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• 2009 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit
• 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – A Sea Day and Some Thoughts About The Dining Experiences
• 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Doing So Much and Doing Nothing
• 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Finding Pizza and What It Means to “Travel”
• 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Malta and Food for Thought
• 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Oy, Such Problems!
• 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Pizza or the Wintergarden Suite’s Spa? Let’s Try Both!
• 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Shopping with the Chef and Sicilian Seafood Experiences
• 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – The Beginning…Almost.
• 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – The Beginning…Leaving On A Jet Plane
• 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – The Food & Wine Tasting to Die For!
• A Few Days in Taipei, Taiwan – Who Knew? – Part I
• A Few Days in Taipei, Taiwan – Who Knew? – Part II
• A Few Days in Taipei, Taiwan – Who Knew? – Part III (Spa, Beauty and Fashion)
• A Few Days in Taipei, Taiwan – Who Knew? – Part IV (Cuisine: Street, Sublime & Surreal)
• About
• AmaWaterways AmaLotus – Vietnam & Cambodia
• AmaWaterways Mekong River Cruise – Radio Interview
• AmaWaterways River Cruises
• AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – 2012 Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part II
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – 2012 Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part III
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part IV
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part IX (The Ship)
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part V (Getting There & Day 1: Hanoi)
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part VI (Let the Tour Begin!)
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part VII (Halong Bay…and A Monk)
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part VIII
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part X (The Egg)
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part XI (Happy Pizza)
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part XII (The Killing Fields)
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part XIII (Our Last Days)
• AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – 2012 Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part I
• AmaWaterways’ AmaLotus – 2012 Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part III
• AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – 2012 Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part IV
• AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – 2012 Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part V (Getting There & Day 1: Hanoi)
• AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – 2012 Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part VI (Let the Tour Begin!)
• AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – 2012 Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part VII (Halong Bay…and A Monk)
• Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part I
• Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part II (Falkland Island Penguins)
• Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part III (Drake Passage and Greenwich Island-Yankee Harbour)
• Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part IV (Torgersen Island/Neko Harbor – “The Lifting of the Fog!”)
• Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part IX (Punta Arenas & Goldring Travel Goes Local and Culinary)
• Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part V (Peterman Island)
• Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part VI (Captain Larsen and Class, Crossing the Southern Polar Circle & Breaking Records)
• Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part VII (Waterboat Point, Kayaking…and Sadness)
• Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part X (El Brujo Glacier, Galley Market Lunch and Castro, Chile)
• Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part XI (Reflections + Puerto Montt and Heading Home)
• Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part II (Getting Here & Getting It On)
• Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part III (Yangon – Day 2)
• Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part IV (Bhamo to Katha)
• Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part IX (The Ship: Avalon Myanmar)
• Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part V (Katha to Tigyang)
• Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part VI (Kya Hnyat to Kyauk Myaung)
• Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part VII (Mingun to Mandalay)
• Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part VIII (Sagaing to Bagan)
• Avalon Waterways – Myanmar (Burma) – Reflections: “Isn’t This Amazing!?”
• Avalon Waterways Myanmar – Part I
• Azamara Club Cruises
• Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey – April 8, 2018 (Singapore to Dubai) – Revisiting the (Upgraded) Experience
• Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part I (Getting There and Getting Set)
• Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part II (Initial Impressions and Myanmar)
• Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part III (“Cruise Global, Go Local” in Sri Lanka)
• Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part IV (The Culinary Experience)
• Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part V (Cochin, Goa & Mumbai, India)
• Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part VI – Reflections (Azamara Journey vs. Regent Seven Seas Voyager)
• Blog
• Celebrity Century (2011)
• Celebrity Century Cruise 2011 – How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get?
• Celebrity Century Cruise 2011 – How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? – Some Final Observations and Thoughts
• Celebrity Century Cruise 2011 – How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part II
• Celebrity Century Cruise 2011 – How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part III
• Celebrity Century Cruise 2011 – How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part IV
• Celebrity Cruises
• Celebrity Equinox – Settling In Made Easy
• Celebrity Equinox (2009)
• Celebrity Equinox 2009 – Asian Flair …
• Celebrity Equinox 2009 – Dining With the Captain …
• Celebrity Equinox 2009 – Egypt…Impressive and Depressing
• Celebrity Equinox 2009 – Luxury Touches …
• Celebrity Equinox 2009 – Private Tours, Israel …
• Celebrity Equinox 2009 – The Adventure Begins…With a Bump or Two
• Celebrity Equinox 2009 – The Last Dinner …
• Celebrity Equinox 2009 – What Happens When …
• Celebrity Equinox 2009- The Prologue to the Travelogue
• Celebrity Silhouette (2013) – Goldring 2019
• Celebrity Silhouette 2013 – How Upscale to Luxury is a Celebrity Cruise Experience? – Part I
• Celebrity Silhouette 2013 – How Upscale to Luxury is a Celebrity Cruise Experience? – Part II
• Celebrity Silhouette 2013 – How Upscale to Luxury is a Celebrity Cruise Experience? The Review – Part III
• Celebrity Silhouette vs. Royal Princess – Which Is A Better Value For The Upscale Cruise Guest? Part II: The Standard Veranda Staterooms
• Celebrity Silhouette vs. Royal Princess – Which Is A Better Value For The Upscale Cruise Guest? Part III: Treating You Right From The Start
• Celebrity Silhouette vs. Royal Princess – Which Is A Better Value For The Upscale Cruise Guest? Part IV: The Wine Lists Speak Volumes (As Do The Beverage Packages)
• Celebrity Solstice – An Absolutely Amazing and Impressive Ship – Part I
• Celebrity Solstice – An Absolutely Amazing and Impressive Ship – Part II
• Celebrity Solstice (2008)
• Celebrity Summit “Solticized” – A Ship Inspection (2012)
• Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part I
• Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part II (Getting There, Pre-Cruise, Baltra & Black Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz Island
• Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part III (More Than You Expect)
• Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part IV (Sea Lions & Boobies & Penguins, Oh My!)
• Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part V (The Attack of the Flightless Cormorant…and Other Cool Stuff!)
• Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part VI (Incredible Birding, Baby Sea Lions and So Much More)
• Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part VII (Reflections & Updates on the Ships – Including the new Celebrity Flora – and What to Consider.)
• CIBT Visas
• Contact
• Cruise Line Referral Program
• CruiseTravel Reviews
• Crystal Cruises – Goldring 2019
• Crystal Serenity – Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part I
• Crystal Serenity – Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part II
• Crystal Serenity – Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part III
• Crystal Serenity – Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part IV (Food & Wine!)
• Crystal Serenity – November 2015
• Crystal Symphony – April 2011 – Goldring 2019
• Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – “Reflections”
• Crystal Symphony – Part I
• Crystal Symphony – Part II
• Crystal Symphony – Part III
• Crystal Symphony – Part IV
• Crystal Symphony – Part IX
• Crystal Symphony – Part V
• Crystal Symphony – Part VI
• Crystal Symphony – Part VII
• Crystal Symphony – Part VIII
• Cunard
• Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 – A Winter Transatlantic Crossing on Her 10th Anniversary
• Ensemble Travel Special Offers
• Fathom Impact Travel
• G Adventures – Amazon River Cruise
• Goldring Travel Cruising on SeaDream Yacht Club – Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part I
• Goldring Travel Cruising on SeaDream Yacht Club – Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part II (Getting There, The Stateroom and First Impressions)
• Goldring Travel Cruising on SeaDream Yacht Club – Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part III (“You Can’t Teach Five Star Service” and Bonafacio, Corsica)
• Goldring Travel Cruising on SeaDream Yacht Club – Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part IV (Calvi, Monaco, Portofino, Porto Azzurro…and Stale Bread)
• Goldring Travel Cruising on SeaDream Yacht Club – Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part V (My Last Day…and How The Chef’s Team Makes It Happen)
• Goldring Travel Cruising the Peruvian Amazon With G Adventures – Part I
• Goldring Travel Cruising the Peruvian Amazon With G Adventures – Part II
• Goldring Travel Cruising the Peruvian Amazon With G Adventures – Part III
• Goldring Travel Cruising the Peruvian Amazon With G Adventures – Part IV (What Group Travel Should Really Be About!)
• Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises – Is it Amazing? Part I
• Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part II
• Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part III (Bali and Komodo Island)
• Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part IV (Upscale Meets ????)
• Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part IX – Reflections
• Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part V (Manila, Philippines – By Day and AzAmazing Evening)
• Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part V (Perspectives on Experiencing Developing Ports)
• Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part VI (Hualien, Taiwan and Okinawa – The Kindness of Strangers)
• Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part VII (Doing It On Your Own – Part A – Dontonbori, Osaka)
• Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part VIII (Doing It On Your Own – Part B – Kyoto – Why You Can’t Rely Only On Guidebooks or TripAdvisor!)
• Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: August 1, 2017) – Caveat Emptor! Consistently Inconsistent: Not a “Six Star Luxury” Cruise Experience
• Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017)
• Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Getting There and First Impressions
• Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Part III (Florence and Ajaccio: Starting to Drill Down on the Regent Experience)
• Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Part IV (La Spezia and Monaco: Consistent Inconsistencies and Misses)
• Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Part V (Antibes and Marseilles: The Ensemble Experience, Cultural Wine “Tasting” and Sette Mari – Luxury Experiences for Sure)
• Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Part VI (Palamos, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca & Valencia: Culinary Bliss..and Consistent Inconsistencies)
• Goldring Travel’s 2007 Seabourn Food & Wine Cruise
• Goldring Travel’s 2008 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit: Travelogue Part I
• Goldring Travel’s 2008 Food & Wine Cruise
• Goldring Travel’s 2008 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit: Travelogue Part II
• Goldring Travel’s 2008 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit: Travelogue Part III (The Food & Wine Tasting!)
• Goldring Travel’s 2009 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit – Some Pre-Cruise Thoughts and My Plan
• Goldring Travel’s 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – Seabourn Spirit
• Goldring Travel’s 2009 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit – Finally Onboard…Err, I Mean, Home!
• Goldring Travel’s 2009 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit – Meeting Up With The Big Sister & Chef’s Surprises
• Goldring Travel’s 2009 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit – Some Final Thoughts
• Goldring Travel’s 2009 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit – Split, Croatia: Shopping With the Chef & Chilling Out Seabourn Style
• Goldring Travel’s 2009 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit – Walking With Wine In Venice
• Goldring Travel’s 2010 Food & Wine Cruise – Seabourn Odyssey
• Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise – Seabourn Sojourn
• Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part I
• Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part II
• Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part III
• Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part IV
• Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part IX
• Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part V
• Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part VI
• Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part VII
• Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part VIII
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part I
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part II (Perspective)
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part III (Storms A Brewing…And A Double Rainbow!)
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part IV (Fish & Chips…And A Great Beer)
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part IX (Shopping With The Chef)
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part V (Cork, Ireland and a Lucky Leprechaun Named Darina Allen)
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part VI (A Day at Sea with Special Events…And Then A Most Charming Port )
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part VII (Bordeaux- Day 1)
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part VII (Bordeaux- Day 2: Chateau Margaux and Chateau Lynch-Bages)
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part VIII (Relaxing and “Basque”ing)
• Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part X (The Goldring Travel Food & Wine Tasting)
• Goldring Travel’s 2013 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise
• Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – Air Travel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Meat!
• Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – Preparations and a Plan…Sort Of!
• Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – Seabourn Quest’s Chef Creates An Incredible Tasting Event
• Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – Take Off…and A Fresh Perspective
• Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – The Event: Montevideo, Uruguay- Caviar, Caviar and Sturgeon
• Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – The First 24 Hours and Ihhabela, Brazil
• Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – The Little Things (Paranagua and Porto Belo, Brazil)
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part I
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part II
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part III
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part IV (Georg Breuer Riesling Tasting)
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part IX (Food & Wine Tasting on the AmaCerto)
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part VI
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part VII (Bamberg Brewery Tour and Beer Tasting)
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part VIII
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part X
• Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part XI – The Tokaji Wine Tasting
• Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise
• Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part I (A Look Back and A Look Forward)
• Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part II (Copenhagen & The First Day)
• Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part III (Flam & Alesund)
• Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part IV (Slovlaer and Tromso)
• Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part V (Honningsvag) – Ventures By Seabourn
• Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part V (Sea Days & Private Culinary Events)
• Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part VI (Bergen, Stavanger & The Last Two Culinary Events: Shopping with the Seabourn Chef and A Cheese Tasting)
• Goldring Travel’s Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit 2009 – The Start: It’s All About The Clothes???
• Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Quest – Part I
• Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Quest – Part II (British Wine Tour and More)
• Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Quest – Part III (Torquay, Pokémon Go and Little Things)
• Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Quest – Part IV (Stornoway, Scotland and Smoked Salmon)
• Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Quest – Part V (Kirkwall, Ullapool, Whiskey and the Kindness of a Stranger)
• Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Quest – Part VI (Oban, Greenock and Belfast – Seabourn Moments!)
• Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Quest – Part VII (Belfast, Liverpool – And Another Seabourn Moment!)
• Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part II (Tangier, Morocco: Why It Is “Culinary & Cultural”; Not “Food & Wine”)
• Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part III (Cadiz and Portimao : Sherry, Cocktails, Cheese…and a Mixology Competition!)
• Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part IV (Incredible Private Cooking Demonstration and Fireworks in Gibraltar)
• Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part VI (Tapas…And I Mean Tapas!)
• Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part VII (The Famous Food & Wine Event: Chef’s Nine Court Tasting)
• Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part I (Getting There and Getting On With It)
• Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part I (Getting Ready and Looking Forward)
• Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part II (Barcelona and Mahon, Menorca)
• Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part III (Monaco and Portovenere, Italy)
• Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part IV (Rome and Amalfi, Italy)
• Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part V (Syracusa, Sicily and Crotone, Italy…and Chef David )
• Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part VI (Corfu, Greece – A Culinary & Cultural Day to Remember!)
• Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part VII (The Seabourn Chefs Let Loose! and Katakalon, Greece)
• Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part I (Getting There…Oy Vey…and Copenhagen)
• Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part II (Seabourn Signature Suite & Gothenburg, Sweden)
• Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part III (Olso & Sandefjord, Norway…Getting Culinary – Norwegian, Sushi and Earth & Ocean…and Discussing Whaling!)
• Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part IV (Newcastle upon Tyne, Thomas Keller and Complimentary Wines)
• Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part V (Invergordon, Scotland – Glenfiddich Whisky!)
• Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part VI (Scrabster, Scotland and Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland – Who Knew?)
• Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part VII (Goldring Travel Grand – Scottish & English – Culinary Event, Galley Market Brunch & More)
• Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part VIII (Bremerhaven and The Kiel Canal, Germany)
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• Seabourn Sojourn in Alaska – Part IV (Tourism, Tracy Arm, Kayaking and a Duck)
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• Seabourn vs Silversea vs Regent – forget loyalty which provides the best luxury cruise experience
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• Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part I
• Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part II (Anticipation)
• Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part III (South Georgia Island)
• Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part IV (Hope Bay, Cuverville Island, Lemaire Channel and the Iceberg Graveyard)
• Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part V (Paradise Bay, Torgersen Island & Half Moon Island)
• Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part VI (Patagonia)
• Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part I (Pre-Cruise Perspectives and Santiago)
• Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part II (Desolation, Getting the Party Started and Perspective – Chilean Patagonia)
• Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part III (Ushuaia and The Drake Passage – Are We There Yet?)
• Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part IV (First Days in Antarctica: Revelations, Deception and Ansel Adams)
• Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part V (Antarctica Weather, Wonder & WOW!)
• Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part VI (The Falklands – It’s Ain’t Over Till Seabourn Says It Is Over!)
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• Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part I
• Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part II (Singapore & Raffles Hotel)
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• Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part IV (The Ship Arrives)
• Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part IX (Reflections)
• Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part V (The Expedition Begins – Orangutans & Jimmy Buffett)
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• Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part VII (Myanmar – No Complaints!)
• Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part VIII (Myanmar – Developing Tourism & Finding Nemo Again)
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• Silversea Silver Shadow Alaska Cruise Review – Part VI
• Silversea Silver Shadow Alaska Cruise Review – Part VII
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• Category: Africa
  • Goldring Travel’s 2025 Culinary & Cultural Journey – Cape Town to Ghana on Silversea!
• Category: Atlas Ocean Voyages
  • Atlas Ocean Voyages’ World Traveller in Antarctica: Goldring Travel’s Experience- Part II (Getting There and Getting On)
  • Atlas Ocean Voyages’ World Traveller in Antarctica: Goldring Travel’s Experience- Part I
  • A Guide To Atlas Ocean Voyages: “Luxe-Adventure” Expedition Cruises
• Category: Aurora Expeditions
  • Aurora Expeditions – Antarctica, South Georgia, and The Falklands – October 2024: Part I
  • Aurora Expeditions – Goldring Travel Checks It Out: Part VIII – Reflections
  • Aurora Expeditions – Goldring Travel Checks It Out: Part VII (Svalbard – WOW…Again!) 
• Category: COVID-19
  • Concerned About Traveling Too Soon by Cruise Ship? Take It From “The Cruise Guy”: Land Travel is a Great Option!
  • Seabourn Delays the Seabourn Venture, Cancels Seabourn Quest’s Antarctica 2020/2021, and Seabourn Ovation/Encore Sailings Until January 2021.
  • Why is COVID-19 Showing Up on So Many Cruise Ships? TESTING
  • Hurtigruten: Idiocy, Arrogance & Greed – An Update
  • And Now: Frustrating Cruise News…Oh, and Wear a Mask!
