Circles (aka Groups)

Bachelor or Bachelorette party? Yoga group getaway? Work team building? Send your Sailors to sea with their posse as Circles.

A Circle is a group with a minimum of 10 cabins on the same sailing, with a maximum of 150 Sailors. Existing bookings on the same sailing can join a Circle or start a new one at any time, up to 14 days before the Voyage. 

When First Mates arrange a Circle for their Sailors, the cabins are held for 30 days (if outside 120 days), but each cabin price is based on the current promotion period and the price is not guaranteed for 30 days. Create your Circles with ease.

Our onboard credit offer for Circles?

  • RockStar Quarters: $200 Sailor Loot

  • Sea Terraces: $100 Sailor Loot

  • Insiders & Sea Views: $50 Sailor Loot

Luxury Always Included With Our Circles

Plus, Circle Leaders (that’d be you, First Mate) are rewarded for their work in forming a Circle with a choice of Circles booking bonus:

Complimentary cabins: For every 10 fully paid cabins, voyage fare on the 11th cabin (Sea Terrace only) is free, but taxes and fees are additional. The only limit to this is our ship, so if your Circle fully pays for 20 cabins, that’s two extra cabins with free voyage fare. 50 cabins? 5 extra. Use the cabins for yourself, for prizes, or to gift others the trip of a lifetime.

OR

Commission bonus: Score an extra 2% bonus commission on top of the 16% for paid cabins, making your commission a total of 18% on voyage fare. That goes for the entire group of cabins; there is no cap on this bonus commission. And you’ll still earn 10% on all pre-voyage sales, like Shore Things and Bar Tab.

When First Mates arrange a Circle for their Sailors, the cabins are held for 30 days (if outside 120 days), but each cabin price is based on the current promotion period and the price is not guaranteed for 30 days. Create your Circles with ease. 

Inside of 120 days, Circles can continue to form, but Sailor names and full payment are due at the time of a cabin booking. If a Sailor cancels between 120 and 45 days prior to the voyage, they will receive a 50% FVC.

Ready to learn how to set up a Circle?

When your Sailors go to sea as friends, families, co-workers, or just those who share a common passion, you help us bring them together as Circles. Discover the timeline of milestones that make a perfect Circle in our Circles Booking Journey.

Pre-arranged parties (and more!) for Circles

Circles benefit from so much, including the opportunity to pre-arrange special experiences before the voyage, like organized group dining, shore excursions, cocktail parties, and out-of-the-box experiences.

GROUP DINING

How does Circles group dining work?

Circles have the ability to prearrange group dining experiences. Group dining can be held between 120 to 60 days prior to sailing based on availability.

15 Sailors or less

The group can dine all together at the same time. We will coordinate with our dining experts to see what nights best fit their schedule and desired restaurant.

16 Sailors or more

For groups larger than 16 Sailors, we can still enable the group to dine together but we will stagger the group’s arrival times by 15-30 minutes. For example, the first wave of Sailors will arrive at 6:30pm, the next at 6:45pm, 7:00pm, and so on...

SHORE EXCURSIONS

There are some experiences you only dream about and there are those you didn’t know you needed — until they’re right in front of you. Our Shore Things are the perfect balance of both. Circles groups can set up and organize Shore Things ahead of time.

“Shore Things” is our term for shore excursions but, as always, we do things The Virgin Way. Our Shore Things are definitely not your average “stock tour” kind of experiences. Each one connects Sailors to paths less traveled, providing access to unexpected and uplifting local culture and discovery.

TIPS & TRICKS

Keep in mind that our booking window for dining reservations opens up 60 days (for RockStar and Mega RockStar Sailors) and 45 days (for all other Sailors) in advance. Once the regular booking window opens up, it could become a little tricky to block off the dining space for a group. Be sure to have the group leader tell your Circle group when their group dining is scheduled, to avoid an overlap of conflicting plans.

COCKTAIL PARTIES

Celebrate with sangria through sunset, bond with beers during a bon voyage, or toast to a perfect tan and smooth seas on a sailing day. A cocktail party is a perfect event for Circles to come together, and we’ve got both private and semi-private venue options as well as flexible pricing to craft the perfect soiree with sips.

VENUES & CAPACITIES

Private

  • The Loose Cannon - Deck 7 MID
    (Recommended Group Size: 20)

  • The Galley Outdoor - Deck 15 AFT
    (Recommended Group Size: 100)

Semi-Private

  • Sip Lounge - Deck 7 FWD
    (Recommended Group Size: 30)

  • The Dock House - Deck 7 AFT
    (Recommended Group Size: 30)

  • Draught Haus - Deck 7 MID
    (Recommended Group Size: 50)

  • The Social Club - Deck 7 AFT
    (Recommended Group Size: 80)

  • 1⁄2 The Dock - Deck 7 AFT
    (Recommended Group Size: 100)

  • The Athletic Club - Deck 16 AFT
    (Recommended Group Size: 150)

**Please note that all venues are subject to availability
and are at the discretion of the shipboard operation

OUT-OF-THE-BOX EXPERIENCES

Want to take your Circle on a bar crawl across the ship? Maybe share a fun learning experience around the art of cocktails and photography? The sky (and the sea) is the limit for Circles!

Charters and Incentives

Epic events are on deck when you send your groups to sea with Virgin Voyages. With flexible meeting spaces and sailings that are exclusively adult, with luxury included, our lady ships are ideal for incentive trips and celebrations. 


Group bookings receive up to $200 onboard credit per cabin (including for the group leader) and the opportunity to host one complimentary cocktail event. Plus, with flexible policies and a personal concierge ready to assist with setting up events, your groups are ensured the extraordinary experience and reward they deserve.

Celebrating Together

From birthday getaways and 30-year wedding anniversaries to finally celebrating that promotion they got at work — no matter the major occasion or the small but mighty milestone, we’ve got epic and exclusive experiences to help bring your Sailors’ celebrations to the next level.

When your Sailors book and link reservations with their fellow Sailors, they’ll get a complimentary bottle of bubbly (1 per cabin), and dinner concierge services (for group dining of 8 or more).

Beyond bubbly, we also offer two commissionable, curated party packages with limited availability per sailing:

  • A Splash for Your Bash

    $250 per cabin

    • An upgrade for that bottle of bubbly per cabin — to Moët & Chandon Champagne

    • Bottomless brunch event

    • Dinner party with curated beverages and desserts

  • A Splash of Romance

    $200 per cabin

    • Expedited boarding at the terminal

    • An exclusive wristband in addition to The Band, so our Crew knows who to surprise and delight.

    • One complimentary Shake for Champagne experience and daily cold-pressed juice cabin drops

    • 3-Hour Thermal Spa Pass per Sailor and Redemption Spa robes waiting in their cabin

    • Access to the exclusive Sail Away Hour on Richard’s Rooftop

    • Aphrodisiac bites to keep the romance flowing