By Eric Goldring
Seabourn’s new Australian sales and support office may sound like news, but to me it doesn’t mean much for the Australian cruise consumer today and, possibly, it won’t mean much for a couple of years. Why do I say this? And who am I to say this? Goldring Travel is
As social media develops, so does Goldring Travel! It was only a few years ago that this blog was pretty much the place for up to the minute information about most cruise items. However, Facebook has really developed and my blog articles have become more in-depth. And, to be honest,
Yesterday I read an article in Travel Market Report discussing how many travel agencies that sell premium and contemporary cruises (Oceania, Celebrity, Royal Caribbean, Princess, etc.) have significantly reduced the number of cruises they sell and are pushing their clients toward land-based vacations. The primary reason: Commissions. As the article
This is supposed to be the slow season in the cruise business because everyone is supposedly on vacation. While I am finding business to actually be quite brisk, what I am also finding is that those in the cruise message board business seem to have also put their common sense
A View With A Villa…Villa Ruyam A View With A Grill A View With A Pool A View With A Kitchen A View…Just A View Walking to the Wedding Luncheon A Truly Special Pre-Wedding Lunch! All of the “Family” Girls
It is our last full day at Villa Ruyam in the quiet paradise called Islamlar, Turkey. We want to relax and do nothing. (It is not like packing t-shirts, shorts and bathing suits is going to take a major portion of our day.) But we have a problem…of sorts. Our
As our time in Islamlar, Turkey winds down we decide we should venture out a bit more…in the tourist sense. But not wanting to push ourselves too much, we spend the day relaxing at the villa and then about 4:00 p.m. we head out to Kas (pronounced “cash”) which is
I once had a horrible English teacher, Mrs. Cunliffe, who was strict and, of course, had it in for me. There is only one thing that, to this day, four decades later, rings in my ears: “Enough is enough and too much is plenty.” In other words, “Goldring, I have
Our life in the village of Islamlar always seems to throw us a curve…not a bad curve, but a curve nonetheless. You may recall that the owner of “our” Villa Ruyam, Pat, bought my friend a birthday cake and we were concerned about not offending her because we had already
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