  • Seabourn and “The Thinning of the Herd”
• Category: Cruise
  • Goldring Travel’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part VI – Mykonos and The Chef’s Kitchen
  • Goldring Travel’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part V – How Good is Explora Journeys + Athens & Corinth Culinary & Cultural Special Event
  • 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’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part III – First Impressions After a Year in Service
  • Goldring Travel’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part II (Venice, Italy) 
  • Goldring Travel’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part I
  • Seabourn Terminates Entire Sales Team – Consolidates with Holland America: Carnival Goes Big on Big Ships!
  • Explora Journeys – A Few Modifications and Upgrades
  • Sail on Sea Cloud Spirit with a Michelin Star Chef – October 5, 2024
  • What’s Happening at Silversea Cruises? A Lot!
  • Seabourn Forced to Finally Changing Its Frustrating Pricing Scheme
  • Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience: Part Eight (Kyoto & Shimizu + Internet & Culinary Issues Update)
  • Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience: Part Five (Getting On, The Penthouse Suite Plus Nagoya, Kochi, Kagoshima, Cooking Class & La Reserve!)
  • Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience: Part Four (Rough Seas!)
  • Sea Cloud Cruises – Goldring Travel Checks out Sea Cloud Spirit in Costa Rica & Panama: Reflections
  • Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience – Part I
  • Seabourn Charters Both Seabourn Venture & Seabourn Pursuit to APT (Australian Pacific Touring Group): What Does It Mean? 
  • Sea Cloud Cruises – Goldring Travel Checks out Sea Cloud Spirit in Costa Rica & Panama: The Ship is the Destination!
  • Sea Cloud Cruises – Goldring Travel Checks out Sea Cloud Spirit in Costa Rica & Panama: “A License to Chill”
  • Sea Cloud Cruises – Goldring Travel Checks out Sea Cloud Spirit in Costa Rica & Panama: Nautically Sexy!
  • Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova – Goldring Travel Checks Her Out: Reflections
  • Sea Cloud Cruises – Goldring Travel Checks out Sea Cloud Spirit in Costa Rica & Panama
  • Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova – Goldring Travel Checks Her Out: Atacama Desert, Wine & More Silver Nova Cuisine
  • Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova – Goldring Travel Checks Her Out: Brilliant in Most Respects…Plus Pisco & Paracas, Peru
  • Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova – Goldring Travel Checks Her Out: Finally Onboard!
  • Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova – Goldring Travel Checks Her Out: Lima, Peru’s Culinary Scene…And Caral’s Ancient Pyramids!
  • Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova – Goldring Travel Checks Out This Game-Changing Ship!
  • Silversea’s Silver Endeavour – Antarctica (Getting Home Flying The Drake Passage)
  • Silversea’s Silver Endeavour – Antarctica (The Magic is Different Every Time!) 
  • Silversea’s Silver Endeavour – Antarctica (Getting There: An Expedition of Its Own!)
  • The Drake Passage: Sail or Fly-the-Drake. Which is Better and Why?
  • Silversea Luxury Cruises to Alaska – Three Styles and Many Options!
  • Seabourn is Changing Up Alternative Dining
  • Silversea’s Silver Endeavour Arctic Expedition (Iceland, Eastern Greenland, Canadian Maritimes, and New York City): Goldring Travel’s Onboard! – Part VI (Canadian Maritimes)
  • Silversea’s Silver Endeavour Arctic Expedition (Iceland, Eastern Greenland, Canadian Maritimes, and New York City): Goldring Travel’s Onboard! – Part V (Sea Days and the Ship)
  • Silversea’s Silver Endeavour Arctic Expedition (Iceland, Eastern Greenland, Canadian Maritimes, and New York City): Goldring Travel’s Onboard! – Part IV (Prince Christian Sund, Aappilattoq, Nanortalik, Uunartoq Island, Qaqortoq, and Hvalsey, Greenland)
  • The Maiden of a New Travel Brand: Explora Journeys…and The Maiden Voyage of Explora I – Part IV – The Culinary & Cultural Journey
  • Explora Journey’s Explora I – Delivered!
  • A Guide to Silversea Cruises: A Look Back…and a Fresh Look Forward
  • Seabourn’s 2022 World Cruise!
  • Goldring Travel’s 2020 Culinary & Cultural Cruise (Reboot)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2020 Culinary & Cultural Cruise (Reboot)
  • Rick Meadows Retires as President of Seabourn…and Seabourn Will Survive and Thrive.
• Category: Cruising
• Category: Crystal Cruises
• Category: Culinary
• Category: Expedition
• Category: Explora Journeys
  • Explora Journeys Maiden Voyage Canceled! – Why and What’s Next?
  • Explora Journeys’ Approach to the Onboard Retail Experience: “If You Build It They Will Come”
• Category: Hurtigruten
• Category: Luxury
• Category: Luxury Cruise
• Category: Luxury Cruising
• Category: Luxury Travel
• Category: Oceanian Cruises
• Category: Paul Gauguin
• Category: Ponant
• Category: Regent Seven Seas
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• Category: Sea Cloud
• Category: Seabourn
  • Seabourn Odyssey – What is Next for Her?
  • Seabourn Cruise Line Has Been Sold!*
  • Seabourn Venture Expedition Ship and Program: Everything You Want to Know! (Update I)
• Category: Silversea
• Category: Travel
• Category: Uncategorized
  • Big Explora Journeys News: Naming Ceremony, Keel Laying & Steel Cutting!
  • Greece – Tourist Fees & Cruise Ship Limits Starting in 2025
  • Oceania Cruises Cuts Included Amenities…Again!
  • Goldring Travel’s 2026 Culinary & Cultural Journey: Borneo & Indonesia on Aurora Expeditions
  • Goldring Travel’s 2024 Culinary & Cultural Journey (Venice-Athens-Istanbul) on Explora I – Part VII – Visiting Truly Small Off-the-Beaten-Path Greek Ports
  • Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience: Reflections (What Does One Problematic Cruise Tell Me?)
  • Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience: Part Seven (Hiroshima and Beppu, Japan)
  • Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience: Part Six (Nagasaki & Busan)
  • Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience: Tokyo Part II
  • Oceania Riviera in Japan – Discovering a Premium Experience: Getting There & Tokyo Part I
  • Four Seasons Yacht – Top Executives Bail!
  • Silversea Cruises’ Silver Nova – Goldring Travel Checks Her Out: Getting There…Maybe!
  • Goldring Travel is Now a Member of The Affluent Traveler Collection!
  • Is An Expedition Cruise For You…And If So, Which Ones?
  • Silversea’s Silver Endeavour Arctic Expedition (Iceland, Eastern Greenland, Canadian Maritimes, and New York City): Goldring Travel’s Onboard! – Part III (Tassilaq, Skjoldunnen, & Kangerdluluk, Greenland + Initial Observations) 
  • Silversea’s Silver Endeavour Arctic Expedition (Iceland, Eastern Greenland, Canadian Maritimes, and New York City): Goldring Travel’s Onboard! – Part II (Getting There & Getting On)
  • Crystal Cruises – How Shiny is the NEW Crystal…So Far?
  • The Maiden of a New Travel Brand: Explora Journeys…and The Maiden Voyage of Explora I – Part III (Sweet Suites & Residences)
  • The Maiden of a New Travel Brand: Explora Journeys…and The Maiden Voyage of Explora I – Part II (A Journey Through the Culinary Experiences)
  • The Maiden of a New Travel Brand: Explora Journeys…and The Maiden Voyage of Explora I – Part I
  • Explora Journeys’ Explora I – Some Pictures…Finally
  • The Litigation is “Resolved”- So Was Goldring The Canary in the Coal Mine? (He Didn’t Die…and Seabourn is Undoing Recent Troublesome Changes)
  • Aurora Expeditions – Goldring Travel Checks It Out: Part VI (Jan Mayen – WOW!)
  • Aurora Expeditions – Goldring Travel Checks It Out: Part V (Two if by Land…and a WOW When We Got to Sea!)
  • Aurora Expeditions – Goldring Travel Checks It Out: Part IV (One if by Land…?)
  • Aurora Expeditions – Goldring Travel Checks It Out: Part III (Getting There, Reykjavik & Getting Onboard)
  • Aurora Expeditions – Goldring Travel Checks It Out: Part II – An Update and Getting Ready
  • Goldring Travel Sails on Riverside Luxury Cruises – May 14, 2023: Part IV – MS Mozart: A Thought-Provoking Journey (Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, and Romania)
  • Goldring Travel Sails on Riverside Luxury Cruises – May 14, 2023: Part III – MS Mozart: The Ship & The Experience
  • Goldring Travel Sails on Riverside Luxury Cruises – May 14, 2023: Part II – Getting There and Budapest
  • Windstar Cruises: Intimate & Casual Luxury – Its History and How it Transformed Itself is “180 Degrees from Ordinary!”
  • Goldring Travel’s 2023 Culinary & Cultural Journey on Explora I – The First Culinary Highlight
  • Silversea’s Silver Endeavour Arctic Expedition (Iceland, Eastern Greenland, Canadian Coast, and New York City): Goldring Travel’s Onboard!
  • Oceania Cruises: Goldring Travel is Finally Checking Them Out!
  • Explora Journeys’ Explora I – The First Step in Truly Redefining “Luxury at Sea”
  • Aurora Expeditions – Goldring Travel Checks It Out: Part I
  • Hotel Chains Getting Into the Cruise Business – What Does It Mean For You?
  • Seabourn Cruise Line: Finally Something Positive!
  • Goldring Travel Sails on Riverside Luxury Cruises – May 14, 2023: Part I
  • Seatrade Cruise Global and “Sustainability” a/k/a Environmental Impact Reduction
  • Seatrade Cruise Global and Seabourn’s Sad Situation
  • AmaWaterways’ Small Ship River Cruises in Colombia
  • My Daughter’s Lost Teddy Bear, Captain Kate McCue Going Above & “Beyond”, and What “Moments” Truly Mean
  • Seabourn Sells the Seabourn Odyssey…and Reduces Capacity
  • What the Heck is Happening at NCLH (Norwegian)?
  • What the Heck is Happening at Seabourn (Part II- My Personal Thoughts)?
  • Leibowitz is Out as President of Seabourn – What the Heck is Going On?
  • Goldring Travel Heads to Colombia – A Culinary & Cultural Experience (Part IV – A Travelogue)
  • Goldring Travel Heads to Colombia – A Culinary & Cultural Experience (Part III – Chef Leo!)
  • Goldring Travel Heads to Colombia – A Culinary & Cultural Experience (Part II – Trust or Tolerance? Tourist or Traveler?)
  • Goldring Travel Heads to Colombia – A Culinary & Cultural Experience (Part I – Getting There and Diving In)
  • Windstar Adds Starlink Internet!
  • Goldring Travel Head to Colombia…And So Does AmaWaterways!
  • Goldring Travel is Heading Antarctica Again on Ocean Endeavour – Part VI (More Details & Reflections)
  • Goldring Travel is Heading Antarctica Again on Ocean Endeavour – Part V (Picture This: An Amazing Photography Program in Antarctica)
  • Goldring Travel is Heading Antarctica Again on Ocean Endeavour – Part IV (“Basically” The Magic Begins!)
  • Goldring Travel is Heading Antarctica Again on Ocean Endeavour – Part III (Getting There and More)
  • Goldring Travel is Heading Antarctica Again on Ocean Endeavour – Part II (The Romance of “Old School”)
  • Riverside Luxury River Cruises – Definitely Worth a Hard Look!
  • Carnival Corp’s Troubling December Financial Report. How Does It Affect “Your Luxury”?
  • Atlas Ocean Voyages’ World Traveller in Antarctica: Goldring Travel’s Experience- Part V (Reflections)
  • Atlas Ocean Voyages’ World Traveller in Antarctica: Goldring Travel’s Experience- Part IV (Is Atlas Ocean Voyages in Antarctica “Your Luxury”?)
  • Atlas Ocean Voyages’ World Traveller in Antarctica: Goldring Travel’s Experience- Part III (Why We Go to Antarctica!)
  • Viking Cruises in Antarctica – Two Accidents – Not Good!
  • With All the New Expeditions Ships, A Question: What Exactly is an Expedition and Is It For Me?
  • Explora Journeys: A Class Operation + Pricing News
  • Hotels Are Coming to Sea. It Ain’t As Easy as It Seems!
  • Goldring Travel’s 2022 Culinary & Cultural Cruise on the Windstar Star Legend – October 2, 2022 – Part VII (Going Full Culinary & Cultural!)
  • Seabourn’s Response to “Seabourn Cruise Line Has Been Sold!*”…And My Reply!
  • Ritz Carlton’s Evrima Continues to Encounter Rough Seas (Ugh!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2022 Culinary & Cultural Cruise on the Windstar Star Legend – October 2, 2022 – Part VI (Windstar Private Cooking Demonstration and a Change in Course)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2022 Culinary & Cultural Cruise on the Windstar Star Legend – October 2, 2022 – Part V (THE Santorini Wine Tasting: 5 Wineries/22 Wines!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2022 Culinary & Cultural Cruise on the Windstar Star Legend – October 2, 2022 – Part IV (Shopping With the Windstar Executive Chef and More!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2022 Culinary & Cultural Cruise on the Windstar Star Legend – October 2, 2022 – Istanbul – The Goldring Travel Way!
  • Goldring Travel’s 2022 Culinary & Cultural Cruise on the Windstar Star Legend – October 2, 2022 (“Inuit to Istanbul”: Getting There & Getting Started)
  • Goldring Travel’s Northwest Passage Expedition & Inuit Culinary Experiences on Quark Expedition’s Ultramarine – August 2022 – Part VII – Reflections and The Ship
  • Goldring Travel’s Northwest Passage Expedition & Inuit Culinary Experiences on Quark Expedition’s Ultramarine – August 2022 – Part VI (Beauty, Solitude…and People)
  • Goldring Travel’s Northwest Passage Expedition & Inuit Culinary Experiences on Quark Expedition’s Ultramarine – August 2022 – Part V (Serious Cultural & Culinary Experiences!)
  • Goldring Travel’s Northwest Passage Expedition & Inuit Culinary Experiences on Quark Expedition’s Ultramarine – August 2022 – Part IV (Passion, Obsession…or Amazement)
  • Goldring Travel’s Northwest Passage Expedition & Inuit Culinary Experiences on Quark Expedition’s Ultramarine – August 2022 – Part III (Let the Expedition Begin…And a Memorable Moment?)
  • Goldring Travel’s Northwest Passage Expedition & Inuit Culinary Experiences on Quark Expedition’s Ultramarine – August 2022 – Part II (Anticipation…and Getting There)
  • Quark Expeditions’ Antarctica – One January 2023 Sailing is “Such a Deal!”
  • Explora Journeys – A True Culinary Experience!
  • Dropping Covid-19 Requirements? Be Careful What You Wish For!
  • Goldring Travel is Heading Antarctica Again – Ocean Endeavour – Part I
  • Explora Journeys – Exciting Updates and News About Goldring Travel’s 2023 Culinary & Cultural Journey
  • Goldring Travel’s Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot Svalbard & High Arctic Experience (June/July 2022)- Part VII – The Ship and Reflections
  • Silversea’s Silver Endeavour – Elevating Silversea’s Luxury Expedition Options!
  • Goldring Travel’s Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot Svalbard & High Arctic Experience (June/July 2022)- Part VI – Suite, Service & Cuisine
  • Goldring Travel’s Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot Svalbard & High Arctic Experience (June/July 2022)- Part V – Out of the Ice, Laissez-Faire and Bird Attacks
  • Goldring Travel’s Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot Svalbard & High Arctic Experience (June/July 2022)- Part IV – More Travel Challenges, A Blue Whale, Polar Bears and a Gorgeous Ship!
  • Goldring Travel’s Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot Svalbard & High Arctic Experience (June/July 2022)- Part III – Travel Challenges & Rewards
  • Inaugural of the Stretched Windstar Star Pride – June 9, 2022 – Part IV (Reflections)
  • A&K Purchased the Old Crystal Cruise Ships – What Does it Mean? So Far, Not A Lot!
  • Goldring Travel’s Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot Svalbard & High Arctic Experience (June/July 2022)- Part II – Getting There
  • Inaugural of the Stretched Windstar Star Pride – June 9, 2022 – Part IV (Impressive Impressions…With Understated Elegance)
  • Inaugural of the Stretched Windstar Star Pride – June 9, 2022 – Part III (Seeking to be Just a Little Greek)
  • Inaugural of the Stretched Windstar Star Pride – June 9, 2022 – Part II – Getting There (a/k/a Oh Vey!…But So Worth It!)
  • How Can A Travel Advisor Travel So Much Yet Fully Service His Clients?
  • Seabourn Cruise Line is, IN FACT, For Sale
  • UPDATED: The 2022 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural Cruise on the Windstar Star Legend – October 2, 2022
  • Goldring Travel’s Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot Svalbard & High Arctic Experience (June/July 2022)- Part I
  • Lots of News Came Out of the 2022 Seatrade Cruise Global Conference
  • What is it Like to Travel With No Covid-19 Masks?
