New Year’s at Midnight – Antarctica 2020 This isn’t your normal Happy New Year message. Heck, nothing about 2020 has been normal.  So I thought I would take a moment to look back, Thank You and to also set some realistic (hopefully) expectations for what will be a very “interesting” start to 2021. We all know that

I know everyone, including me, is excited for a number of reasons: The vaccine(s) is (are) finally here; the politisation of wearing masks seems to be lessening; the experts say that by the late spring or early summer we may well be returning to some sort of normalcy; and, the cruise industry is working hard

As you know, I am fascinated with the new Atlas Ocean Voyages expedition product.  You can read about it in my recent article:  A Guide To Atlas Ocean Voyages: “Luxe-Adventure” Expedition Cruises.  Well, Goldring Travel’s enthusiasm has resulted in my being able to offer you UP TO A 30% DISCOUNT off the currently offered general market

Yesterday the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), not based upon science but its continued prejudice against the cruise industry, wanted to extend the “No Sail” Order through February 2021. This was not based upon science, but rather a deep-seated prejudice that because cruise ships are effectively a closed system the chance of the spread

Back in July 2020 I wrote an article about Carnival Corp, the parent company of Seabourn, Holland America, Princess and many other lines, offloading a number of its ships:  Seabourn and “The Thinning of the Herd.” I offered up that the cruise lines were basically operating older ships because they had them, and were relatively cheap to

It was announced late yesterday that Genting Hong Kong, the parent company of Crystal Cruises, does not have sufficient liquidity to pay all of its current debts and, after trading was halted on this public company, it stated that it will need to find financing, restructure or, possibly, liquidate. I have seen some rather panicked