By Eric Goldring
Here is another bit of news which you probably cannot find elsewhere…yet. Seabourn has selected its top officers and staff. All of them have a tremendous amount of experience and will please many of you to see they have been recognized. Captain – Karl BuerHotel Manager – Guenter SteinbrunnerChief Purser
Yesterday was some somewhat disappointing news (at least for some) regarding the discontinuation of most of the complimentary Seabourn Experiences. I told you it was really not a cost-cutting measure, but rather an evolution of Seabourn’s upscaling its overall experience for its guests. Sooooooooooo…… I can now let you know
With hurricane season well and truly upon us (Thanks to Fay, Gustav, Hanna, Ike and…) there are a few things which need to be mentioned; highlighted by the USA Today report about the Mutiny on the Carnival Miracle. First, any passenger traveling to the Caribbean between August and October must
I have some news from Seabourn that may affect your present bookings with me or your planning of a future booking with Seabourn, so I wanted to get this out to you quickly. Effective December 2008 Seabourn will no longer offer its exclusive complimentary Seabourn Experiences except for: – “Caviar
UPDATE: I guess the author liked my review (below). You can also read it on his website: http://lovebruns.com/Templates/Review_GoldringTravel.html. I just finished reading a very light, but interesting, book entitled: Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below The Waterline. One Crazy Year Working on Cruise Ships. It is probably worth a few hours
The Wall Street Journal’s Market Watch reported today that Park West Art Galleries announced it is markedly changing the way it does business…sort of. It has put in place its “40-40-40 Guarantee”. Supposedly purchasers can obtain a refund within 40 days after receipt of the art work. The refund will
I am now back from my cruise. I am well rested and, while the product really is not for me, fairly impressed with most aspects of my cruise. I left off with St. Maarten. It was, well and truly, overwhelming to see the Freedom of the Seas, Mariner of the
We were greeted with the news of Gustav, which is projected to take the same cruise we had scheduled: Haiti, Jamaica, Grand Cayman and Cozumel, we made a hard left (East) and are visiting St. Thomas and St. Maarten. This gives us 2 extra sea days and 2 ports I
It has been a very interesting 24 hours aboard Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas. With approximately 3,735 passengers onboard, with quite a mix of ages, ethnicities, languages and socioeconomic classes, there is much that I have observed and some that just disappoints. Overall though, it has been more tolerable
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