  • Will the Seabourn Venture Be Ready for her Maiden Voyage…This Time?
  • Seatrade Cruise Global – Goldring Travel’s There!
  • Inaugural of the Stretched Windstar Star Pride – June 9, 2022 – Part I
  • A New Way To Explore The Galapagos: Lindblad’s National Geographic Islander II
  • Is Seabourn Cruise Line for Sale? I’m Not The Only One Wondering!
  • Goldring Travel’s Northwest Passage Expedition & Inuit Culinary Experiences on Quark Expedition’s Ultramarine – August 2022 – Part I
  • Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection: What is Really Behind the “Deal” to Build Two More Ships?
  • Goldring Travel’s Antarctica Expedition on the Scenic Eclipse (February 2022) – Part VI – Reflections and the End of an Epic Luxury Expedition
  • Goldring Travel’s Antarctica Expedition on the Scenic Eclipse (February 2022) – Part V (The Culinary Experience – It Ain’t Cruise Cuisine!)
  • Goldring Travel’s Antarctica Expedition on the Scenic Eclipse (February 2022) – Part IV (The Expedition Experience = Epic!)
  • Goldring Travel’s Antarctica Expedition on the Scenic Eclipse (February 2022) – Part III (First Impressions)
  • Goldring Travel’s Antarctica Expedition on the Scenic Eclipse (February 2022) – Part III (Aramburu – 18 Course Degustation Heaven)
  • Goldring Travel’s Antarctica Expedition on the Scenic Eclipse (February 2022) – Part II (Getting There)
  • French Polynesia on Windstar’s Star Breeze (January 2022) – Part IX: Reflections
  • Goldring Travel’s Antarctica Expedition on the Scenic Eclipse (February 2022) – Part I (Enlightenment)
  • Seabourn – Nothing “Ventured”, Still No Gain
  • French Polynesia on Windstar’s Star Breeze (January 2022) – Part VIII: No Shoes. No Shirt. No Problem???? (Being a Tourist or Traveler)
  • French Polynesia on Windstar’s Star Breeze (January 2022) – Part VII – Deciding on, and Arriving at, an Island State of Mind
  • French Polynesia on Windstar’s Star Breeze (January 2022) – Part VI – Mid-Cruise Perspectives and Covid-19 Isolation (Without Infection) on the Star Breeze
  • Crystal Cruises and Genting Hong Kong: Never Perfect Together!
  • French Polynesia on Windstar’s Star Breeze (January 2022) – Part V – My First 24 Hours In Isolation on the Star Breeze
  • French Polynesia on Windstar’s Star Breeze (January 2022) – Part IV – Oh! What I Will Endure for My Clients?!
  • French Polynesia on Windstar’s Star Breeze (January 2022) – Part III – Nice! Easy! (And Ketchup on a Hot Dog?)
  • Seabourn’s New Marketing: Sexist, Offensive & Alienating
  • French Polynesia on Windstar’s Star Breeze (January 2022) – Part II – Getting There!
  • Bad Things Happening at Seabourn/Holland America/Princess – AGAIN Held in Contempt by the Court!
  • Perspective: Covid-19 is a “Physical Disease of the Unvaccinated” But Has Become an “Emotional and Practical Disease of the Vaccinated”
  • End the Year as it Began: Covid-19 and the CDC…Ugh
  • Announcing the New 2022 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural Cruise – October 2022
  • French Polynesia on the Windstar Star Breeze (January 2022) – Part I
  • After Seabourn’s No-Class and Unwarranted Breakup, Is Goldring Travel The Most Eligible Bachelor in Travel?
  • The Seabourn/Holland America Nightmare is Over…For Me!
  • Now is the Time! Book Your Explora Journeys Inaugural Voyage. There are Eight of Them and Goldring Travel Has Some of the Best Suites Reserved Just for You!!
  • Celebrity Apex – A Tour, A Review and The Naming Ceremony. Definitely “Modern Luxury”!
  • Celebrity Apex – The Naming Ceremony…and Goldring Travel Will Be There!
  • Goldring Travel’s Exploring Iceland Again: West Iceland and More – Part III (Stykkisholmur to Dalir…It’s a Saga)
  • Goldring Travel’s Exploring Iceland Again: West Iceland and More – Part II (Snaefellsnes Peninsula to Stykkisholmur)
  • Goldring Travel’s Exploring Iceland Again: West Iceland and More – Part I (Getting There & Getting Started)
  • Goldring Travel Tries Out The “New” Silversea: The Silver Muse in Alaska (September 2021)- Part V – Reflections
  • Iceland and Antarctica – Perfect this Winter!
  • Goldring Travel Tries Out The “New” Silversea: The Silver Muse in Alaska (September 2021)- Part IV (The Dining Experiences – Hamburgers Matter!)
  • Goldring Travel Tries Out The “New” Silversea: The Silver Muse in Alaska (September 2021)- Part III – Champagne Wishes and Alaska Dreams
  • Goldring Travel Tries Out The “New” Silversea: The Silver Muse in Alaska (September 2021)- Part II – Night & Day!
  • Goldring Travel Tries Out The “New” Silversea: The Silver Muse in Alaska (September 2021)- Part I
  • How is the Seabourn Experience on the Seabourn Ovation After the Covid-19 Shutdown? Smooth Sailing or an Odyssey? Part IV (Enjoying Cruising and Travel – Part 2 and Reflections)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2022 Culinary & Cultural Expedition: Panama Canal, Colombia, Ecuador & Peru
  • The 2023 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural Cruise on the Seabourn Venture!
  • How is the Seabourn Experience on the Seabourn Ovation After the Covid-19 Shutdown? Smooth Sailing or an Odyssey? Part IV (Enjoying Cruising and Travel)
  • How is the Seabourn Experience on the Seabourn Ovation After the Covid-19 Shutdown? Smooth Sailing or an Odyssey? Part III (Initial Thoughts on Changes for the Good and Some Room for Improvement)
  • How is the Seabourn Experience on the Seabourn Ovation After the Covid-19 Shutdown? Smooth Sailing or an Odyssey? Part II (Getting There and Initial Impressions)
  • How is the Seabourn Experience on the Seabourn Ovation After the Covid-19 Shutdown? Smooth Sailing or an Odyssey? Part I
  • Explora Journeys: A New Luxury Cruise Line With a New (Resort) Approach!
  • Windstar Star Breeze Inaugural: Part Deux – V. Reflections
  • Windstar Star Breeze Inaugural: Part Deux – IV. Fantastic Crew, Big Flavors & Fine Dining…Windstar Style
  • Windstar Star Breeze Inaugural: Part Deux – III. More Impressions, Star Grill & More About the Ship
  • Windstar Star Breeze Inaugural: Part Deux – II. Getting There, First Impressions, The Suite and Caudro 44
  • Windstar Star Breeze Inaugural: Part Deux – I. What to Expect When Preparing for My First Post-Covid Cruise
  • Explora Journeys: A New Luxury Cruise Line…And “An Ocean State of Mind”!
  • Why I Do Not Endorse a Frank Del Rio Associated Cruise Line: The Possible Story Behind the NCL Board of Directors Rejecting His Grotesque Compensation Package
  • CDC’s New Guidelines: Reality…Finally!
  • You Don’t Want to be the “First to Cruise”? No Worries: Goldring Travel Has You Covered! (Seabourn Ovation – July 17-31, 2021 & Windstar Star Breeze Inaugural – June 19-26, 2021)
  • My Recent Travels to New York City (AKA: You Have Been Vaccinated! Why So Hesitant?)
  • Silversea’s Brand New Silver Moon Starts Sailing 10 Day Eastern Mediterranean Cruises Starting June 18, 2021
  • Seabourn Ovation Sets Sail in Greece on July 3, 2021!
  • Quark Expedition Takes Delivery of Ultramarine. Perfect for Solo, Couples, or Family Polar Expeditions!
  • Seabourn Venture Makes a Move!
  • CDC Says You Can Kiss Your Vaccinated Grandmother in a Nursing Home After Flying and Traveling Around the World, But You Can’t Take a Cruise with Vaccinated People. Huh?
  • Cruises for U.S. Citizens Are Here and More Are Coming Soon! Is Now the Time to Book and Travel?
  • MSC Cruises Enters the Luxury (Premium?) Cruise Market – Headed by Chris Austin, former SVP for Seabourn
  • A Historical and Introspective Look at Seabourn Cruise Line
  • Crystal Cruises and Lloyd Werft Shipyard: I Told You It Was a Bad Idea!
  • Interested in a River, Small Ship or Yacht Voyage?
  • Experiential Journeys by Cruise or Expedition – It Ain’t Really About the Hardware. Seriously!
  • Azamara Cruise Line Sold by Royal Caribbean: Does the Stepsister Turn into Cinderella?
  • Quark Expeditions: This Polar Expedition Specialist Has Evolved
  • Happy New Year! A Quick Look Back…and Forward
  • Get Ready! The Excitement of Planning and Booking Your 2021 – 2023 Cruise is HERE!!!
  • Exclusive: Atlas Ocean Voyages Warm Water Sailings at a BIG Discount
  • CDC Continues Its Prejudice Against the Cruise Industry – But “No Sail” Order Only Continued to Cruise Line Self-Imposed October 31, 2020 Date
  • What is up with Carnival Corp and Its Offloading Ships? Good Things!
  • Crystal Cruises’ parent company, Genting Hong Kong, in Financial Stress. What Does It Mean?
  • Seabourn Cancels 2021 World Cruise and Pauses Other Sailings
  • What is Ahead for Cruising & Travel? The CDC Encourages Speculation…and Little Science…While Abusing Crew and Passengers with Classic Bureaucratic Arrogance.
  • I Never Liked the Term Social Distancing. Here’s Why, Why I Love Travel and Why the Same Approach at Home May Make You See Things
  • Seabourn Announces 10% Discount on Many 2020 and 2021 Cruises When Paid in Full by July 31, 2020
  • Making Waves Lands on a New Shore
  • CDC’s Requirements to Repatriate Cruise Ship Crew Clearly is Prejudiced and Designed to Fail.
  • What Does the CDC and the Media Have Against the Cruise Industry? Facts Should Matter…Egos, Hype and Ratings Shouldn’t
  • Pent Up Travel Desires? 125% Future Cruise Credits? Now is Time for “Once in a Lifetime” Travel!
  • Our New Reality and Planning New Travel Experiences Now!
  • Social Spacing/Social Distancing and Travel: Oh, What to Do? Keep Perspective, Think Positive, & Look Forward. The Travel Industry is NOT Going Anywhere!
  • COVID-19: Attacking the Cruise Industry is a Cheap and Meritless Shot. Enough of the Hype, Fear & Media Circus. What are the Facts?
  • Seriously Special Seabourn Pricing on a Wide Variety of 2020 and 2021 Cruises
  • Coronavirus COVID-19: A Luxury Travel Agent’s Perspective
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part VI (Patagonia)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part V (Paradise Bay, Torgersen Island & Half Moon Island)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part IV (Hope Bay, Cuverville Island, Lemaire Channel and the Iceberg Graveyard)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part III (South Georgia Island)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part II (Anticipation)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica and Patagonia – Goldring Travel’s Third Expedition – Part I
  • Goldring Travel’s Pondering of a Pop Over to Poland – Part IV
  • Goldring Travel’s Pondering of a Pop Over to Poland – Part III
  • Goldring Travel’s Pondering of a Pop Over to Poland – Part II
  • Expeditions, Nature and Helicopters
  • Goldring Travel’s Pondering of a Pop Over to Poland
  • Windstar’s Star Breeze – Major Extension and Modifications Underway!
  • Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part V (Invergordon, Scotland – Glenfiddich Whisky!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part IV (Edinburgh, Scotland: Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Shopping with the Chef and Haggis)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part IV (Newcastle upon Tyne, Thomas Keller and Complimentary Wines)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part III (Olso & Sandefjord, Norway…Getting Culinary – Norwegian, Sushi and Earth & Ocean…and Discussing Whaling!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part II (Seabourn Signature Suite & Gothenburg, Sweden)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise -Part I (Getting There…Oy Vey…and Copenhagen)
  • Luxury and Premium World Cruises: Let’s Compare!
  • Let’s Talk About the Seabourn 2021 World Cruises (and The Segments) Offerings
  • Crystal Symphony – June 17, 2019 (San Francisco to Vancouver) – Part IV (Some Thoughts & Reflections)
  • Crystal Symphony – June 17, 2019 (San Francisco to Vancouver) – Part III (Food: For Those in Need & Onboard)
  • Crystal Symphony – June 17, 2019 (San Francisco to Vancouver) – Part II
  • Seabourn Venture’s Suites: Not Your Ordinary Expedition Ship! (Veranda to Penthouse Spa…With More to Come)
  • What is So Special About Each Luxury Cruise Line? It’s Time for Them to Get Creative!
  • Crystal Symphony – June 17, 2019 (San Francisco to Vancouver) – Part I (Prelude)
  • Kayaking While Cruising Antarctica to Alaska – It Will Change Your Perspective.
  • Silver Origin & Celebrity Flora – A “Royal” Pair of Luxury Galapagos Expedition Ships
  • How Viking Cruises (River and Ocean) is Killing the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg
  • Expedition Cruising – Seabourn Style…or Shall I Say “Styles” (Seabourn Venture & Seabourn Quest)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part VIII – Reflections (It’s All About the Software; Not the Hardware!)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica is On Sale…Seriously! (Take a LOOK at the December 19, 2019 Prices!!)
  • Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection Finally Staffing Up…And It Creates Some SHORT TERM Concerns
  • Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part VII (Land Tour: Beijing & Xi’an)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part VI (Quigdao, China: Going Local for Food, Wine and Beer)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part V (Shanghai & Suzhou – Old and New)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part IV (Can Do! Catching Up and Keelung, Taiwan)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part III (First Impressions and Weathering a Storm!)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part II (Eating My Way Around Hong Kong)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences the “New” Windstar and its Star Legend Through the Orient – Part I
  • Seabourn Expedition Ships Are Open For Pre-Booking…But Only For Some!
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part VI (The Falklands – It’s Ain’t Over Till Seabourn Says It Is Over!)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part V (Antarctica Weather, Wonder & WOW!)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part IV (First Days in Antarctica: Revelations, Deception and Ansel Adams)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part III (Ushuaia and The Drake Passage – Are We There Yet?)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part II (Desolation, Getting the Party Started and Perspective – Chilean Patagonia)
  • Seabourn’s Antarctica Revisited – Part I (Pre-Cruise Perspectives and Santiago)
  • Windstar Cruises Announces Lengthening and Improving Its Star Power Yachts!
  • Expedition Ship Orders Explode…And So Do the Problems with Small Shipyards and New Expedition Companies.
  • Goldring Travel’s 2019 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Seabourn Ovation – August 3, 2019 (14 Nights)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part VII (The Seabourn Chefs Let Loose! and Katakalon, Greece)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part VI (Corfu, Greece – A Culinary & Cultural Day to Remember!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part V (Syracusa, Sicily and Crotone, Italy…and Chef David )
  • Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part IV (Rome and Amalfi, Italy)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part III (Monaco and Portovenere, Italy)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part II (Marseille, France and Ajaccio, Corsica)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part II (Barcelona and Mahon, Menorca)
  • Don’t Let the Embarkation and Disembarkation Ports Fool You. There Are Many New Ports In Between.
  • Goldring Travel’s 2018 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – Part I (Getting Ready and Looking Forward)
  • Seabourn Sojourn in Alaska – Part V (Seabourn Ventures: Inian Islands, Icy Strait and College Fjord)
  • Travel Through China (Taiwan and Japan too) with Windstar Cruises and Goldring Travel on the Star Legend – March 5, 2019
  • Scenic and Hurtigruten Expedition Ships Delayed – A Pattern? A Problem?
  • Seabourn Announces Two Ultra-Luxury Expedition Ships (June 2021 and May 2022)
  • Seabourn Sojourn in Alaska – Part IV (Tourism, Tracy Arm, Kayaking and a Duck)
  • Seabourn Sojourn in Alaska – Part III (A Seabourn Moment and “Such a Hike. Oy!”)
  • Seabourn Sojourn in Alaska – Part II (Calm Seas, Great Views, but a Rough Start)
  • Seabourn Sojourn in Alaska – Part I (Getting There)
  • Silversea Cruises & Royal Caribbean – Synergies Both Financial and Operational Result in RCI’s 66% Stake in Silversea Cruises
  • Anthony Bourdain – Travel, Taste…and Troubles
  • Seabourn Ovation – She Gets a Standing One!
  • Prelude to the Debut of the Seabourn Ovation: From Southern Asia to Dubai to Genoa, Italy – Thought Provoking! Oh, and Yeah: An Italian Culinary Adventure!
  • Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part VI – Reflections (Azamara Journey vs. Regent Seven Seas Voyager)
  • Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part V (Cochin, Goa & Mumbai, India)
  • Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part IV (The Culinary Experience)
  • Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part III (“Cruise Global, Go Local” in Sri Lanka)
  • Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part II (Initial Impressions and Myanmar)
  • Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey Asian Adventure – Part I (Getting There and Getting Set)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part XI (Reflections + Puerto Montt and Heading Home)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part X (El Brujo Glacier, Galley Market Lunch and Castro, Chile)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part IX (Punta Arenas & Goldring Travel Goes Local and Culinary)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part VIII (Ushuaia, The Start of Decompression & Seabourn Culinary Experiences)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part VII (Waterboat Point, Kayaking…and Sadness)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part VI (Captain Larsen and Class, Crossing the Southern Polar Circle & Breaking Records)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part V (Peterman Island)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part IV (Torgersen Island/Neko Harbor – “The Lifting of the Fog!”)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part III (Drake Passage and Greenwich Island-Yankee Harbour)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part II (Falkland Island Penguins)
  • Antarctica and Patagonia: An Adventure on the Seabourn Quest – Part I
  • Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part VII (The Famous Food & Wine Event: Chef’s Nine Course Tasting)
  • Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey – April 8, 2018 (Singapore to Dubai) – Revisiting the (Upgraded) Experience
  • Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part VII (Reflections & Updates on the Ships – Including the new Celebrity Flora – and What to Consider.)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise. Interested in 2018?
  • Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part VI (Tapas…And I Mean Tapas!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part V (A “Spiritual” Interlude)
  • Announcing the 2018 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Encore
  • Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part IV (Incredible Private Cooking Demonstration and Fireworks in Gibraltar)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part III (Cadiz and Portimao : Sherry, Cocktails, Cheese…and a Mixology Competition!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part II (Tangier, Morocco: Why It Is “Culinary & Cultural”; Not “Food & Wine”)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – Part I (Getting There and Getting On With It)
  • Want Experienced and Objective Information? Rely on Goldring Travel; Not Cruise Critic
  • Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Quest – Part VIII (Extraordinary Culinary Finale)
  • The “Crazy” Cheerleaders Like TravelCat2 on Cruise Critic – Why You Can’t Blindly Trust What is Posted There
  • Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: August 1, 2017) – Caveat Emptor! Consistently Inconsistent: Not a “Six Star Luxury” Cruise Experience
  • Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Part VI (Palamos, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca & Valencia: Culinary Bliss..and Consistent Inconsistencies)
  • Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Part V (Antibes and Marseilles: The Ensemble Experience, Cultural Wine “Tasting” and Sette Mari – Luxury Experiences for Sure)
  • Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Part IV (La Spezia and Monaco: Consistent Inconsistencies and Misses)
  • Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Part III (Florence and Ajaccio: Starting to Drill Down on the Regent Experience)
  • Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017) – Getting There and First Impressions
  • Sending Your 21 Year Old to Japan for Six Weeks: Inspiriation and Idiocy…The Perfect Learning Experience!
  • Goldring Travel Revisits Regent Seven Seas Cruises (Seven Seas Voyager: Rome to Barcelona – August 1, 2017)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise – The Special Events!
  • Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part VI (Incredible Birding, Baby Sea Lions and So Much More)
  • Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part V (The Attack of the Flightless Cormorant…and Other Cool Stuff!)
  • Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part IV (Sea Lions & Boobies & Penguins, Oh My!)
  • Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part III (More Than You Expect)
  • Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part II (Getting There, Pre-Cruise, Baltra & Black Turtle Cove, Santa Cruz Island
  • Celebrity Xperience In The Galapagos- Part I
  • Avalon Waterways – Myanmar (Burma) – Reflections: “Isn’t This Amazing!?”
  • Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part IX (The Ship: Avalon Myanmar)
  • Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part VIII (Sagaing to Bagan)
  • Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part VII (Mingun to Mandalay)
  • Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part VI (Kya Hnyat to Kyauk Myaung)
  • Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part V (Katha to Tigyang)
  • Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part IV (Bhamo to Katha)
  • Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part III (Yangon – Day 2)
  • Seabourn Encore: The Inaugural Cruise – Part III (A Photographic Introduction)
  • Seabourn Encore: The Inaugural Cruise – Part I
  • Announcing the 2017 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise
  • Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part VIII (Myanmar – Developing Tourism & Finding Nemo Again)
  • Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part VII (Myanmar – No Complaints!)
  • Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part VI (What is an Expedition Cruise? Why am I Here?)
  • Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part III (Ship Happens: Singapore Day 2)
  • Silversea Expedition Cruises – Exotic Journeys Focus on “The Journey” – Silver Discoverer Indonesia/Myanmar Expedition: Part II (Ship Happens: Singapore Day 2)
  • Be Wary of Booking Your Travel Online: A Personal Story
  • Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Quest – Part VII (Belfast, Liverpool – And Another Seabourn Moment!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Quest – Part VI (Oban, Greenock and Belfast – Seabourn Moments!)
  • Queen Mary 2 Remastered – She’s Better Than Ever
  • Fathom Travel: A Tug At Your Heart and Your Head and An Experience for the Generations
  • A Seriously Great Deal: A June 11, 2016 Seabourn-On-Sale Cruise With an Awesome Exclusive Event…And More!
  • What’s New and Exciting at Seabourn? Thomas Keller, Mixology & a Champagne Spa Retreat
  • Seabourn is on Sale With Two New Promotions: Special Solo Traveler and Air-Inclusive/Reduced Air Rates on a Limited Number of Sailings!
  • Travel Agency Service Fees – Why Goldring Travel NEVER Charges Them
  • Mark Conroy – New Head of Silversea Cruises Miami Office. Huh? Does He Matter?
  • Bourdain Effect? Skift Is Nothing More Than A Web Magazine Focused on Hype
  • Cruise “Journalism” – Cruise Critic and Skift Articles on Seabourn and Fathom Feed Those Seeking Negativism…Not News
  • Now It’s Really Winter! Lots of Cruises on Sale…With Signficant Added Amenities Too…for the Spring and Summer
  • fathom Impact Travel – A Cruise Impacting You Even More Than the Communities You Help.
  • “Been There. Done That.” – Now What? Exploration of Exotic Locations By Ship in as Civilized a Manner as You Desire
  • Windstar’s Star Pride – December Grounding Means No Sailings Until April 9, 2016
  • fathom Impact Travel – Voluntourism: What is it? Why do it?
  • It’s a Sale! It’s a Deal. It’s on Miles! – Seabourn, Crystal, Silversea, Oceania? It Doesn’t Matter! You Need a Travel Agent!!!!
  • Seabourn is Having a Sale – Some Great Holiday Season Opportunities!
  • Crystal Serenity – Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part IV (Food & Wine!)
  • Crystal Serenity – Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part III
  • Crystal Serenity – Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part II
  • The Unfriendly Skies of United Airlines…Again!
  • Crystal Serenity – Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part I
  • fathom Cruises: A Great Way to Have a Great Time Doing Really Good Stuff!
  • Seabourn Is Going to Alaska in 2017!!!!
  • Oceania Cruises – Yet Another Way To Improperly (And Maybe Unlawfully) Put Its Hand Into Your Pocket
  • Crystal Cruises – An Excellent Cruise Option for Both Luxury and Premium Travelers: The Perfect Move-Up and Move Over
  • Crystal Cruises – They Liked it So Much They Bought the Shipbuilding Company! (Sort of)
  • Seabourn’s New Cruise Documents – A Real Touch of Class
  • Goldring Travel’s New Luxury & Experiential Travel Video
  • Crystal Cruises – Have Patience and Don’t Forget What Crystal Is…Because It’s a Long Wait for Edie Rodriguez’s Vision
  • Seabourn’s “Dirty Little Secret” – It Blocks Suites and Sailings to Make Longer Sailing More Expensive, Appear Almost Sold Out…and Then Offers Less Desirable Suites
  • Seabourn One Week Sale – Great Deals on Antarctic, South America, Asia, Canada, Mediterranean and Caribbean Cruises
  • Crystal Cruises Announces Three Ships (including Residences), River Cruises, a Yacht and Boeing 787 Journeys
  • Windstar Cruises – Going “All Inclusive” in Tahiti, Caribbean, Costa Rica & Panama -For a Limited Time
  • Scenic River Cruises – A True Luxury River Cruise
  • Cruise Line “Food & Wine” Cruises: Do They Offer True “Culinary Cruise” Experiences
  • Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises – The Differences Are Fewer and Fewer. Is “OLife Advantage” A Good Thing?
  • Celebrity Cruises Gets It Right Again! – “Go Big. Go Better. Go Best!”
  • Silversea Cruises Announces Its New Ship: Silver Muse (I Love The Name!)
  • Walker & O’Neill – Bad Attorney Conduct Again – Turning the Holland America Alaska Flightseeing Tragedy Into Hyperbole and Hype
  • Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part VI (Bergen, Stavanger & The Last Two Culinary Events: Shopping with the Seabourn Chef and A Cheese Tasting)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part V (Sea Days & Private Culinary Events)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part V (Honningsvag) – Ventures By Seabourn
  • Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part IV (Slovlaer and Tromso)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part III (Flam & Alesund)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part II (Copenhagen & The First Day)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2015 Culinary & Cultural (formerly Food & Wine) Cruise – Seabourn Quest – Part I (A Look Back and A Look Forward)
  • How To Prove A Point About Frank Del Rio, Sr. and NCL’s Ridiculous Banning of Food To Drive Up Revenue: Blame The Passengers
  • How Frank Del Rio, Sr. and the “New” Norwegian Cruise Line Abuse Their Passengers – IT IS ENOUGH
  • Windstar Cruises’ Star Breeze Inaugural Cruise – Part III – The Windstar Experience 2.0
  • Hotwire.com Engages in Systemic Consumer Fraud…and Worse
  • Windstar Cruises’ Star Breeze Inaugural Cruise – Part II – The Transformation of A Cruise Line
  • Windstar Cruises’ Star Breeze Inaugural Cruise – Part I
  • Time for A Name Change!
  • Luxury Cruising’s New Ships: Seabourn Encore versus Regent Seven Seas Explorer – Two Distinctly Different Concepts of Luxury. Which is Yours?
  • A Few Days in Taipei, Taiwan – Who Knew? – Part IV (Cuisine: Street, Sublime & Surreal)
  • A Few Days in Taipei, Taiwan – Who Knew? – Part III (Spa, Beauty and Fashion)
  • A Few Days in Taipei, Taiwan – Who Knew? – Part II
  • A Few Days in Taipei, Taiwan – Who Knew? – Part I
  • Goldring Travel’s 2016 Culinary & Cultural Cruise – The British Isles and More on the Seabourn Quest (August 4, 2016) –
  • Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part IX – Reflections
  • SAVE OVER $4,000 & Exclusive Events! Goldring Travel’s 2015 Food & Wine Cruise – Seabourn’s June 13, 2015 Norway/Arctic Cruise
  • Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part VIII (Doing It On Your Own – Part B – Kyoto – Why You Can’t Rely Only On Guidebooks or TripAdvisor!)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part VII (Doing It On Your Own – Part A – Dontonbori, Osaka)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part VI (Hualien, Taiwan and Okinawa – The Kindness of Strangers)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part V (Manila, Philippines – By Day and AzAmazing Evening)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part V (Perspectives on Experiencing Developing Ports)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part IV (Upscale Meets ????)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part III (Bali and Komodo Island)
  • Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises in Asia – Is it Amazing? Part II
  • Viking Star – Nice Video of Sea Trials…And A Good Peek at A Ship Under Construction
  • Regent Seven Seas Explorer – Is It The Most Luxurious Cruise Ship Ever Built…Or Are Staterooms Being Sold As Suites?
  • Applause Please: Seabourn’s New Ships are the Seabourn Encore and Seabourn Ovation
  • James Walker, Esquire, Walker & McNeil & Cruise Law News – No Ethics, Deceptions and My Final Word
  • Goldring Travel Experiences Azamara Club Cruises – Is it Amazing? Part I
  • “The Cruise Industry’s Internet Travel Trolls ” A Failed Rebuttal by Walker & O’Neill (An Internet Cruise Troll?)
  • The Law Firm of Walker & O’Neill – Trying to Defend Their Bringing Frivolous Cases Against Cruise Lines
  • Another BIG Shake Up at Norwegian/Regent Seven Seas/Oceania/Prestige Cruise Holdings – The Sheehan vs. Del Rio Result
  • Ambulance Chasing on the High Seas – “If It Fits Its News”: It Is Time for the Media to Report Responsibly
  • Happy Holidays From Goldring Travel – A Year in Review…And Why Travel Is A Necessity
  • Oceania Insignia – A Fire, Three Lives Lost, Quick Action By Oceania…and An Ambulance Chaser
  • How U-Haul Repeatedly Rips Its Customers Off…and Doesn’t Work For Its Clients Like Goldring Travel.
  • Huge Shakeups at Prestige Cruise Holding (Oceania and Regent Seven Seas)…Top Executives Are Leaving and A Ship Is Arriving
  • Seabourn Black Friday Sale!
  • What Is An Unethical and Dishonest Travel Agency? – Holiday Travel of Lake Charles, Louisiana Is a Great Example Of What To Look For
  • 2015 Goldring Travel Food & Wine (and Beer) Cruise – Norwegian Fjords & Arctic Circle on the Seabourn Quest – June 13, 2015
  • How Do You Effectively and Efficiently Book a Cruise by Yourself? You Don’t!
  • Why You Should Book the Seabourn Spirit or Seabourn Legend Before They Leave the Fleet (With Goldring Travel…Of Course!)
  • Seabourn to Build Second New Ship (“Probably”)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part XI – The Tokaji Wine Tasting
  • Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part X
  • Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part IX (Food & Wine Tasting on the AmaCerto)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part VIII
  • Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part VII (Bamberg Brewery Tour and Beer Tasting)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part VI
  • Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part IV (Georg Breuer Riesling Tasting)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part III
  • Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part II
  • Goldring Travel’s 2014 Food & Wine River Cruise – AmaWaterways AmaCerto (Amsterdam to Budapest) – Part I
  • Windstar Cruises – Star Pride Black Sea Cruise – Part III
  • Windstar Cruises – Star Pride Black Sea Cruise – Part II
  • Windstar Cruises – Star Pride Black Sea Cruise – Part I
  • Seabourn Cruise Line: Some Changes You Should Know About – Dress Code and Penalty Periods/Fees
  • Norwegian Cruise Lines Purchases Prestige Cruise Holdings (Regent Seven Seas and Oceania Cruises)
  • “The Cliff”: Did the Sale of The Seabourn Pride, Spirit and Legend to Windstar Cruises Send Them Over the Edge…Or Give Them a New Life?
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises – Reported Earnings for Second Quarter 2014: A Lesson In Making the Bad Seem Good
  • Goldring Travel Quoted In Travel Market Report Article on Luxury Travel
  • Goldring Travel Visits Seattle To Find Out What’s New at Seabourn Cruise Line: A New Ship, Improved Enrichment Programs, New Itineraries, Partnership with UNESCO and More!
  • Goldring Travel Cruising the Peruvian Amazon With G Adventures – Part IV (What Group Travel Should Really Be About!)
  • Goldring Travel Cruising the Peruvian Amazon With G Adventures – Part III
  • Goldring Travel Cruising the Peruvian Amazon With G Adventures – Part II
  • Goldring Travel Cruising the Peruvian Amazon With G Adventures
  • Last Minute Availability – 2014 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise – AmaWaterways: Amsterdam to Budapest
  • Windstar’s Star Pride Christened!
  • Celebrity Silhouette vs. Royal Princess – Which Is A Better Value For The Upscale Cruise Guest? Part IV: The Wine Lists Speak Volumes (As Do The Beverage Packages)
  • Celebrity Silhouette vs. Royal Princess – Which Is A Better Value For The Upscale Cruise Guest? Part III: Treating You Right From The Start
  • Celebrity Silhouette vs. Royal Princess – Which Is A Better Value For The Upscale Cruise Guest? Part II: The Standard Veranda Staterooms
  • Princess Cruises Doesn’t Treat You Like Royalty; Celebrity Cruises Does! Which is a Better Value for the Upscale Cruise Guest? Part I
  • Luxury Cruising – Don’t Let The Cruise Lines Define YOUR Luxury (Millennials, Are Your Listening?)
  • Windstar’s Wind Surf – What Does It Tell Us About the Transformation of the Seabourn Pride into the Star Pride? Leave Your Tuxedo and Bring Your Flip-Flops!
  • Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 – A Winter Transatlantic Crossing on Her 10th Anniversary
  • Seabourn Announces Firm Contract For New 604 Guest Ship
  • NCL’s Suites – They Are Not Luxury…They Are Excuses To Charge Extra For What Should Be Included
  • Another Shake-Up at Silversea Cruises: Ellen Bettridge Resigns and Moves to Unique Vacations-Sandals
  • Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – The Event: Montevideo, Uruguay- Caviar, Caviar and Sturgeon
  • Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – Seabourn Quest’s Chef Creates An Incredible Tasting Event
  • Seabourn Quest’s Penthouse Spa Suites – Are They Really That Good? Yes!
  • Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – The Little Things (Paranagua and Porto Belo, Brazil)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – The First 24 Hours and Ihhabela, Brazil
  • Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – Air Travel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Meat!
  • Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – Take Off…and A Fresh Perspective
  • Goldring Travel’s 2013 Food & Wine Cruise – Preparations and a Plan…Sort Of!
  • Cruise Industry Shake-Ups – What Does It Mean To The Cruise Guest? Are They Really “Shake- Ups”?
  • Seabourn Announces a New Ship – Details To Follow!
