This is the second article I am writing about why using an online booking site, whether it be a cruise line’s or a tour operator’s…or even just email, probably isn’t the best idea. Take a moment to read my first one:  Your Order Room Service With Your Telephone, So Why Not Your

On August 17, 2011 Shelly Davies and her partner where adrift in a very small boat (which they had rented and, to their great dismay, broke down) in the cold and dark of night in the Aegean Sea of the coast of Greece.  Captain Geir-Arne Thue-Nilsen and the crew of the Seabourn

Let’s all enjoy what cruising is about. We are reminded, sometimes with more emphasis, that everything around us is not perfect, we should – at the same time – remember that sometimes looking forward to just having some fun is the best way to keep us centered…or, possibly, a little

Experience.  Responsibility.  Duty.  This is what is expected of the Captain Geir-Arne Thue-Nilsen during the Seabourn Quest’s Inaugural World Cruise which started on January 5, 2012.  But what the Seabourn guests and crew have received is much more.  Captain Geir-Arne is a special breed; a special person.  He is more

As many of you know I am an admiralty attorney in addition to being a luxury travel agent.  It may seem strange, but as you will now see, there is a true synergy between the two professions. I previously stated that I would withhold comment until I knew more of

With a Korean couple on their honeymoon, the Italian Purser (with broken leg and suffering from hypothermia) rescued from the ship and the number of missing reduced to 17 ovenight, I want to provide you with some thoughts…knowing that everything you and I read ultimately is not going to be

The Costa Concordia ran aground late last night tearing a large gash into her port side and is not resting at an approximate 90 degree angle.  She was, apparently, 2.5 nautical miles off course. Photo courtesy of CNN. There are conflicing reports of the number of dead and missing of the

AmaWaterwaysis currently transporting the AmaDagio from Rotterdam in the Netherlands to Marseille, France to operate 7-night cruises on the Rhone River starting on March 29, 2012. The voyage from its current location in the Netherlands will take the ship through the English Channel, around Spain and Portugal and through the

It is always great to receive photos from clients as they are cruising the seven seas.  Here a client is happily, as he said, “Living it Large with GOLDRING TRAVEL”. I guess the Goldring Travel hat makes all the difference.  (My questions is, of course, “Where is the champagne?)