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 some fun in Mykonos, Greece.

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 to be discussed here; especially

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 stone’s through away. But, alas,

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) we arrived at one of

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 sold out, but I can

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 terminated; most effective at the

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 give rave reviews. And most

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 ships: Silver Ray (just last

Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience: Part Five (Getting On, The Penthouse Suite Plus Nagoya, Kochi, Kagoshima, Cooking Class & La Reserve!)

Goldring Travel March 28, 2024

After my interesting, delicious, and fun time in Tokyo, Japan I boarded Oceania Riviera for an eleven-day journey around southern Japan. I set things up to have as close to a luxury experience on an Oceania cruise as possible. I paid for an upgrade to a Penthouse suite, paid for the Premium Beverage Package ($896),

Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience: Part Four (Rough Seas!)

Goldring Travel March 27, 2024

You know what your mother used to say, “If you have nothing good to say, don’t say anything?” Well, I never listened to my mother! And, of course, you depend on me to be honest and accurate, so when I say something is fantastic it really is, and if there is a problem it similarly

Windstar’s Wind Surf – Caribbean – January 2014

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