  • Goldring Travel Website Wins Travel Weekly Silver Magellan Award
  • Crystal Symphony – Patricia Riley’s Review: August 22-September 2, 2013 (Lisbon to Dover) – Part VII (Honfleur, Trouville-sur-Mer and Some Final Thoughts)
  • Crystal Symphony – Patricia Riley’s Review: August 22-September 2, 2013 (Lisbon to Dover) – Part VI (A Tale of Two Cities)
  • Crystal Symphony – Patricia Riley’s Review: August 22-September 2, 2013 (Lisbon to Dover) – Part V- Things I Love About Crystal Cruises, Exceptional Service…and A Small Wish
  • Goldring Travel and Celebrity Cruises: Co-Sponsors of Asbury Park, New Jersey’s OysterFest – September 6-8, 2013
  • Crystal Symphony – Patricia Riley’s Review: August 22-September 2, 2013 (Lisbon to Dover) – Part IV – Bordeaux and St. Emillion
  • Double Standards – Why Was Regent’s Sanitation Failure Buried and Now Downplayed (When Silversea Problems Were Highly Publicized)?
  • Oceania Cruises Increases Cancellation Fees and Beverage Charges…Again (Twice in 10 Months)
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises – “Ship Happens”…But You Are On Your Own: Inexcusably Poor Customer Service
  • Crystal Symphony – Patricia Riley’s Review: August 22-September 2, 2013 (Lisbon to Dover) – Part II – Bilbao
  • Regent Seven Seas Navigator Fails CDC Inspection on June 16, 2013 – Why Was This Not Reported?
  • Crystal Symphony – Patricia Riley’s Review: August 22-September 2, 2013 (Lisbon to Dover) – Part I
  • Travel Insurance Nightmare – Why You Should Not Buy By Price And Why You Need to Know ALL of Your Options
  • Goldring Travel Cruising on SeaDream Yacht Club – Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part V (My Last Day…and How The Chef’s Team Makes It Happen)
  • Seabourn Cruise’s Breadsticks Video…and A Lot More to See
  • Goldring Travel Cruising on SeaDream Yacht Club – Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part IV (Calvi, Monaco, Portofino, Porto Azzurro…and Stale Bread)
  • Goldring Travel Cruising on SeaDream Yacht Club – Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part III (“You Can’t Teach Five Star Service” and Bonafacio, Corsica)
  • Goldring Travel Cruising on SeaDream Yacht Club – Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part II (Getting There, The Stateroom and First Impressions)
  • Industry Legend, Patricia Riley, Guest Blogs for Goldring Travel – Paris and Portugal on AmaWaterways’ AmaVida – Part VII (Thoughts About Scenic Cruising and the Return to Porto)
  • Industry Legend, Patricia Riley, Guest Blogs for Goldring Travel – Paris and Portugal on AmaWaterways’ AmaVida – Part VI (The Dining Experience)
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises – Does Goldring Travel Criticize It To Sell More Seabourn Cruises?
  • Industry Legend, Patricia Riley, Guest Blogs for Goldring Travel – Paris and Portugal on AmaWaterways’ AmaVida – Part V (Salamanca)
  • Goldring Travel Cruising on SeaDream Yacht Club – Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part I
  • Industry Legend, Patricia Riley, Guest Blogs for Goldring Travel – Paris and Portugal on AmaWaterways’ AmaVida – Part IV (The Duoro River Valley)
  • Industry Legend, Patricia Riley, Guest Blogs for Goldring Travel – Paris and Portugal on AmaWaterways’ AmaVida – Part III (Welcome, Cuisine and the Staterooms)
  • Industry Legend, Patricia Riley, Guest Blogs for Goldring Travel – Paris and Portugal on AmaWaterways’ AmaVida – Part II (Regua to Barca d’Alva)
  • Industry Legend, Patricia Riley, Guest Blogs for Goldring Travel – Paris and Portugal on AmaWaterways’ AmaVida
  • Silversea Cruises – The Silver Shadow Failed the CDC Inspection Because V.Ships Failed! Who is V.Ships?
  • Silversea Silver Shadow Fails CDC Sanitary Inspection – Some Information and Thoughts
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises Announces a New Ship – Seven Seas Explorer
  • Seabourn Spa Penthouse Suites – A Healthy Combination of Luxury
  • Goldring Travel’s Review of Silversea Silver Shadow (With Comparisons to the Seabourn Odyssey-Class Ships)
  • Goldring Travel’s Silversea Silver Shadow Alaska Cruise Review – Part VII
  • Goldring Travel’s Silversea Silver Shadow Alaska Cruise Review – Part VI
  • Goldring Travel’s Silversea Silver Shadow Alaska Cruise Review – Part V
  • Goldring Travel’s Silversea Silver Shadow Alaska Cruise Review – Part IV
  • Goldring Travel’s Silversea Silver Shadow Alaska Cruise Review – Part III
  • Goldring Travel’s Silversea Silver Shadow Alaska Cruise Review – Part II
  • Goldring Travel’s New Website Is Now Online!
  • Goldring Travel’s Silversea Silver Shadow Alaska Cruise Review – Part I
  • Seabourn’s 2013-14 Antarctic-Patagonia-Chilean Fjord Cruises: Just About Everything You Wanted to Know, But Were Afraid to Ask…or Didn’t Know What to Ask
  • This Also Drives Me Nuts! People That Complain Seabourn Is Cutting Corners When It Isn’t.
  • This Drives Me Nuts! – Regent Seven Seas Cruise Ratings in Cruise Critic Reviews
  • Silversea’s Ellen Bettridge Charity Request – No Free Cruise, But You’ll Feel Good!
  • Nathan’s World Famous Hot Dogs Sail with Seabourn! Oh, Yeah, Seabourn Has Some Great New Fine Culinary Offerings Too!
  • Celebrity Silhouette – How Upscale to Luxury is a Celebrity Cruise Experience? The Review – Part III
  • Celebrity Silhouette – How Upscale to Luxury is a Celebrity Cruise Experience? – Part II
  • Celebrity Silhouette – How Upscale to Luxury is a Celebrity Cruise Experience? – Part I
  • Aspirations in Luxury Cruising – Is Losing Staff a Good Thing?
  • Lindblad Expeditions Purchase Orion Expeditions
  • Seabourn Quest World Cruise: Enjoying the Spa…And Husbands (Sort of)
  • Oceania Cruises Ends Its “Never On Sale” Policy!
  • Goldring Travel’s March 2013 Newsletter
  • You Say What? The 2013 Cruise Critic Cruisers Choice Awards: Money Can Buy You Love, Can’t It?
  • 2013 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise – South America: Caviar, Beef, History & Natural Beauty!
  • Carnival Triumph Analysis: What the Horrific Crash at the Daytona Speedway Teaches Us.
  • Selling a Regent Seven Seas Cruise: Do Travel Agents Have Any Liability to Their Clients?
  • Seabourn’s New Ship – Some Postulating…and the New Spa Penthouses
  • Cruise Critic Fosters, and is the Home of, Irresponsible Gossip, “Windstar Purchases Half of Seabourn’s Cruise Ship Fleet”
  • Windstar’s CEO, Hans Berkholz, Sets the Course for Its New “Power Yachts” (The Seabourn Pride, Spirit and Legend)
  • Seabourn Cruise Line Adds Another Odyssey-Class Ship and Sells The Triplets. Windstar Adds Yachts to its Sails, but Not Sails to Its New Yachts.
  • Eric Goldring, of Goldring Travel, Article in Travel Market Report on Cruise Safety and Perspective
  • Iceland: The Layover…Goldring Travel Style- Part III
  • Iceland: The Layover…Goldring Travel Style – Part II
  • Iceland: The Layover…Goldring Travel Style – Part I
  • Goldring Travel Is Going Back to Iceland
  • Celebrity Cruises Popup Restaurant
  • You Want Your Travel Dreams…The Real Dream…To Be A Reality? Here’s Goldring Travel’s!
  • Be Treated By Your Travel Agent As You Will Be Onboard! Why to Book Your Cruise or Other Travel – Regardless of Discount – With Goldring Travel.
  • United Airlines – Responds to Its Food Poisoning My Wife with Poisoning My Premier Gold Relationship With It. Bad Idea!
  • Pam Conover Named SeaDream Yacht Club’s CEO
  • Why You Should Book Your Seabourn, Silversea, Crystal, AmaWaterways, Celebrity…Oh You Get The Idea…Cruise with Goldring Travel
  • Cruise to Antarctica – Seabourn Style
  • Oceania Cruises – A Little Less Consumer Friendly. Why? And What’s The Good News?
  • AmaWaterways Vienna to Istanbul River Cruise Hosted By Goldring Travel – May 2, 2014
  • Goldring Travel Specializes In Australian Clients Looking For A Cruise Travel Agent
  • Goldring Travel Knows Luxury…And Not From Reading About It.
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part X (The Goldring Travel Food & Wine Tasting)
  • Host Dan of Cruise Critic – Nothing But A “Smarmy” Rumor Monger
  • Silversea Cruises Is Shaking Things Up: A Number of Good Signs!
  • Seabourn Pride, Spirit and Legend Are Staying With Seabourn
  • Hurricane Sandy and Loyal, Concerned, Clients – Thank You…And Charity.
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part IX (Shopping With The Chef)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part VIII (Relaxing and “Basque”ing)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part VII (Bordeaux- Day 2: Chateau Margaux and Chateau Lynch-Bages)
  • Federal Judge Finds TripAdvisor List To Be “Unverifiable Rhetorical Hyperbole”
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part VII (Bordeaux- Day 1)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part VI (A Day at Sea with Special Events…And Then A Most Charming Port )
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part V (Cork, Ireland and a Lucky Leprechaun Named Darina Allen)
  • The Oceania-fication of Regent Seven Seas Cruises – Mark Conroy is Out as President and
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part IV (Fish & Chips…And A Great Beer)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part III (Storms A Brewing…And A Double Rainbow!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part II (Comfortable Shoes)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part II (Perspective)
  • Regent Seven Seas Cracks Are Showing: Beware and Be Careful of the “Dirty Little Secret”.
  • Review and Reflection of the AmaWaterways AmaLotus Vietnam and Cambodia Tour and Cruise
  • Seabourn’s All-Inclusive Advantage Program…Taking on Regent Seven Seas’ “Free”, “Free”, “Free” Concept, But In a Luxury Manner
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part XIII (Our Last Days)
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part XII (The Killing Fields)
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part XI (Happy Pizza)
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part X (The Egg)
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part IX (The Ship)
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part IX
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part VIII
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part VII (Halong Bay…and A Monk)
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part VI (Let the Tour Begin!)
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part V (Getting There & Day 1: Hanoi)
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part IV
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part III
  • Regent Seven Seas vs. Holland America – Really? Let’s Talk Ethics.
  • Regent Seven Seas: Ships Fuller, But Very, Very Slim Profits – Part II
  • Silversea Cruises – Making a Real Effort to Improve
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – Part I
  • Seabourn’s 2013 – Winter 2014 Itineraries Are Now Open For Booking
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part II
  • Silversea’s New President of the Americas – “I want to be the most expensive cruise line, and I want to be the best.”
  • Goldring Travel’s AMAWaterways’ AmaLotus – Vietnam, Cambodia and The Mekong River Cruise- Part I
  • A Thank You For Making Our Seabourn Cruise That Good. Yes, That Good!
  • Cruise Critic and TripAdvisor: Perfect Together…Scamming the Public
  • Costa Concordia – As I Said, “Watertight Doors Were Left Open”. Where Was The Captain’s Oversight?
  • Key Cuises and Tours of Bucks County: Key Mis-Information About Seabourn and Its Cheap and Unwarranted Shot at Goldring Travel
  • Seabourn One Week Sale! – No, Sell the Product; Not the Price Because Seabourn Just Keeps Getting Better.
  • Seabourn or Regent: Use a Knowledgable Luxury Travel Agent (Goldring Travel)
  • Silversea Cruises Announces Stricter Smoking Rules
  • Silversea Purchases Second Luxury Expedition Ship
  • You Want The Best Pricing AND Service On Your Luxury Cruise? Be Careful of the Hype!
  • Seabourn Private Sale Pricing is Back!
  • 2012 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise – Two Suites Available…or We Can All Stay In New Jersey
  • Goldring Travel Is Not Just About Luxury Cruises. Goldring Travel is About “Travel”!
  • Cruise Lines: Rebating – Stop Pointing Fingers and Really Clean Up the Problem You Created
  • Celebrity Summit “Solticized” – A Ship Inspection
  • Goldring & Goldring, P.A.’s New Website Goes Live!
  • A Perspective on Travel, Living Life…and a Volkswagen Bus
  • Goldring Travel Featured In Article on Email Marketing Strategies
  • TravelCat2 Reviews Regent Seven Seas Voyager – Instructions on How a Mediocre Cruise is Rated as Six Star
  • Cruise Critic Has An Ethical Obligation Not To Exploit Troubled People
  • Regent Seven Seas: Ships Fuller, But Very, Very Slim Profits
  • Seabourn Club – Luxury Past Passenger Program Expanded…Quietly
  • Upper Premuim vs. Luxury Cruise Lines – What Are The Differences?
  • Goldring to Co-Sponsor American Superyacht Forum’s Sportfishing Event
  • Italian Cuisine: Fuggedaboudit!
  • The Real Benefits of Booking with an Ensemble Travel Group (or Virtuoso or Signature) Travel Agency: Goldring Travel
  • New Regulations Limit Guest Access to the Bridge and Waste Money Without Actually Increasing Safety
  • 2012 Seabourn World Cruise Comes to a Beautiful End
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises: New “No Discount” Policies Are Coming!
  • Seabourn on Cruise Critic – A New Low In Poster Perspectives…And Conduct.
  • Cruise Lines: Learn from the US Post Office How Not To Do Business. So, Where is “The Love”?
  • New Study – Want To Be Dissatisfied? Book Directly With a Cruise Line!
  • Hold On To Your Hat! Seabourn Service (and Goldring Travel) Deliver = Loyalty
  • Azamara Quest Fire: How To Gain In Reputation & Good Will When Faced With a Publicity Nightmare
  • Selling Luxury Cruises and How to Degrade a Market…and Market Share
  • 2013 Goldring Travel Panama Canal & Expedition Cruise on the Silversea Silver Expedition
  • Gene Sloan (USA Today): “Seabournization” of Viking River Cruises: Parts II and III = More Misinformation
  • Gene Sloan (USA Today): “Seabournization” of Viking River Cruises: Sounds A Bit Too Much Like My “Oceanification” of Regent Seven Seas Series…And What Is The Message, Anyway?
  • Making a Difference at Seatrade Cruise Shipping Conference
  • Seabourn’s Staff & Crew Still Make You Know You Are A Guest
  • Seabourn: Computers, Culture and…What Happened to “The Yachts of…”?
  • Has Seabourn Left Its Heart in San Francisco…I Mean Miami?
  • Seabourn Changes the Way Guarantee Bookings Are Handled. Is It The Start of a New Trend?
  • Oceania Cruises New, Creative, All-Inclusive Approach (The Oceania-fication of Regent Seven Seas Cruise Line – Another Chapter)
  • An Incredible Life’s Moment at The New York Times Travel Show
  • Eric Goldring to Speak at The New York Times Travel Show
  • TripAdvisor – Reviews You Can Trust? Not According to the Advertising Standards Authority
  • Seabourn’s Sustainable Caviar – The Real Deal…Done the Right Way
  • New Voluntary Industrywide Muster Rules – No Skipping It!
  • Are the Seabourn Triplets (Pride, Spirit and Legend) Being Sold?
  • Awesome Video – Keels Are Made For Walking, Silly.
  • Churchill Did Not Say It!
  • Seabourn Signature Sale Continues – Let Me Clarify Cruise Sales For You
  • Seabourn World Cruise Update – January 25, 2012
  • Italy Gives The Cruise Industry Another Black Eye: Oceania Riveria’s Delivery Is Delayed
  • Hype About the Costa Concordia Tragedy Is A Disservice
  • Shangri-La and Pensinsula Hotels Stop Serving Shark Fin Soup!
  • Booking Your Cruise or Vacation Online? Think Again!
  • Some Words of Experience About a Seabourn Captain – From Someone Who Knows When It Matters!
  • 2012 Seabourn Quest World Cruise – Having Some Fun!
  • Seabourn Quest’s 2012 World Cruise Captain Geir-Arne Thue-Nilsen: A Captain’s Captain…And A Really Nice Person!
  • Captain Schettino of the Costa Concordia – No Duty. No Pride. No Wonder.
  • Costa Concordia Runs Agrounds – Passengers Dead and Missing – Some Thoughts and An Update
  • Costa Concordia Runs Agrounds – Passengers Dead and Missing – Updated
  • AmaWaterways – A River Cruise Ship Takes an Ocean Cruise!
  • Putting a Goldring Travel Hat To Good Use – Seabourn Sojourn Approaching Cape Horn
  • Seabourn Quest 2012 World Cruise – Behind The Scenes
  • Significant Savings on Seabourn – Plus Upgrades and Onboard Credits
  • Do What You Need to Do and Write What You Need to Write.
  • Why Do People Believe Bad Comments More Than Good? A Word of Caution: The Poster May Be Trouble.
