we've since launched Roll Calls, Port Guides, Cruise Line and Ship profiles, Reviews, Quick Tips, Log in with Facebook, Photo sharing, Leaderboards and an iPhone app!

With little money to spend on advertising and marketing, we've relied on you to tell your cruise friends. And you have - THANK YOU!

We've also been lucky and have had some press coverage on LA Times, Cruise Radio and The Miami Herald (print). Some of the press have called us Facebook for Cruisers or A Social Network for Cruising, but to us our goal is simple. We are building the best place for cruisers - both experienced and newbies - to get to know each other, store their cruises and share tips, photos and reviews. And we promise that MeetOnCruise will always be free.

Have suggestions or feedback? We'd love to hear them. Email us anytime at hello@meetoncruise.com and one of us will reply. Seriously, we will. Thanks for your support and wishing you many happy days cruising - both at sea and online.

Who We Are

Faraz Qureshi, Co-founder & CEO

Faraz took his first cruise in the early 90s and was instantly hooked! Growing up in Miami and Barbados, Faraz has always been around the ocean. Professionally, Faraz has spent his career consulting for large firms and mostly thinks about technology, the internet and starting businesses. Unhealthy obsession: trying to ride the NY subway without holding the handlebars.
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Eddy Garrido, Co-founder & VP of Marketing

Growing up in Miami, Eddy has always enjoyed watching the "big ships" sail out of the port. Originally trained as a psychologist, Eddy's first career was focused on improving the lives of Miami teens. More recently, Eddy has spent the last several years working on building businesses merging technology and vacations. Unhealthy obsession: cigars and following the lives of Dominican soap opera stars.
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Joe Ewart, Special Advisor

With 35 years of experience in the Cruise industry, Joe has managed a cruise line, served in executive roles at major cruise agencies and has founded several ventures. In short, there is little Joe has not done in cruises and the industry has recognized this by nominating him into the industry's (CLIA) Hall of Fame in 2005. Joe (aka Cruise Professor) currently lives in Ft. Lauderdale and has been on over 250 cruises and he still can't wait for his next one.
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