By Eric Goldring
There is an obvious struggle between the ultimate and honest reason almost every message board exists (profit, whether it be cash or promotion) and what the public perceives the message board to be. There are boards which are essentially technical support assistances for software. You read a thread about a
Please visit our new cruise forum: The Gold Standard Luxury Travel Forum at http://www.goldstandardforum.com/. As is explained in the Welcome message it is a work in progress with limited functionality, but it works and should have greatly improved functionality later this week. Thanks and Enjoy! Eric (Iamboatman)
Silversea has announced today that on top of its 15% discount prepay option (and don’t tell me that is not a cry for cash) and the slashing of its prices while still sailing with significantly lower passenger counts, it is adding butler service to all of its suites. I immediately
I know many of you have been waiting for the special pricing and have been reading about my saying it is coming, it is coming. Well, it is not exactly what I had expected, but I think what I am offering is an excellent value that provides you with the
Folks, if you want to see how to (seemingly with clear intent) mislead people trying to get truthful information (and, of course, to respond to the specific references in my blog) read the posts on Luxury Cruise Talk about its present group cruise on the Regent Navigator. But before doing
Many of my readers know that I have had a very troubled “relationship” with Cruise Critic and the cheerleaders that are oh so favored on its boards. With the excellent work of a totally independent and heretofore unknown to me journalist, Anita Dunham-Potter, editor in chief of Expertcruiser.com, some of
A few months ago (and I know it seems like an eternity for some) the bookings on cruise lines, from mass market to luxury, came to an almost screeching halt. There were bookings, but not as many. In typical retail fashion, the answer was “SALES”. That one word, “SALE”, is for
Well, I was working on the forum rules this morning, struggling with how to make the upcoming forum fresh and upscale and, of course, what the heck to call it. Then it came to me The “Gold Standard” Luxury Travel Forum. It expresses high quality, stability, the standard others are
I know a number of you are patiently waiting for the news…and delivery…of the new message board and the special Seabourn pricing. Both are making good progress, but both are taking a bit longer than I anticipated or would like. BUT both are coming along nicely nonetheless. Some info on
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