  • What a Wonderful World (To Travel) – Happy Holidays from Goldring Travel
  • ‘Tis the Season – Your Demands and Comments Can Degrade Everyone’s Holiday Cruise
  • Silversea 2013 Itineraries Announced…and The World Cruise is Back!
  • Your Order Room Service With Your Telephone, So Why Not Your Vacation?
  • Seabourn Quietly Makes Some Improvements…And a Word of Caution
  • Seabourn’s Small Ship Luxury Cruising – Where Do You Want To Go?
  • Global Superyacht Forum 2011 – What Is It About?
  • The Euro and The Greek Bailout Plan – A Joke…Really
  • Seabourn Top Experts, Critics & Guests Evaluations
  • UK Luxury Cruises? – Holland America and Seabourn Merge Sales Offices…Be Careful!
  • Holiday Season = Airline Food = Not Too Many Good Choices
  • 11-11-11
  • Seabourn’s Fine Cuisine – A New Chapter
  • Seabourn Quest’s 2012 World Cruise Guest Lecturers Announced
  • Regent Seven Seas Reports Third Quarter Results…Not As Good As It Says!
  • Vacationcruisesinfo.com – Does It Provide More Than a Claimed Impartiality?
  • Cruise Documents – Happy, Hokey or a Horrible Waste?
  • Orion Expedition Cruises – Awesome Itineraries/Special Pricing
  • What’s Going On at Oceania Cruises and Prestige Cruise Holdings? Lots of Changes at the Top
  • “A Certain Blogger” – Calls Paul Motter and CruiseMates.com Out on His Yellow Journalism
  • Cunard’s Changing of Flag from UK to Bermuda – Almost The Last Vestige of British Marketing
  • “Fair and Balanced”? Yes, Paul Motter/CruiseMates, There Is A Santa Claus…And An Admittedly Good Travel Agent He Admits He Should Have Used!
  • 888-SEABOURN: Please Use 888-732-2687 or (877) 2GO-LUXURY
  • How to Read a Cruise Review? Carefully. Very Carefully.
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises Talking…Again…About a New Ship
  • Paul Motter/CruiseMates on the Seabourn Sojourn: The Arrogance of Ignorance
  • Paul Motter/CruiseMates on the Seabourn Sojourn: When You are Dishonest and/or Prejudiced It Doesn’t Motter.
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part X
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part IX
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part VIII
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part VII
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part VI
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part V
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part IV
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part III
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part II
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – Part I
  • Preparing for My Upcoming Food & Wine Cruise on Seabourn Sojourn
  • Hurtigruten M/S Nordlys Tragedy – Photos and Updates
  • Hurtigruten Tragedy – Engine Room Fire (Updated)
  • Selling Snow in Winter – Regent’s New Travel Documents
  • So You Don’t Like the Wine (Or: You Think the Cruise Line is Responsible for Guests Behaving Badly?)
  • Cruising on Seabourn and Complimentary Wine Selections – Watch Out For Wine Snobs!
  • Granny Lorr (Lorraine Baines) – Her New Adventure on the Seabourn Pride Is About to Start!
  • Oceania Cruises Price Creep – Watch Your Bottom Line as Government Taxes and Fees Are Now Additional
  • Seabourn Quest’s Master Geir-Arne Thue-Nilsen & Crew to the Rescue – Bravo!
  • Eric Goldring Named One of the Top 25 Travel Agents of 2011
  • River Cruises – Let’s Start the New Adventure of River Cruising Together!
  • Smoking on Cruise Ships – Let’s Be Realistic
  • An Australian Cruise Travel Agent Fires Back. A Luxury Travel Agent Responds.
  • Seabourn Opens Sales and Support Office in Australia – What Does That Mean To the Aussie Consumer?
  • Want Up To The Minute Info? Goldring Travel’s Facebook Page
  • Does Your Travel Agent Provide You With The Cruise or Vacation You Desire…Or The One It Gets The Most Profits From?
  • “Fair and Balanced” – You Better Be Careful Where You Get Your Cruise Information!
  • Back in Paradise – Our Return to Islamlar, Turkey – The Photos
  • Back in Paradise – Our Return to Islamlar, Turkey – Part VIII
  • Back in Paradise – Our Return to Islamlar, Turkey – Part VII
  • Back in Paradise – Our Return to Islamlar, Turkey – Part VI
  • Back in Paradise – Our Return to Islamlar, Turkey – Part V
  • Back in Paradise – Our Return to Islamlar, Turkey – Part IV
  • Back in Paradise – Our Return to Islamlar, Turkey – Part III
  • Back in Paradise – Our Return to Islamlar, Turkey – Part II
  • Back in Paradise: Our Return to Islamlar, Turkey – Part I
  • Regent Seven Seas Quietly – On a Holiday Weekend – Is No Longer “Its All Included” or Luxury
  • Luxury Cruises: A Better Value On a Seabourn or SeaDream Ship vs. a Regent Seven Seas Ship? Let’s Compare!
  • Seabourn Spirit – October 21, 2011 – Goldring Travel Special Promotion
  • Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 Fails Sanitary Inspection
  • Perspective: Seabourn and Cruise Critic Divas…Not So Perfect Together.
  • Roman Around: The Pre-Inaugural of the Seabourn Quest – Part VI – The Photos!
  • Seabourn Quest’s Inauguration in Barcelona, Spain
  • A Seabourn Cruise: What Is It Like? Watch This!
  • Clarence Clemons – The Big Man – Takes His Final Bow
  • Introducing the Seabourn Quest and the People Behind Her – Her Maiden Voyage is Upon Us!
  • Avid Cruiser – Goes “All In” On Marketing; Not Critiquing – But Doesn’t Fully Disclose His Apparent Conflict With The Cruising Consumer
  • Luxury Travel Agents and Their Consortiums: Do They Make A Difference to Your Seabourn, Silversea, Crystal or Regent Seven Seas Cruise?
  • Roman Around: The Pre-Inaugural of the Seabourn Quest – Part V
  • Roman Around: The Pre-Inaugural of the Seabourn Quest – Part IV
  • Roman Around: The Pre-Inaugural of the Seabourn Quest – Part III
  • Roman Around: The Pre-Inaugural of the Seabourn Quest – Part I
  • Goldring Travel’s Sardinian Experence at the FIAVET Conference: “When in Sardinia…”
  • Seabourn Takes Delivery of the Seabourn Quest – Goldring Travel is in Rome to be Her First Guest
  • 2011 American Superyacht Forum – Reality and More
  • Goldring Travel To Address FIAVET – Italian Federation of Travel & Tourism – in Sardinia
  • Oceania Cruises Hit An All Time Low – Cruises at Up to 75% Off!
  • Regent Seven Seas – Wall Street Journal Reports An IPO May Be In Its Immediate Future
  • Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – “Reflections”
  • Seabourn Cruise’s Job Requirement: Clairvoyance!
  • Seabourn’s New Shore Excursion Policy – Not Good At All
  • Community Service – Why It Must Be Personal
  • Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – Part IX
  • Use Caution When Reading Cruise Critic – Self-Importance Rather Than Substance Is The Rule! (Crystal and Seabourn Examples)
  • The Gold Standard Luxury Travel Forum • Seabourn’s New Website
  • Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – Part VIII
  • Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – Part VII
  • Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – Part VI
  • Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – Part V
  • Seabourn in Seattle: A Visit to Seabourn’s New Offices and The Launching of the New Seabourn Website
  • Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – Part IV
  • Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – Part III
  • Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – Part II
  • Cruise Critic and Seabourn: Host Dan is Known to Assure a Wealth of Misinformation…So Why Does Everyone Email Goldring Travel as a Result?
  • The Oceania-fication of Regent Seven Seas Cruises: Regent Effectively Run Solely By Oceania Executives
  • Australians Frustrated by Some Cruise Lines, etc. Protectionist (for the Local Travel Agents) Rules? Consider This!
  • Introducing Seabourn Quest’s Master: Captain Geir-Arne Thue-Nilsen
  • Crystal Symphony – Goldring Travel’s Pacific Exploration of Crystal Cruise’s Luxury Experience – Part I
  • Budget Cruises Pitching Luxury: You Don’t Get What You Pay For, You Only Think You Do…Because You Have a Bad Travel Agent!
  • Seabourn’s New President Provides More Assurances as the Move to Seattle Completes
  • Windstar Cruises is Sold and Its Owner, Ambassadors International, Inc., Files for Bankruptcy
  • Seabourn’s Pamela Conover Reflects as the Move to Seattle Arrives
  • April 1, 2011 – The Unofficial National Day of Cruise Price Increases. Don’t Be A Fool!
  • Luxury Cruises: The Culture and Nationality of the Staff Does Have a Significant Effect.
  • Goldring Travel, the Seabourn Quest Inaugural…and a New Telephone Number: 888-SEABOURN
  • A Luxury Cruise: What is the “Industry Accepted Definition of ‘Luxury’”? Does One Exist?
  • The Oceania-fication of Regent Seven Seas Cruises: Regent Seven Seas Is Now A Premium, Not Luxury, Cruise Line…I Told You So!
  • Crystal Cruises – Going “All Inclusive”
  • Goldring Travel’s 2012 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Pride – September 22, 2012
  • Silversea Cruises – Refurbishment of the Silver Shadow: A Photographic Update
  • Silversea Cruises – Refurbishment of the Silver Shadow: A Move Toward Consistency
  • Seatrade Cruise Shipping Miami – What the Cruise Lines Have to Say…And What You Need to Know.
  • Seabourn – Exceeding Your Expectations
  • Seabourn – 2012-13 Itineraries and More!
  • Seabourn Private Sale – March Through June 2011
  • Seatrade Cruise Shipping Conference 2011 – Where the Cruise Industry Makes Big Announcements
  • An Update on Travel to Egypt: Things Are NOT Stabilizing As Quickly As Hoped: Perspective Please
  • Goldring Travel’s Art (of) Whiskey and Wine Cruise – Azamara Journey (August 29 – September 8, 2011) Update
  • Seabourn Private Sale – March Through May 2011: If You Can Travel On Short Notice…Do It!
  • An Update on Travel to Egypt: Fingers Crossed Things May Be Stablizing Quickly
  • Revisiting Silversea Cruises: With Good Things Being Done By Good People, Silversea Just May Be Worth A Closer Look
  • 2011 Goldring Travel Food & Foliage Cruise on the Seabourn Sojourn – September 21, 2011
  • Seabourn Tops All Cruise Lines in Conde Nast Gold List For Service, Food & Accommodations
  • Crystal Serenity to Undergo Major Refurbishment
  • Oceania Marina – A Great Addition, But It Is NOT Luxury
  • Seabourn Private Sale – February Through May 2011
  • Seabourn and Cruise Critic: Frustration, Ignorance and Misinformation. Let’s Correct That!
  • Seabourn Cruise Line – Just Wait…The Best Is Definitely Getting Better
  • Oceania Marina and S.S. United States – Evolution and Moving On
  • What is a Luxury Cruise Experience? – Part IV: Shore Excursions – A Realistic Perspective
  • Goldring Travel’s Art (of) Whiskey and Wine Cruise – Azamara Journey (August 29 – September 8, 2011)
  • What is a Luxury Cruise Experience? – Part III: Cuisine – A Realistic Perspective
  • Cruisemates.com No More! Why Do Message Boards Attract & Foster Vermin?
  • What is a Luxury Cruise Experience? – Part II: Service – A Realistic Perspective
  • What is a Luxury Cruise Experience? – Part I: “Nickel and Diming” – A Realistic Perspective
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Celebrity Century Cruise – How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? – Some Final Observations and Thoughts
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Celebrity Century Cruise – How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part IV
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Celebrity Century Cruise – How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part III
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Celebrity Century Cruise – How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part II
  • Goldring Travel’s 2011 Celebrity Century Cruise – How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get?
  • Some Assurance from Seabourn’s New President – Seabourn Will Remain Seabourn
  • Seabourn’s Move to Seattle: The More Things Change The More They Stay The Same: GREAT NEWS!
  • Oceania Cruises Insignia Is Leaving The Fleet – Capacity Controls????
  • The Yachts of Seabourn and Holland America – Goldring Travel Offers a $500.00 Discount Per Seabourn Suite to Holland America Mariners
  • New Seabourn Private Sale Cruises From Goldring Travel
  • What Does Seabourn’s Move to Seattle and Working With Holland America Mean?
  • Seabourn is Moving to Seattle and Associating With Holland America – Rick Meadows is the New President
  • Regent Seven Seas Pricing – It Is Out of Control…Seriously, Why Pay That Much?
  • Cruising and Traveling In The Western Hemisphere – What A Concept!
  • A Little Holiday Cheer!
  • Oceania Cruises to Acquire Regent Seven Seas Cruises: A Theory?
  • Royal Caribbean’s Handling of the Brilliance of the Seas Situation – It Did The Right Thing, So Why the Negativity?
  • Eric Goldring in Fox Business Article
  • Seabourn “Value Fares” on 56 Cruises – Available Only Through March!
  • It The End For “The Yachts of Seabourn”?
  • Goldring Travel and Iamboatman are Offering Exclusive Pricing on Seabourn World Cruise Segments and Christmas, Caribbean, Asia, and South America Voyages
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Finding Pizza and What It Means to “Travel”
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – The Food & Wine Tasting to Die For!
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Pizza or the Wintergarden Suite’s Spa? Let’s Try Both!
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Malta and Food for Thought
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Shopping with the Chef and Sicilian Seafood Experiences
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – A Sea Day and Some Thoughts About The Dining Expereiences
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Doing So Much and Doing Nothing
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – Oy, Such Problems!
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – The Beginning…Leaving On A Jet Plane
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises Expands & Increases Cancellation Penalties
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey – The Beginning…Almost.
  • Goldring Travel Integrates Facebook and Twitter
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises – What The…(Are People Jumping Ship?)
  • Oceania Cruises Ups Its Game: Pillars of Distinction Part II
  • Seabourn Price Increases: Everyone Take A Breath
  • How to Santitize Good Comments on a Message Board: MeasuredUp.com and Rip Off Report – Case Studies
  • Regent Seven Seas – A Lack of Class…Again. Silversea Cruises – Quite Another Thing
  • Celebrity Century – Rudder Repair Update – October 25 Cruise is Good to Go!
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager – Repair Update
  • Celebrity Century – Rudder Repair Update
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises – “FREE Luxury Hotel Package”
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager – Cancelled Cruises…The Insurance Issue
  • Seabourn’s New Pricing Strategy: Book Now or Pay More Because Prices are Going Up
  • Cruise Critic – Talk About Perverting the Truth…OK, Lets
  • ‘Tis The Season of Ship Happening: Celebrity Century Cancels Cruises – Updated
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager – Cancelled Cruises, Frustration…and Idiots
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager – Cruises Canceled, But On The Way For Repairs
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager – Canceled Cruises and Loose Lips
  • Oceania Nautica Cancels Important African Ports of Call
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager – Cruises Canceled, Pod Problems & Possible Alternatives
  • Regent Voyager – Here We Go Again: Cruises Canceled and Drydock to Follow
  • United Kingdom and Australia: Looking for a U.S. Seabourn Travel Agent? Goldring Travel Has Your Number.
  • Seabourn Legend – I Never Knew What An Odyssey She Was
  • Cunard and Princess Have a New Heavy Handed Cancellation Policy – Yikes!
  • Oceania Marina Has Very Successful Sea Trials
  • Seabourn Wins Over (Former) Diehard Regent Seven Seas Devotees…Again.
  • Seabourn Listens: An Easy 5% Discount – Another Success Story!
  • Oceania Cruises – Learning How to Do It Better: A Success Story.
  • Seabourn Quest – She Will Be Early. Want a Sneek Peak Cruise?
  • Cruise Critic and Seabourn: Read What The Posters Write – You Better Be Careful…My Being “Reluctant to Make an Issue”
  • Seabourn – Dining and Other Changes? Service and Cuisine Remains Uncompromised!
  • Seabourn Quest – Pre-Maiden Voyage Cruises Available in Early June 2011
  • You Asked For It: Why Not to Book a Seabourn Cruise in the United Kingdom
  • Cruise Lines International Pricing Strategies – Protecting Pricing and National Travel Agencies; Not the Consumers!
  • Seabourn vs. Silversea vs. Regent – Forget Loyalty; Which Provides the Best Luxury Cruise Experience?
  • Summer Isn’t Over Yet – Slope Brook Farm Sunflowers
  • The Yachts of Seabourn – The Captains…New and “Old”
  • Atle Brynestad-Related Companies File for Bankruptcy – SeaDream Yacht Club Supposedly Unaffected and Doing Well
  • Seabourn Sojourn World Cruise – Everything You Need to Know, Plus Exceptional Pricing and Service!
  • Bad Travel Agent Philosophies – How to Overcharge and Underdeliver.
  • Seabourn Dress Codes – How To Put An End To A Beginning
  • The Yachts of Seabourn – What Is the Seabourn Experience?
  • Turkey 2010 – Part VII – Villa Xanthos, Islamlar, Turkey – Photos
  • Turkey 2010 – Part VI – Paradise Comes to an End?
  • Turkey 2010 – Part V – History, Markets and a Big Mistake or Two
  • Turkey 2010 – Part IV – What to Write About?
