After a lot of thought and work I have just “gone live” with the new Goldring Travel website. You can find it at: https://goldringtravel.com/ And now you can simply go to the site, click on This Is My Yacht and see this blog without having to go to another site or opening a new window!

I have a bone to pick.  I am fed up with people that perceive they are “special” and demand that they receive “special” treatment regardless of the effect of same on fellow cruise passengers. As many of you know, my motto/slogan/business philosophy is simple: Be Treated By Your Travel Agent As You Will Be Onboard.

Last evening I received a news alert from the New Jersey Law Journal and I wasn’t sure if I should laugh, ask “What is the world coming to?” or to say, “It really is comforting to know that our Constitution is being protected”.  In the end I decided it was all three. The alert itself

I remain fascinated (sort of like a moth with a light bulb) by the rather perverse cheerleaders for Regent Seven Seas Cruises.  These once or twice a year passengers (especially one from Bellingham, Washington) have an obsession with “correcting”, challenging, even outright harassing of anyone…and I mean anyone…that dare speak anything but positives about “their” beloved Regent

Seabourn has announced another one-week sale on select 2009 voyages in Europe. The promotion offers savings of 60 percent off brochure fares for 14 voyages of seven to 14 days aboard Seabourn Pride, Spirit, Legend and Seabourn Odyssey, the line’s newest ship debuting this spring, between March and August 2009.  Bookings must be made from