By Eric Goldring
We are about to start out on our 2010 Goldring Travel Food & Wine Cruise aboard the Seabourn Odyssey. We will be visiting a wide area of the Mediterranean during the “off season”, so hopefully we will get a taste of what a number of ports are like without tourists…other
On October 18, 2010 I warned everyone that Seabourn was going to be increasing prices. You can read the “I Told You So” here. But you need to keep the price increase in perspective. Prices are actually not increasing, but normalizing. Over the past 18 months Seabourn’s pricing has been
For the past couple of years, as the economy has struggled, Seabourn engaged in a pricing strategy that made absolutely no sense to me…and was very frustrating for guests as they feared booking early was going to result in them paying more than those that waited…and, honestly, me because I
Tonight I stumbled across a 1996 news release about Seabourn’s acquisition of the Seabourn Legend from the then failing (now long gone) Royal Cruise Line. It seems Seabourn has two ships named Odyssey: SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 18, 1996–Seabourn Cruise Line announced today that an agreement has been concluded for its acquisition
I received an email from a client today…a former Regent devotee….who just returned from another Seabourn cruise. She wrote, in part: “[I]n a word – P-E-R-F-E-C-T. (We have a future open booking)“ I have listened for years about how wonderful Regent Seven Seas was and how, absent a balcony, the Regent
For years I have been dealing with Non-Buyer’s Remorse: Seabourn guests who declined, forgot or didn’t know about the 5% discount you receive when you make a refundable Open Booking. An Open Booking, which is fully refundable, is just that: A booking with no specific cruise attached to it; you decide
Today it was officially announced that construction of The Yachts of Seabourn’s third new ultra-luxury yacht, Seabourn Quest, is progressing well, and the company expects to take delivery of the vessel several weeks earlier than anticipated in May 2011. Following the delivery, Seabourn will operate two pre-inaugural cruises: a three-day
I received an email this morning about a Cruise Critic poster’s idea that Seabourn should spend its money mailing comment cards to guests for their arrival back home, hire a person to be their ombudsman and have focus groups organized by telephone messages to determine when the past guest would
Seabourn has, without much grace or coordination (so you think I am not impartial?!), begun tweaking the use of the The Restaurant (main dining room) and its larger ships. It has also begun making some other small changes. I will detail these in a moment. But before I do I
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