STOP PAYING MONEY FOR NOTHING: JOIN RAID
It’s the time of year when dive leaders in this industry start thinking about renewal fees. Divemasters, instructors, instructor trainers, in fact all levels of dive pro have been conditioned to accept that it costs money for them to do business with their agency of record. It’s called an Annual Membership Fee, and it usually runs to the equivalent of several hundred US dollars.
During the COVID Pandemic, RAID did something that the other agencies labelled “crazy” and a “one-shot deal.” RAID introduced ZERO FEe-Membership. Basically, it works like this. As long as a RAID pro was active and certifying divers, annual membership was waived… it cost ZERO Euros, Dollars, Egyptian Pounds, Pesos… zitch.
Critics said the idea was doomed: it would not work and we’d lose our shirts. Yet here we are, several years later, growing and going stronger than ever.
Those critics also said that the only way RAID could make it work would be to cut our services down to the bare bones. That RAID would have to become the dive-agency equivalent of a cut-price airline: Bring your own sandwiches, and forget about checking a suitcase. Once again, we have proven them wrong and this spring we launched a new CRM/Diver Management System designed and built specifically for this industry. It’s feature-rich, powerful, online now… and it’s free too.
So, if you run a dive operation or own a dive shop and you’re sick of opening your wallet for a value that’s really just smoke and mirrors, check out what crossing over to Dive RAID International can do for you and your business in 2026. Contact your local area RAID Regional Office and ask about joining The RAID Way.