By Eric Goldring
My post of yesterday has started an interesting discussion on The Gold Standard Forum with a question posed by Diebroke (I love that name!): Is Cruising Really Travel?I thought it better to express my thoughts here and allow others to discuss their feelings on the forum. What is interesting about
The past few weeks have been a sort of a travel roller coaster. I spent a fantastic two days on the Seabourn Odyssey marveling at what a fantastic ship she is; absolutely dumbfounded by how incredible the Seabourn staff, crew and executives pulled off a miracle after her horrifically late
You know I hate these “awards”, but I feel compelled to provide the information because some people find them of great interest. The Yachts of Seabourn has won the 2009 Travel & Leisure Magazine Award as the No. 1 Small Ship Cruise Line. What is interesting is that the category
You are going to see lots of promotions for next week. Take a Seabourn cruise for as low at $1,345.00. Before you get all excited, this price is for one five day cruise and the number of cruises included are actually very limited. And if you really look at the
A singer, David Carroll, had his $4,000 guitar, sent as checked luggage, broken by United Airlines. When United jerked him around… [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1&w=580&h=360]
As I mentioned the other day, I had an unfortunate last minute cancellation for the Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise aboard the Seabourn Spirit, departing on September 26, 2009, round trip Venice, so there may still be an opportunity to join us. For those going, thinking about going, wishing
OK, now its time to see what the top shelf Seabourn suites are like on the Seabourn Odyssey. There are basically four different suites: Penthouse, Owner’s, Signature and Wintergarden. They are, quite refreshingly, unique, modern, very well thought out and not filled with gimmicks…though if you look you can find one
Since its launch Azamara Cruise Line has been neither fish nor fowl. It is a wonderful product, but has been stuck in sort of abyss between Celebrity (its premium brand “owner”) and Oceania (an ultra-premium competitor operating virtually identical ships but with a much stronger brand identity). With limited marketing
One of the concerns for those who have not been on the Seabourn Odyssey is whether the ship will be crowded with double the a guests who enjoy the triplets. It is bit ironic because with the Seabourn Odyssey being about three times the size of the Seabourn Pride, Legend and
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