  • Turkey 2010 – Part III – Goats and Mud
  • Turkey 2010 – Part II – Oh, What to Do?
  • Turkey 2010 – Part I – Where The Heck is Iamboatman?
  • Silversea Cruises – When Charity Becomes a Cheap Marketing Ploy.
  • Mitsubishi Outlander vs. Cadillac SRX – What Does This Have To Do With Luxury Cruises?
  • So You Think I Was Cheerleading About The Seabourn Sojourn? Read What Others Are Saying!
  • Seabourn Sojourn Inaugural and Maiden Voyage – Photos and Images
  • A Review of My Time on the Seabourn Sojourn – Inauguration and Maiden Voyage
  • I Need Honesty! Do You Think Iamboatman Is Full Of It?
  • Seabourn Sojourn Inaugural and Maiden Voyage – Part XII – Some Videos and Photos
  • Seabourn Sojourn Inaugural and Maiden Voyage – Part XI – Land Ho!
  • Seabourn Sojourn Inaugural and Maiden Voyage – Part X (Seabourn Never Says “No”…and You Can’t Make This Stuff Up!)
  • Seabourn Sojourn Inaugural and Maiden Voyage – Part IX
  • Seabourn Inaugural and Maiden Voyage – Part VIII
  • Seabourn Sojourn Inaugural and Maiden Voyage – Part VII
  • Seabourn Sojourn Inaugural and Maiden Voyage – Part VI
  • Seabourn Sojourn Inaugural and Maiden Voyage – Part V
  • The Quest of the Seabourn Sojourn – The Inaugural & Maiden Voyage Travelogue – Part IV – The Naming and Inauguration
  • Seabourn Sojourn – She Is Ready For Her Close-Up!
  • The Quest of the Seabourn Sojourn – The Inaugural & Maiden Voyage Travelogue – Part III (The Seabourn Sojourn Has Been Delivered!)
  • The Quest of the Seabourn Sojourn – The Inaugural & Maiden Voyage Travelogue – Part II
  • Iamboatman’s Favorite Restaurant: Doris & Ed’s…Now Refreshed and Impressing Anew
  • The Quest of the Seabourn Sojourn – The Inaugural & Maiden Voyage Travelogue
  • Thinking of Cruising in Asia? Here is a Great Travelogue From the Seabourn Pride
  • Seabourn Private Sale For May 20, 2010
  • Goldring Travel Offers Exclusive Close-In Fares on Seabourn – Seriously Great Pricing and Values!
  • Twiggy Names Seabourn Sojourn’s Godmother
  • Silversea’s Prince Albert II Impounded For Unsafe Operations
  • Seabourn’s Marketing Misses: Let Me Tell You Why To Cruise With The Yachts of Seabourn.
  • Continental Airlines: Is This Anyway To Run An Airline? Yes…Believe It or Not!
  • The Gulf Oil Spill – Please Don’t Watch…Help!
  • So You Think There is a Better Deal Out There? Think Twice If You Think “Currency”.
  • Seabourn Sojourn – The Evolution of the Luxury Cruise Experience
  • Sometimes It Just Ain’t Fun – Iamboatman Needs a Cruise!
  • A Cruise Critic Thorn Exposed…And Why You Can’t Trust Cruise Critic – Really!
  • Oceania Cruises Fined and Silversea Re-Writes Brochures – As I Said, “Free Air” Ain’t “Free”
  • Seabourn Announces Some Incredible Deals for June, July and August 2010 – One Week Sale!
  • Cruise in Alaska? – Probably Not…An Environmentalist’s Perspective
  • Crystal Cruises – New Dining Option and Some Thoughts About The Line
  • Seabourn Sojourn – Two Subtle Changes from Seabourn Odyssey
  • Seabourn’s 2011-2012 Itineraries Announced – Awesome Fares and Real Airfare Values
  • Oceania Cruises – Exceeding Expectations; Especially When It Counts!
  • How Sick Am I Reading About Seabourn Dress Code Changes? Formal Equals Not Elegance!
  • Apollo Management’s Changes at Regent Seven Seas – Drinking the Kool-Aid
  • Seabourn’s 2011 – Early 2012 Itineraries Will Be Here March 23rd
  • Peter Cox – THE Man Creating Exotic Itineraries Retires
  • Seabourn’s 2011 Itineraries Are Almost Here!
  • Seabourn and Some Long Time Guests – What is Old Is New Again
  • Why I Am Proud Of The Gold Standard Luxury Travel Forum
  • Seabourn President, Pamela Conover, Talks About Formal Nights and Children
  • Seabourn Changes Its Dress Code…Sort Of. The Sky Is Not Falling!
  • Seabourn Sojourn 2011 World Cruise Now Open
  • Smart Money’s 10 Things A Cruise Line Won’t Tell You…And Some Things About Seabourn – Where The Smart Money Goes!
  • The Yachts of Seabourn – E-Documents Are Now An Option
  • Why Do Travel Agents Earn the Distrust of the Public
  • Asset Management Exec to Head Silversea Cruises
  • Silversea Silver Spirit – An Interesting Video of Six Restaurants
  • Seabourn’s Cuisine Continues to Win Over Food Critics…And, If You Like: You.
  • Boards of Education and Cruises – Both Have The Same Issue: What Standards Apply?
  • Does Your Travel Agent Need to Love Your Cruise Line Or Love To Provide Excellent Service?
  • Why You Need A Knowledgeable Travel Agent – Regent Seven Seas, Using “Fuzzy Math”, Goes After the Premium, Not Luxury, Market
  • Seabourn Odyssey vs. Silversea Silver Spirit – Reality and Fair Comparison
  • Avid Cruiser – After Reading the Posts on the Seabourn Odyssey Should Be Renamed Avid Loser – Seriously, What Gives?
  • Royal Caribbean and Labadee, Haiti – Vacations, Industry, Relief Efforts…And, Yes, Critics.
  • Silversea Silver Spirit – Laying It On, But Only For A Chosen Few – For The Others: Watch Out!
  • Silversea Silver Spirit – Cheers or Bronx Cheer? Depends On Who You Ask!
  • Hello Oceania Marina…and, Quite Possibly: Bon Voyage, Regent Seven Seas.
  • Royal Caribbean Receives Settlement from Rolls Royce – More Good News For The Millennium-Class Ships.
  • What Is Luxury? Is Luxury What “They” Say It Is?
  • Sometimes Love Is In The Air…And Stupidity Grounds Aircraft!
  • Seabourn Odyssey World Cruise Gala – The Details!
  • Silversea Silver Spirit – An Interesting Video
  • Seabourn Odyssey World Cruise Set Sail Today!
  • Silversea Silver Spirit – Come On! You Have Got To Be Kidding! This Ain’t Luxury!
  • Regent Seven Seas Navigator – She Is Finally Looking Like A Luxury Cruise Ship.
  • Silversea Silver Spirit – A New “Dream” Ship and Some Nightmares
  • Silversea Silver Spirit – Why Silence Is Not Golden – Oh, Boy What A Bad Start!
  • Rebates and Discounts – Are Travel Agents That Do It Unethical…or Worse? How About A Reality Check!
  • Onboard Art Auctions – Payback Is A Bitch!
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager and Silversea Silver Spirit – Why and How I Write This Blog
  • Seabourn Improving Upper Suite Amenities – Internet
  • Azamara Club Cruises- Changes Are Coming…And I Like It Alot!
  • Seabourn Odyssey – Great Video of the Ship…and Thank You From Goldring Travel!
  • Is Your Travel Agent Hyping A Cruise Line? How Do You Know?
  • Seabourn Odyssey Video
  • Seabourn Pride – Super Spring Sale…Seriously!
  • Seabourn Spirit – First Photographs of Its Refurbishment
  • A Thanksgiving Story That Is “Bull”
  • Global Superyacht Forum 2009 – It Is Not All Smooth Sailing…Referrals May Put Wind In Some Sails (err, Sales).
  • Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas- It’s Here!
  • Bonnie Hunt Show: Fan-Tastic Voyage Contest
  • Another Cruise Ship Survey and Another “Why?”: This Time Zagat
  • Seabourn Odyssey and Sojourn – After and Before
  • Silversea’s Silver Spirit – Some New Photos…And A Warning About Ralph Grizzle (The Avid Cruiser).
  • Celebrity Cruises – Some Incredible Close-In Deals
  • The NEW Gold Standard Luxury Travel Forum
  • Regent Seven Seas – Shake Up and (Hopefully) Shake Out of the Navigator
  • Iamboatman’s Legal Imperfect Storm – When Will The Cruise Be Over?!
  • Seabourn Cruise Line’s Use of the Press – It’s Not To Write Fantasy, But To Assure Delivery Of It.
  • Seabourn “Bon Voyage” – “Free” Air Sale – Starting November 2, 2009
  • Regent Seven Seas – Combating Cancellations Through Aggressive Penalties
  • Silversea’s Curious Press Release: Silversea Spirit Sales Figures
  • Regent Seven Seas – Now Offering “Free” Membership Rewards Points Along with “Free” Air.
  • Seabourn Offers “Free” Air On 20 Spring 2010 Sailings
  • Silversea Offers Pillows All Around and Crystal Offers Some Holiday Spirit
  • Jetsetter.com – Flash…And Most Definitely NOT Seabourn!
  • Seabourn Odyssey – Dinner Reservation Issues Solved
  • I Hate Stupid Comparisons – Seabourn Odyssey vs. Silversea Spirit
  • Seabourn Offering Free Air – Is it Time? Does it Matter? Is it Free?
  • Conde Nast Traveler Awards – If You Didn’t Believe They Were A Joke Before, You Will Now!
  • Regent Seven Seas Dress Code Downgrade – Relying on Cruise Critic: A Mere Ploy. But What Is the Value Of It All?
  • Costa Atlantica – Thoughts After a Ship Inspection and Why Itineraries Can Matter
  • Regent Seven Seas – Upscale But Not Luxury…Its In The New Dress Code
  • We Love to Cruise. We Love Fish. Shark Free Marinas May Help Protect Both
  • Seabourn Cancels 2010-2011 Africa Cruises: Pirates and the Caribbean
  • Seabourn Spirit 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – Some Final Thoughts
  • Seabourn Spirit 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – Doing It The Iamboatman Way
  • Seabourn Spirit 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – Food, Wine and, ummm, Music
  • Seabourn Spirit 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – Its About The Fish!
  • Seabourn Spirit 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – Meeting Up With The Big Sister & Chef’s Surprises
  • Seabourn Spirit 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – Split, Croatia: Shopping With the Chef & Chilling Out Seabourn Style
  • Seabourn Spirit 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – Finally Onboard…Err, I Mean, Home!
  • Seabourn Spirit 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – Walking With Wine In Venice
  • Seabourn Spirit 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – The Start: It’s All About The Clothes???
  • Berlitz 2010 Scores: Seabourn is the World’s Best Cruise Line
  • Is Regent Seven Seas Changing Its Tune? Is It Now Not Overpromising? Is It Getting It Right?
  • Goldring Travel’s 2009 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit – Some Pre-Cruise Thoughts and My Plan
  • A Change in Cruise Line Pricing Is Happening!!!!
  • Regent Seven Seas – Raising Prices and Questions About It’s Value
  • Silversea Silver Spirit – A Short Video, Some Details and Some Thoughts
  • CruiseIndustryFacts.com – A New Source for Cruise Industry Information
  • Some Inspiration to Book a Cruise Before The End of This Year – A Little Contest.
  • Civility – What The Heck Happened To It…And How Do We Get It Back?
  • Silversea Silver Spirit – Some Discussion of Design
  • Silversea Silver Spirit- Some Details About Dining and Design
  • Virtuoso Travel Consortium Votes Seabourn Best Small Ship Cruise Line
  • Celebrity Equinox – What Happens When A Class Act Meets Highly Discounted Cruise Fares (It Isn’t All Bad!)
  • My Next Vacation Experience – NOT!
  • Celebrity Equinox – The Last Dinner (Tuscan Grille) and Disembarkation
  • Ramses Tours and Egypt – Some Additional Thoughts
  • Celebrity Equinox – Egypt…Impressive and Depressing
  • Celebrity Equinox – Private Tours, Israel and Conflicts in Perceptions and Perspective
  • Celebrity Equinox – Dining With the Captain and the Reidel Wine Seminar
  • Celebrity Equinox – Asian Flair Onboard and On Shore
  • Celebrity Equinox – Traditional Celebrity Touches and Some Nice Offship Experiences
  • Celebrity Equinox – Wine Matters and So Does Your Veranda
  • Celebrity Equinox – Luxury Touches Here, There and OK, Not, Everywhere…But There Are Lots of Them!
  • Celebrity Equinox – Settling In Made Easy
  • Celebrity Equinox – The Adventure Begins…With a Bump or Two
  • AFAR Magazine – The Launch of a Road Hopefully More Traveled
  • Celebrity Equinox – The Prologue to the Travelogue
  • Seabourn Odyssey – Time Lapse Construction Video
  • Which is the Best Luxury Cruise Line – Another View
  • Seabourn Cuisine – Seeing Is Believing
  • Regent Seven Seas v. Seabourn: Philosophy, Pricing and Practice
  • Seabourn Undercutting Silversea – Incredible Discounts!
  • Oceania Cruises – More Great Improvements…But It Is Still About The People
  • Seabourn and Silversea Cruise Lines – Are They Really Competitors?
  • Is Cruising Really Travel?
  • Let’s Get Back to Basics – Why Do We Do This Stuff????
  • Seabourn Wins Travel & Leisure Magazine’s Top Small Cruise Line Award
  • Newest Seabourn Sale – I Am NOT Impressed
  • What Happens When Customer Service, Rather Than The Customer, Is Right (?)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2009 Food & Wine Cruise – Seabourn Spirit Update
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – The Upper Suite Details
  • Azamara’s New “Celebrity” – Pimental To Take The Reigns -UPDATED
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – Exterior Spaces…Lots of Them!
  • A Possible Last Minute Opening – 2009 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise
  • Keewaydin’s 100th Anniversary – Iamboatman Jr.’s (And Iamboatmanette Jr.’s) Summer On The Water
  • Cat Calls From The Cruise Critic Wannabes – Get Over Yourselves…Seriously
  • A Request of My Clients and Potential Clients (and You Are All My Friends!)
  • Silversea Cruises is Really Getting Tarnished
  • Goldring Travel is a Top Selling Seabourn Travel Agent – Not Just a Resource for Travel Agents That Want to Sell Seabourn
  • Seabourn Spirit – Chicago Sun-Times Review – Another Convert
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – Fitness Center
  • Silversea Hitting Very Rough Waters?
  • Cruise Critic Censorship – Hidden Agendas and Bad Faith
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – The Pool Deck and Sky Bar
  • Seabourn Odyssey Naming Ceremony and Maiden Voyage Video
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – Some Introspective Iamboatman Thoughts
  • Can USA Today’s Gene Sloan Do Something Other Than Stir Things About the Seabourn Odyssey to Boost Readership?
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – The Spa
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – Dinner With The Captain
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – Seabourn Got It Wrong!!! (The Seabourn Square)
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – The Standard Suites Part 2
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – The Standard Suites Part 1
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – Cuisine, Venues and People
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – First Impressions
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise – Part 2
  • The Sojourn of the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural Cruise
  • Some Details on the Seabourn Odyssey Pre-Inaugural
  • Seabourn Odyssey – Delivered!
  • Regent Seven Seas Tries to Curtail Bargain Hunters (er’ um, Sharks)
  • Cruise Tours – Why The Huge Mark Ups? Its Your Fault!
  • Seabourn’s New Menus
  • The Ugly Side of Heavily Discounted Luxury Cruises – Unfortunately Probably Part I
  • Regent Seven Seas Navigator – Some Details on Her January 2010 Drydocking
  • Seabourn is Now on Facebook
  • Record Phone Calls for More Luxury Lines – What Does It Really Mean?
  • AFAR Magazine – A Travel Magazine That Possibly Understands Travel?
  • Seabourn Odyssey V1 and V2 Balconies – The True Story
  • Gold Standard Forum Technical DIfficulties
  • SeaDream Yacht Club – Special Ensemble Travel Sailing on January 17, 2010.
  • Goldring Travel Website and Gold Standard Luxury Cruise and Travel Forum Maintenance
  • Regent Seven Seas – Sometimes “It” Just Doesn’t Cut It
  • LuxuryCruiseBible.com Cruise Review Contest For Goldring Travel Clients Only!
  • SeaDream – Predicting Rough Waters For 2010
  • Seabourn Odyssey Maiden Voyage – The Documents Are Here!
  • The Seabourn Crew – Simply The Best…Just Listen To Their Stories
  • So You Waited For A Better Luxury Deal…And Now…
  • Windstar Situation May Be Improving, But Caution Is Warranted
  • Piracy – Discussions of the Problem and Solutions at the American Superyachts Forum
  • Superyachts and the Cruise Industry – American Superyacht Forum Day 1
  • Seabourn Odyssey – Dining Options
  • American Superyacht Forum 2009
  • Ex-Silversea Execs Start Marketing Company
  • Cruising With “Ugly Americans” Who Don’t Know That They Are
  • Seabourn Has Record Sales Day – What Does It Really Mean?
