By Eric Goldring
Folks, I have been saying it for weeks now: You will never see prices as low as they are now, so book your cruise (even if only as a “wish”) before the prices increase. Today Carnival Corp. (owner of Carnival, Cunard, Holland America, Princess, Costa and Seabourn) posted a ten
Every morning I have coffee with the local farmers. This morning one of them said, as he turned to the Obituaries, “Let’s see who I know today”; commenting after it seems so many of his friends has recently died. I don’t know why I looked, but there was a name
I have been in touch with Prestige Cruise Holdings and here is the info regarding the Regent Seven Seas Voyager: Sometime after leaving Singapore the starboard pod shut itself down. This is not a good thing, as it is an indication that something bad happened (past tense), so it is
I think this is a very interesting article worth a quick read: http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/traveltips/03/23/blogging.travel.complaints/index.html
It seems the Regent Seven Seas Voyager, the flagship of the cruise line, cannot avoid problems. It hit the dock in Rhodes, it snagged a fishing net on its transatlantic voyage about four months ago and now has another fishing net apparently wrapped around one of its pods. (I also
It is only weeks until her Maiden Voyage and the Seabourn Odyssey has her name. Above is a photo of her name ready to be hoisted and installed. She is also getting her navigation mast put into place. Many parts of a ship – even sections of a ship –
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
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