Top 100 First Mate: Why This Award Is About Your Voyage, Not Our Volume

Today, November 18th, 2025, marks a significant milestone for our agency. Cameron DeJong, Managing Partner of CamJon Travel, was officially named a Top 100 First Mate in North America for Virgin Voyages.

In an industry obsessed with numbers, this is a metric of success. But if you have been with us for any length of time, you know that metrics are not what wakes us up in the morning. If this award was simply about selling the most cabins, we wouldn’t be writing this blog post. To us, this recognition is validation of a very specific, arguably “old school” philosophy: When you take care of the sailor, the growth takes care of itself.

This award isn’t a finish line; it’s a checkpoint. It is an opportunity to restate our promise to you, our current and future sailors, about how we intend to grow, and more importantly, how we intend not to.

Volume is Not the Goal. Experience Is.

Many agencies chase lists like the “Top 100” by churning through bookings. Their goal is volume. They automate, they outsource, and they treat sailors as numbers on a spreadsheet to hit a sales quota.

That will never be the CamJon Travel way.

Our goal has never been to be the biggest agency; it is to be the most trusted. We achieved this status not by aggressive marketing funnels, but through the most powerful engine in the world: referrals.

Every booking in that Top 100 count represents a conversation. It represents a sailor who trusted Cameron DeJong, Managing Partner of CamJon Travel, with their vacation, had a flawless experience, and told their friends, “You have to call Cameron.” That organic growth is the only kind of growth we are interested in.

The “Platinum Service” Promise

As we celebrate this achievement, we are implementing a plan to ensure that our standards never slip. We have seen too many agencies grow too fast, only to become the very corporate machines they used to critique. We are drawing a line in the sand.

We are committed to providing Platinum Level Service to every single sailor, regardless of whether you are booking a massive Mega RockStar suite or an Insider cabin.

What Does Platinum Level Service Look Like?

• Personalized Attention: You are not routed to a call center. You are not a ticket number. You work directly with us.
• Proactive Monitoring: We continue to check prices and promotions long after you’ve paid your deposit. If the price drops, we fight to get you that value back.
• Controlled Growth: We will never grow too large or too fast. If we reach a capacity where we cannot guarantee excellent service, we will pause new client intake rather than dilute the quality of your experience.

Thank You for the Trust

To the sailors who have traveled with us: Thank you.

You are the reason we are in the Top 100. You trusted us with your anniversaries, your birthdays, and your hard-earned time off. You shared our name with your family and friends. You built this agency.

This award belongs to you as much as it belongs to us. It is proof that in a digital world, personal connection and genuine care still matter.

We promise to wear this title not as a badge of status, but as a reminder of the standard we must uphold every single day.