  • SeaDream Yacht Club – Is a Nightmare Looming? UPDATED
  • Iamboatman’s Blog Provided Timely Information That Causes Silversea to Throw Out The Children (Program) To Keep the Luxury Bath Water
  • Is Virtuoso Hitting a Sour Note?
  • Windstar’s Sails May Be Luffing Very Soon.
  • Seabourn Reports Record Bookings for The First Quarter of 2009…Because of Consistency of Product
  • Silversea Cruises is Robbing the (Regent Seven Seas’) Cradle…Seriously (And You Are NOT Going to Like It)
  • Oceania Cruises – More Like Regent Seven Seas Every Day…Or Is It The Other Way Around?
  • Regent Seven Seas is Cleaning House…and Mark Conroy is Where?
  • Some Unique Seabourn Odyssey Touches
  • Opinion: “Revenge at Sea” – Christopher Elliott Engages in Yellow Journalism on MSNBC; A Misleading Attack on the Cruise Industry
  • Ship Happens, You See It Happening, You Step On The Ship Anyway And…
  • Silversea – Improperly Discounting Its 15% Pre-Pay Discount?
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager Damage Update – Not Good UPDATED
  • Silversea Tsunami – Ken Watson Takes the Helm (Or Are We Observing Rearranging the Deck Chairs Again!)
  • Silversea Tsunami: Marilyn Conroy and David Morris Terminated. What’s Next?
  • A Difference in Philosophy: The Yachts of Seabourn versus Regent Seven Seas
  • Regent Voyager World Cruise – Pod Problems Update No. 3
  • Head to Head Challenge: Seabourn Odyssey vs. Regent Seven Seas Navigator
  • Regent Seven Seas Offering Zero (0%) Percent Single Supplement
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager Pod Update No. 2
  • Another Publication and Another “Best of” List That Makes You Go “Huh?”: Forbes Traveler
  • Carnival Corp Posts 10% Increased 1st Quarter Profits
  • In Memoriam: A Reason I Love My Job
  • Update on the Regent Voyager Problems
  • Interesting Piece on CNN about Blogging and the Travel Industry
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager World Cruise Problem – Oh Nets!
  • Seabourn Odyssey Update
  • Do Cruise Critic and Other Message Boards Have An Obligation To The Public?
  • The Gold Standard Luxury Travel Forum Is Now OPEN
  • Is Silversea Just Shuffling Deck Chairs?
  • Such a Deal…On Seabourn! UPDATED…I MEAN REALLY UPDATED
  • I Made a Big Mistake Today – I Read Cheerleading Posts and I Am Now Sickened…Again.
  • Cruise Critic Prostitutes Itself and Violates The Public’s Trust!
  • Are the Cruise Lines (and Retailers, in General) Sinking Their Own Ships? Just Get On One!
  • The “Gold Standard” Luxury Travel Forum
  • Update on New Goldring Travel Message Board and Special Seabourn Pricing
  • CNBC – Discusses Cruises With Goldring Travel – UPDATED
  • A Wonderful Review Shows Why You Need A Good Travel Agent and To Not Rely on Hype
  • Some Thoughts About Silversea Cruises
  • Another Reason for Caution When Relying on Too Avid a Poster – Compensating Good Reviews.
  • Goldring Travel Is Setting Up a New Message Board
  • So You Want to See What True Five Star Luxury Cruising Is? Do I Have A Deal For You!
  • What Does the Future Hold For Regent Seven Seas Cruises?
  • What Are the Objective Standards Used to Award a Five Star Rating?
  • Is It Time For Mark Conroy to Depart Regent Seven Seas Cruises? UPDATED (Read the Comments!)
  • Seabourn Odyssey – Maiden Voyage Update
  • Seabourn Odyssey – New Construction Photo
  • Azamara Zigs While Oceania and Regent Zag – Airfare No Longer Included in Price
  • A Visit To Seabourn’s Offices…and Some News
  • Oceania Cruises – Ship Inspection of the Regatta Made Me Smile…Really.
  • Regent Seven Seas Does It Again…And Shouldn’t. UPDATED..AND UPDATED AGAIN (SERIOUSLY)
  • Luxury Cruise Product and Pricing – Close In vs. One Year and Longer…Homogeny Is No Longer Present
  • So You Think Seabourn’s 2010 Cruise Prices Are Too High…Check This Out (Again)
  • Seabourn’s New Sale – Aggressively Price An Excellent Product; Don’t Pad The Cruise With Extras
  • The Newest Deceptive Practice Exposed – When Cruise Price Goes Down You Get An Upgrade…Not a Price Reduction! (Read the Comments!)
  • Seabourn Odyssey: Some News About Public Spaces
  • Goldring Travel Has a New Website!
  • Perceptions and Demands
  • Non-Cruise News…You Can’t Make This Up!
  • 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Legend
  • Seabourn’s 2010-2011 Itineraries: You Got What You Asked For…And Didn’t. (Read The Interesting Comments.)
  • Regent Seven Seas Cheerleaders: If You Don’t Like What I Write, Don’t Read It…Seriously!
  • Perceptions of Who You Will Cruise With – You Usually Will Be Surprised. (The Slipknot Experience)
  • Seabourn One Week Sale – Ends February 16, 2009
  • The Yacht Report’s 100th Edition: Iamboatman’s Thoughts About the Future of Superyachts Are Published
  • GOLDRING TRAVEL CONTEST – WIN A CELEBRITY CRUISE!
  • And The “Regent Seven Seas” Revolt Begins…Unfortunately.
  • Seabourn 2010-2011: Sojourn and Exotic and Exciting New Itineraries
  • Seabourn Keeps Up Formalities…To A Degree
  • Seabourn: The Devil (and Quality) is in the Details
  • Fincantieri Shipyards in Trouble, Repositioning for Success or Both?
  • Fresh Reports Regarding Regent Seven Seas Post-Refurbishment Abound (Note: Some Interesting Discussion in the Comments)
  • More Bad News for Cruise Value Center Customers: They Have Another Problem – Prime Travel Protection Protects No More!
  • Seabourn is Limiting Discounts on Close-In Sailings
  • First Hand Account of The “Cheeky” Pirate Incident Involving Oceania Nautica
  • Mark Conroy Speaks About Regent Seven Seas Cruise’s Highest Prices in the Industry
  • Oceania Cruises – Comfortable In Its Own Skin
  • Regent Seven Seas Announces Plan For Big Improvements
  • Seabourn: New and Very Cool Itineraries Are Coming – Very Soon!
  • Waiting for Last Minute Cruise Deals or Lower Prices For Your Preferred Cabin or Suite? You May Miss the Boat!
  • Some Perspective on Commissions: My Article in The Yacht Report
  • Regent Seven Seas To Give Travel Agents Commissions on “Non-Commissionable Fees”
  • Seabourn One Week Sale – Ends January 19, 2009
  • Paul Gauguin Cruises – Open for 2010 Sailings in French Polynesia and Beyond
  • Regent Seas Seas Cruises Will Reduce, And Keep, Its Fleet At Three
  • Lepisto Named President of SeaDream Yacht Club
  • Update on SeaDream Yacht Club – Smooth Seas and Stability Promised
  • And Now for Some Good News – Seabourn’s First Wave of New Crew-in-Training Has Arrived
  • Oceania Cruises “Historic Price Reductions” – Some Incredible Deals!
  • Pimental Departs Sea Dream Yacht Club (And What is Old is New Again).
  • Regent Seven Seas Cruises – Complimentary Tours Included on 35 Sailings…A Truly “All Inclusive” Cruise Experience!
  • Postings on Cruise Message Boards and Blogs: The Difference Between Constructive Opinion and Personal Attacks
  • Seabourn and Regent – Experiencing Shore Experiences
  • Even When Skiing Iamboatman Thinks About The Cruise Industry – Training and Consistency Is the Cornerstone.
  • An Open Letter from Mark Conroy, President of Regent Seven Seas Cruise s – A Refreshing Admission.
  • What Value Are The Cruise Critic Message Boards For Luxury Travelers?
  • Happy Holidays
  • Norwegian Cruise Lines F3 Project Has Wind In Its Sails!
  • Crystal Cruises Announces 2010 Port Calls to Iran and Other Unique Middle East Ports
  • Discounts and Luxury – Are They Mutually Exclusive and Do They Hurt The Consumer?
  • Another Seabourn Promotion – Between Friends
  • Seabourn Specials…And I Mean REALLY Special
  • Cruise Lines’ Fuel Supplements Suspended by Carnival Corp.
  • Global Superyacht Forum – Some Thoughts About Regulations In this Economy: It Should Be About Quality Crew and Training.
  • Piracy and Cruise Ships – Reality vs. Hype
  • Silversea – A Call from the Captain!
  • Silversea – Lost at Sea????
  • Celebrity Solstice – An Absolutely Amazing and Impressive Ship – Part II
  • Regent’s New Prime 7 – A New Luxury Restaurant or Just an Extra Ordinary Eatery?
  • Seabourn Announces: Seabourn Sojourn’s 2010 Inaugural in London
  • Celebrity Solstice – An Absolutely Amazing and Impressive Ship – Part I
  • Banks Mansion Hotel Amsterdam – A Great Place to Stay
  • Cruise Value Center Shuts Its Doors! What Next?
  • Celebrity Solstice – A Preview of My Upcoming Pre-Inaugural Cruise
  • Queen Elizabeth 2 Has Minor Grounding Incident
  • Use Caution and Common Sense When Booking Your Cruise
  • Seabourn Upgrading to Exclusive Molton Brown “Therapies” Toiletries
  • Strategies for Booking Cruises in This Economy: Follow Them and You Will Not Rip Your Pants Sitting on the Fence.
  • Science Responds to Needs of Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruises on Seabourn!
  • Regent Seven Seas and Oceania Announce End to Fuel Supplements
  • Iamboatman’s Alternative to Cruising: Skiing at Northstar-at-Tahoe, Lake Tahoe, California
  • Carnival Corp.’s Response to Anticipated Cash Flow Reductions: Shareholders, Not Passengers, To Feel the Pinch
  • Trump National Golf Course – Colts Neck Update
  • So You Think Cruise Prices Are High and You Are Holding Off Booking a Seabourn Cruise…Waiting For a Bargain? Check This Out!
  • Troubled Waters on the Luxury Cruise Front…And A Safe Harbor: Seabourn
  • Celebrity and Royal Caribbean to End Fuel Supplements
  • Some Interesting Options…And The Seabourn Difference
  • Seabourn Will Cruise Asia Year-Round in 2010!
  • Regent Seven Seas Voyager – Rhodes Docking Mishap UPDATED
  • Paul Gauguin – The Future
  • Review: Regent Seven Seas Paul Gauguin (August 2007)
  • Silversea Has Some Extraordinary Deals!
  • Goldring Travel’s New and Exclusive Seabourn Referral Program
  • Seabourn Inaugural Celebration: Additional $1,000 Per Suite Savings! – Clarification
  • The Yachts of Seabourn Voted Best Small Ship Cruise Line By Conde Nast Traveller…And More!
  • World’s Largest Virtual Cruise Night
  • Concerns: Apollo Management and Prestige Cruise Holding (NCL, Regent Seven Seas and Oceania)
  • 2008 Global Superyacht Forum (Amsterdam)
  • Report: Regent Seven Seas to Cease Operating Paul Gauguin in 2009 – UPDATED- Renovations Announced
  • 2009 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit
  • Carnival Brands Drop Fuel Surcharge For New 2010 Bookings- UPDATED
  • Goldring Travel’s 2007 Seabourn Food & Wine Cruise – Some Observations
  • A Rose By Any Other Name: Cheerleading (Yuk!) – Calling It Like It Is Would Be Nice! UPDATED
  • Goldring Travel – 2008 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit Photos
  • Goldring Travel’s 2008 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit: Travelogue Part IV
  • Goldring Travel’s 2008 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit: Travelogue Part III (The Food & Wine Tasting!)
  • Goldring Travel’s 2008 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit: Travelogue Part II
  • Goldring Travel’s 2008 Food & Wine Cruise on the Seabourn Spirit: Travelogue Part I
  • Seabourn Food & Wine Cruise – Needed Now More Than Ever
  • Fuel Supplements Remain: The Cost to Cruise…and How Farming Gives the Answer.
  • AIG Travel Guard – Concerns Being Addressed
  • Regent Seven Seas Announces Major Upgrades to Two Ships
  • Seabourn Odyssey Construction Photos
  • Seabourn Odyssey – A Compilation of My Posts = A Wealth of Information!
  • Travel Consortiums: Ensemble Travel, Virtuoso, etc.
  • Donald Trump National Golf Club – Colts Neck
  • How Private Is Your Cabin? A New U.S. Court of Appeals Decision
  • 2009 Thanksgiving Weekend Caribbean Cruise on Seabourn – Great Pricing!
  • Why Do Changes Always Bring Out Those People That Complain? (The Seabourn Experience)
  • Seabourn Odyssey Top Officers and Staff Announced!
  • Seabourn Upgrades On The Way
  • How to Handle…And Not Handle…A Hurricane
  • Seabourn is Discontinuing Complimentary Seabourn Experiences
  • Iamboatman Book Review: “Cruise Confidential: A Hit Below the Waterline”
  • Park West Art “Auctions” New Guarantee? Regent Come On Now!
  • Mariner of the Seas Travelogue – The Last Days and A Conclusion: An Interesting Experience
  • Mariner of the Seas – A Hurricane Runs Through It…Almost
  • Mariner of the Seas – My First 24 Hours
  • Mariner of the Seas Travelogue – Prologue
  • Sommelier and Masseuse – Specialists for Some
  • Exclusive Seabourn Spirit Offer – Istanbul to Alexandria – November 8, 2008
  • An Interesting Trend – More Last Minute and Higher Quality Cruises. Why?
  • Regent Seven Seas, Please Listen: Luxury Is Really About Service
  • Upgrades to Regent Seven Seas Voyager and Mariner
  • Seabourn Captain Buer Interview on John Heald’s Blog
  • Seabourn Staff Receive Unique Training and Compensation
  • Another Reason Conde Nast Traveler Bugs Me!
  • Seabourn Brings Technical and Marine Operations In House…What’s With V.Ships?
  • Cruise Vacation Sales Are Strong…For Some
  • New Regent Seven Seas Ship Delayed Until 2012…At Least.
  • Yacht Brokerage and Legal Panel – American Superyacht Forum
  • Silversea To Give Regent SERIOUS Competition in French Polynesia
  • Message Boards – Do They Reflect The Cruise Experience Being Discussed
  • Perspectives on Travel Agents – “Only The Best Are Likely To Survive”
  • Ship’s Tours, Private Tours or Doing It On Your Own
  • On It’s Way…Finally
  • I Demand a Free Cruise!
  • American Superyacht Regatta 2008 Video
  • Prinsendam Fans – An Unbelievable Deal – And You Can Only Get It Here!
  • Clipper Pacific Update – Still in Tampa and The News Is Not Great
  • It’s Like a Sandwich! Seabourn Spirit – New Ports for 2009
  • Boat International USA 50 Largest US Owned Yachts – MSY Islander
  • Seabourn Odyssey – The Suite Details
  • The Seabourn Pride, Legend and Spirit – Long Range Plans
  • What Drives Me Crazy About Message Boards and Why I Am Here
  • Seabourn Odyssey – The Details.
  • Iamboatman Jr. – Kayaking. Who’d A Thunk It!
  • Seabourn Odyssey Is NOT a Silversea Ship – Updated
  • Clipper Pacific Is An Old Friend – My Introduction to Cruising
  • Regent, Oceania and Information
  • Clipper Pacific Update: Cleared to Sail…Sort Of.
  • Is Regent Seven Seas Proposed New Ship Dead in the Water?
  • Clipper Pacific Update
  • What Makes a Good Travel Agent Even Better. Thank You Seabourn!
  • Clipper Cruise’s Clipper Pacific Ordered Held in Port
  • Piracy or Ignorance on the High Seas – Art Auctions
  • Holland America Eurodam Dedication Video
  • Shake Up at Silversea!!! What Does It Mean?
  • American Superyacht Forum – America’s Cup Regatta
  • Regent’s Former Head of Luxury Cruises Back to Silversea
  • Regent Seven Seas Society Membership Changes…The Devolusion of a Loyalty Program
  • Seatrade Cruise Shipping Conference
  • Seabourn World Cruise Update – Extraordinary Seabourn Land Experiences
  • It’s The Annual Awards Season – Yuk!
  • Intercontinental Tahiti – A Great Start Upon Arriving in Tahiti
  • Cruising French Polynesia
  • Travel, “Life Lists” and Why Check It Off
  • Seabourn Announces Godparents for Seabourn Odyssey
  • Seabourn Complimentary Upgrades – With a Catch!
  • Where Did the “Critic” in Cruise Critic Go?
  • The Oceania-fication of Regent Seven Seas Cruise Line
  • Seabourn – Double Keel Laying
  • Travel Agents and Yacht Brokers
  • Homage to George Carlin – Air Travel
  • American Superyacht Forum
  • To Book Onboard or Not To Book Onboard? That Is The Question re: Seabourn.
  • Seabourn Food & Wine Cruise – September 27, 2008
  • An International Experience – Travel Agents That Is!
  • Getting Started
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