Goldring Travel Experiences Via Natura’s Galapagos Ultra-Luxury Mega Catamaran: Hermes – Part III: A Luxury Yacht? A Small Cruise Ship? An Expedition Ship? Maybe All Three!: More Details. Let’s Review!

Goldring Travel May 23, 2026

Want to listen to this article? Head over to MakingWavesArticles.com, click on the article, and the “Play”. Having settled in the Via Natura’s motoryacht MY Hermes expedition yacht, it is easy to say that a “five-day”, but really three substantive day experience, on this ship and the Galapagos just isn’t

Goldring Travel’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part VI – Mykonos and The Chef’s Kitchen

Goldring Travel September 1, 2024

With all onboard Explora Journeys’ Explora I humming along…including complimentary caviar delivered to my suite in exquisite fashion…the second seven days of this journey focused on not only Late Nights and Overnights but legitimately Off-the-Beaten-Path ports which few cruise ships visit. After departing Athens, Greece, it was time to have

Goldring Travel’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part IV – Explora is Not MSC Cruises + Hvar, Croatia + More!

Goldring Travel August 15, 2024

The Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural Journeys are anything but the typical “joined at the hip” affairs so once Explora I departed Venice (Fusina), Italy, it was time to individually enjoy all there is to offer…and there is a lot! However, there is a bit of an issue that needs

Goldring Travel’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part III – First Impressions After a Year in Service

Goldring Travel August 12, 2024

After a serine two-hour stroll through Venice and a light breakfast at Ca’ Sagredo Hotel, it was time to head to Explora Journeys’ Explora I, docked in Fusina, Italy, for the most important stage of the 2024 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural Journey: The journey at sea! Fusina should be

Goldring Travel’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part II (Venice, Italy)

Goldring Travel August 11, 2024

With only minor flight issues (can you believe that?!) and surviving the ordeal that Frankfurt Airport has become, I arrived in Venice, Italy with some of my clients for the start of the 2024 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural Journey. After a short water taxi (140€ + additional luggage charges)

Goldring Travel’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part I

Goldring Travel August 2, 2024

The annual Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural Journey aboard Explora Journeys’ Explora I is about to set sail on August 9, 2024. (If you are considering the 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – which includes a safari in Botswana and an expedition up the coast of Africa, it is already

Seabourn Terminates Entire Sales Team – Consolidates with Holland America: Carnival Goes Big on Big Ships!

Goldring Travel July 30, 2024

Yesterday it was announced that Seabourn was consolidating its sales force with that of Holland America’s. What the press release didn’t explicitly state was that the entirety of Seabourn’s sale team from Steven Smotrys, Vice President, Sales and Trade Relations, to its Director of National Accounts, right on down were

Explora Journeys – A Few Modifications and Upgrades

Goldring Travel July 15, 2024

Explora Journeys has been a tremendous success, especially considering it has only been sailing for a little under a year. Before I go any further, I have to state that all – literally every one – of my clients that have experienced Explora Journeys rave about it. Seriously, they all

What’s Happening at Silversea Cruises? A Lot!

Goldring Travel May 20, 2024

There is a lot happening at Silversea Cruises. Actually, it would be better to say, “still happening!” The most notable – at least for me – is that Silversea has continued to expand into the luxury cruise behemoth. Since its acquisition by Royal Caribbean, Silversea has taken on three new

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