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What is Your Luxury?

For candid and honest expert travel advice, and reviews of cruise lines, expeditions, land journeys, hotels, and more, be sure to read our Blog. It is read by the travel industry and consumers alike.  You can easily search the hundreds of ships, hotels, and destinations Eric Goldring has experienced over his career.

Welcome to Goldring Travel, where Luxury Travel & Expeditions are Delivered! 

We are focused on providing our clients with the highest quality service, which includes true expertise through our personal experience of traveling throughout the world by land, sea, and air. This is coupled with our extraordinary relationships with the best suppliers.

Eric J. Goldring, ECC, LCS Owner/Advisor - Goldring Travel
Eric J. Goldring, ECC, LCS Owner/Advisor - Goldring Travel

Eric Goldring is a multi-year Travel & Leisure Magazine A-List of Travel Advisors and a member of the Affluent Traveler Collection. 

His advice comes from decades of experience; not a computer screen!

Goldring Travel’s 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – Botswana Safari & Expedition Sailing the West Coast of Africa (Abercrombie & Kent + Silversea Silver Wind)- Part X: Cape Verde, Canary Islands & Morocco

It is hard to believe, but with ten days remaining on the Silversea Silver Wind “Adventure Cruise”, it feels like the beginning of the end rather than what normally would be the beginning of a nice ten-day cruise. That is, I guess, what happens when you combine an eight-day Botswana Safari with a nineteen-day Silversea “adventure cruise” and then extend the experience for another twenty-one-day cruise because it has been so intellectually and spiritually fulfilling. 

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Goldring Travel’s 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – Botswana Safari & Expedition Sailing the West Coast of Africa (Abercrombie & Kent + Silversea Silver Wind)- Part IX: Guinea-Bissau – Bijagos Archipelago

Africa is a monument to contrasts and inconsistencies, and as the Silversea Silver Wind continued her “Adventure Cruise” up the West Coast of Africa for the first time in weeks, there was both a feeling of tranquility and, ironically, finally a bit of expedition. Once again, a country that was not on my Bingo card was next: Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony. However, we did not visit the mainland, but rather the Bijagos Archipelago off

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Goldring Travel’s 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – Botswana Safari & Expedition Sailing the West Coast of Africa (Abercrombie & Kent + Silversea Silver Wind)- Part VIII: Cote d’Ivoire & Sierra Leone

My journey on Silversea’s Silver Wind up the West Coast of Africa continued on from Ghana, and the thought-provoking, eye-opening, and generally overwhelming nature of this “adventure cruise” has only become more so. The next port of call was Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast).  I had no idea what to expect, but whatever might have been in the far reaches of my mind, this wasn’t it. There was a “smack you in the face” kind

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Goldring Travel’s 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – Botswana Safari & Expedition Sailing the West Coast of Africa (Abercrombie & Kent + Silversea Silver Wind)- Part VII: Ghana…and It’s Not “Ghana” End There!

The Goldring Travel 2025  Culinary & Cultural Journey entered its final days with immersive experiences in Ghana that are hard to pigeonhole. For some of my clients, it has been an amazing experience that very few can ever attain, for others a bit of a frustration because it has not been an “expedition” but more of an “adventure cruise,” and for others it was an OK luxury cruise…something it was never portrayed to be.  

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Goldring Travel is a full service and exclusive travel agency that specializes in luxury and exotic cruises, expeditions, river cruises and land tours/experiences.  Eric Goldring, a true luxury travel professional, is a travel agent that is friendly, very approachable, and down to earth, does not sell from a computer screen.  Eric travels extensively, analyzing each cruise ship, port, hotel, expedition, and overall travel experience; so much so that many cruise lines actively seek out his analysis and recommendations.  

That is why Eric has been named to Travel & Leisure Magazine’s highly curated A-List for Travel Agents, noting Eric’s being a Specialist in Expedition, Small and Medium Cruises.

Want more proof?  Please read Eric’s blog, “Making Waves!  There are real differences when comparing, say Silversea vs. Seabourn and those have changed, and will continue to change, so do  keep in mind that while providing expert insight is as of that moment,  cruise lines do upgrade, slip, change their offerings and amenities and even ships. So use my articles as a guide to asking more questions, not as if they answer all of them. Goldring Travel loves answering questions; especially keeping in mind the perspectives of each client because one thing is for sure: When discussing “What is Your Luxury?” an expert in luxury, exclusive and exotic travel focuses on the client’s desires and dreams. 

Eric also regularly speaks to and for the travel industry, whether at The New York Times Travel Show or in Italy at the Italian Federation of Travel Agents conference or at the Seatrade Cruise Shipping Conference, or as a panelist at a variety of conferences.  You can be assured that when Goldring Travel recommends a luxury, exclusive and/or exotic travel experience to you, it is with personal knowledge…and a commitment to earning your business; not just for one journey, but for your lifetime!

Look around our website as there is a lot of information available. No, you cannot book your luxury or exotic vacation online with Goldring Travel. As a general rule, I do not post “special” prices, but encourage you to call at (877) 2GO-LUXURY or on one of my international numbers or email me so that we can determine the best cruise line or operator, level of service and itinerary so that we can provide you with the best value.  Why? Because I want you to be the most educated traveler you can be…and we know that the lowest price is usually not the best value.

Ocean and Expedition Cruises

We are one of the top travel agents – worldwide – having been one of Seabourn Cruise Line’s top agencies for many years, but now working even closer with Silversea, Windstar and a number of the top Expedition companies including Scenic, Quark Expeditions, Silversea Expeditions and Lindblad Expeditions, to name a few.  In short, we work closely, and have excellent relationships with, most every major cruise line.  

We also have special expertise and experience with Azamara, Oceania, SeaDream Yacht Club and, Celebrity cruise lines, but also some lesser known lines such as Ponant and Paul Gauguin.

Interested in a River Cruise

AmaWaterways, Uniworld, Scenic, Tauck, and Avalon, are well worth considering.

Luxury Land Vacations

Goldring Travel offers you everything from fully customized individual experiences to luxury tours in Europe and Asia to Amazon River Experiences to Luxury Safaris in Africa from Abercrombie & Kent, Tauck, Micato and other highly vetted operators.

Food, Wine and Culture

Every year Eric Goldring personally arranges and escorts a small group on annual Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruises  with special complimentary events such as a private tour and wine tasting at Chateau Margaux in Bordeaux, France; personally harvesting sturgeon eggs, making caviar and then enjoying a paired luncheon with caviar served a dozen different ways in Montevideo, Uruguay; a paired wine tasting while sailing down the Danube River; or, a cruise line’s executive chef creating a truly unique gourmet experience only for us.

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