By Eric Goldring
About three months ago I moved my office from Red Bank, New Jersey to Colts Neck, New Jersey…which is about 15 minutes away. The move, overall, went pretty smoothly, but I have one nagging problem: The United States Post Office. You see, when I send out Pre-Cruise Documents (for those
Recently the IBM Institute for Business Value did a study of travelers and if they believed they were getting value for their travel dollar. There is a lot of very interesting data in that study worth considering, both as a travel advisor and as a travel consumer. (There are two parts
On Monday at 10:56 a.m. I received an email from a client that had just concluded a 12 day cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey. I loved reading that the cruise was “superb” and they had “thoroughly enjoyed” themselves. But…and isn’t there always: They had left a brand new expensive hat
Over the past months I have been on a bit of a roll complaining about how cruise lines, even luxury lines, have treated its passengers (who used to be treated as “guests”) looking at their immediate bottom line rather than the long term one. Royal Caribbean brands seem to consistently
Last evening I attended a charity event that raised almost $750,000 for a wonderful organization. Silversea Cruises really came through with a huge assist and some nice money for the charity was raised. The issue, to my mind, was that not enough was raised. Why? Obviously it was not because there
Are you looking for something different in an itinerary or a luxury cruise experience? Well, I think I have found the perfect combination: The Silversea Silver Explorer Expedition cruise on October 18, 2013. You may have heard about my traipsing and canoeing through the Peruvian Amazon, staying in thatched-roofed lean-tos,
I am not sure why Gene Sloan has decided that Viking River Cruises’ new ships…and now the cruise experiences…are fairly compared to Seabourn’s ships and cruise experience, but it is as if he is being paid to cross-brand these two separate entities…because his comparisons lack accuracy and smack of hyping
While imitation is considered by some to be a form of flattery, I must take issue with Gene Sloan, of USA Today, essentially lifting my phraseology, but not just because “Seabournization” is pretty much the twin sister to my term “Oceaniafication”. The problem is…and I see it as one for Seabourn…is
I think it was five years ago that I spoke at Seatrade about environmental issues affecting superyachts and cruise ships. I talked about carbon footprints and a number of then new topics and terms. During the conference I attended a press conference where the head of the Venice cruise terminal announced its
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