On the one hand, Day 2-4 of my isolation on Windstar’s Star Breeze is a bit frustrating, but it also has given me time for a bit of reflection and comfort in my truly being a “full glass” kinda person. I mean one has to start the cliché with having

UPDATE: A United States District Court arrest warrant has been issued for the Crystal Symphony for unpaid fuel bills back to 2021.  Essentially in admiralty (and I practiced admiralty law for decades) a ship is like a legal person so it can be arrested. Once arrested the ship can be

Preface:  As I write this I am sitting in my French Balcony Suite on Windstar’s Star Breeze gently rocking on a Sea Day, listening to the waves, hearing and smelling the ocean, and sipping on a Bloody Mary after finishing off my freshly brewed Americano coffee. You may be wondering

You know I will try anything and report back to you honestly regardless of how it comes out. Well… Someone (not a guest, crew or officer) came aboard the Windstar Star Breeze with Covid-19 and I was in close contact with that person. So I am in isolation in my

One’s initial impression of Windstar Cruises is that everything is Nice and Easy.  There is a casual yet intuitive service that kind of sneaks up on you.  The genuine smiles are everywhere, but that intuitive service is hidden behind an incredibly easy going manner. Other luxury lines deliver the “product”

Seabourn announced that it has a new marketing I find seriously offensive and, to be sure, off-brand (or what Seabourn’s brand apparently used to be!).  In two decades in the business I have never seen anything like it…and hope I never do again! Seabourn calls it “This Is Your Moment”

Let’s start with the happy ending…of the beginning. As I started to write this I was sitting comfortably, relaxed and with an amazing view at the Intercontinental Tahiti.  Not a bad happy ending of the beginning is it?! OK, with that preface, I have to admit that the angst of

There are bad things happening at the combined Holland America Group, which includes the effectively merged entities of Princess, Holland America, and Seabourn…and P& O Australia. It just makes me shake my head, not only as someone in the travel industry, but as an attorney with over 40 years of

The beginning of 2022 has, unfortunately, been filled with “What If” calls and emails…and a whole bunch of disgruntled posts on luxury cruise-related Facebook pages normally reserved for more upbeat and cheerleading thoughts. I’m going to digress and put my belief right up front and I have serious concerns as