By Eric Goldring
Last evening I dined with Seabourn’s President, Rick Meadows and three other of Seabourn’s top producing travel agents. It was a very nice evening and Rick was a very gracious and welcoming host. He is reserved by nature, but I truly enjoyed his genuine smile…though I am a bit put
My second day on the new Seabourn Quest began with an al fresco breakfast at the Colonnade. I had my standard starters of pickled herring, herring wrapped around pickles (yes, they are totally different), smoked salmon with a little cream cheese on brown bread, and two poached eggs. Oddly, the
Today we are off to board the brand new Seabourn Quest on her Inaugural cruise. After a nice breakfast we take a taxi to meet the Seabourn shuttle to the port of Civitavecchia. After dealing with a protest and march (riot gear included) we were – a few miles later
I arrived in Rome in anticipation of boarding the brand new Seabourn Quest for its Pre-Inaugural cruise. As I have been on the Inaugural cruise of the Seabourn Odyssey in Venice and the Inaugural and Maiden Voyage of the Seabourn Sojourn in London, I am not anticipating any great changes
As I was flying from Sardinia to Rome, Seabourn took the keys to its newest yacht, the Seabourn Quest; completing Seabourn tremendous three year expansion program and completing its growth from three 208 guest ships (the Seabourn Pride, Seabourn Legend and Seabourn Spirit) to six luxury ships also including the
I have been honored with an invitation to speak to FIAVET, the Italian Federation of Travel & Tourism, at its annual Congress being held May 27-31, 2011 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. At a time when the cruise industry is seeking ways to better penetrate into the European markets, I have been
I am sure many of you have heard this story from me, but I am inspired by a writing from someone on the Seabourn Sojourn presently. One morning on a recent Seabourn cruise I was having breakfast with a friend in The Veranda (al fresco dining area on the smaller
Seabourn is not going to be happy with me writing this, but my brand is “Goldring Travel“; not Seabourn. I am always honest with you and, to be sure, I am honestly very disappointed with Seabourn’s new – and I am now advised not interim – policy of requiring pre-payment
I am not quite finished with my review of my experiences on the April 17, 2011 cruise of the Crystal Symphony, but last night I wandered over to Cruise Critic to see what was posted by any of the 15 or so members that were on the same cruise. Keeping in
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