By Eric Goldring
If there is one thing I love it is controversy. It is fodder for thought. Motivation for writing. And a basis for great discussion. The reactions to the new Seabourn itineraries are very diverse and conflicting. That may seem like a bad thing, but alas I think it is good.
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
Last year was a bit of disappointment for me. I went to a Jimmy Buffett concert expecting a great crowd of laid back partiers. Instead I saw a bunch of overweight and over-the-hill people that I could not conceive of ever having been “wasted away in Margaritaville”. Then I went
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.
Yesterday I received an email from a truly innovated, environmentally responsible, yacht designer in France congratulating me on my new article in The Yacht Report’s 100th edition. I was, to be honest, caught off guard as I did not recall writing a new article and, as it is a United
Goldring Travel, through New Jersey Life Magazine, is giving away a 4 night cruise on the Celebrity Century (or you may apply the value to a different Celebrity cruise and take a $1,500 credit). You can enter the Winner’s Circle Contest here: http://www.newjerseylife.com/about/index.aspx?pageID=825 . All the rules and restrictions are
As I have recently posted, I am very conflicted: Regent Seven Seas is finally starting to do and deliver the things it should have been doing and delivering, but it is doing it late and at the highest prices in the industry…while saying somethings publicly that don’t really help the
Hot off the Press! Seabourn announces that 2010-2011 is highlighted by the debut of Seabourn Sojourn, 44 new ports including Zanzibar and Madagascar, and a year-round presence in Asia highlight 2010-2011. I have “highlighted” some of the most interesting points. MIAMI, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Spin the globe and stop
Seabourn has always had the reputation as being a more “formal” cruise line. While there is a difference between “formal” and “stiff”, many have had a problem differentiating the two. As a result, and with trends being to more casual attire, Seabourn originally announced that the new Seabourn Odyssey would
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