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– Avalon Myanmar – Myanmar River Cruise – April 2017
Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part VI (Kya Hnyat to Kyauk Myaung)
Avalon Waterways – Myanmar – Part IX (The Ship: Avalon Myanmar)
Avalon Waterways – Myanmar (Burma) – Reflections: “Isn’t This Amazing!?”
*Azamara Club Cruises – Azamara Journey – Singapore to Dubai (April 8, 2018)
* Azamara Quest – Southeast Asia and Japan (February 2015)
– How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? – Part I
– How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part II
– How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part III
– How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? Part IV
– How Close to Luxury Can Celebrity’s Smallest Ship Get? – Some Final Observations and Thoughts
– The Prologue to the Travelogue
– The Adventure Begins…With a Bump or Two
– Settling In Made Easy
– Luxury Touches Here, There and OK, Not, Everywhere…But There Are Lots of Them!
– Asian Flair Onboard and On Shore
– Private Tours, Israel and Conflicts in Perceptions and Perspective
Celebrity Equinox 2009 – Egypt…Impressive and Depressing
– Dining With the Captain and the Reidel Wine Seminar
– The Last Dinner (Tuscan Grille) and Disembarkation
– What Happens When A Class Act Meets Highly Discounted Cruise Fare
– Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part I
– Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part II
– Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part III
– Lisbon to Monaco: Crystal As a “Move Up” & “Move Over” Luxury Option – Part IV (Food & Wine!)
– Princess Cruises Doesn’t Treat You Like Royalty; Celebrity Cruises Does! Which is a Better Value for the Upscale Cruise Guest? Part I
– 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)
Regent Seven Seas Voyager – August 2017
– Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part I
– Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part II (Getting There, The Stateroom and First Impressions)
– Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part III (“You Can’t Teach Five Star Service” and Bonafacio, Corsica)
– Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part IV (Calvi, Monaco, Portofino, Porto Azzurro…and Stale Bread)
– Italy and Corisca 2014 – Part V (My Last Day…and How The Chef’s Team Makes It Happen)
Goldring Travel’s 2017 Culinary & Cultural Cruise sets sail September 4, 2017 on the beautiful, ultra-luxury, Seabourn Encore for 10 days round-trip Barcelona, Spain. And, as usual, Goldring Travel has special pricing! Seabourn Encore As you probably know this annually sold out event is limited to only 14 pampered guests plus, of course, me! And,
The Seabourn Encore is an impressive ship and clearly a larger (but not too large) and overall improved version of the Seabourn Odyssey-class ships. The attributes that have struck me in my first few hours onboard is that she is lighter, more open and spacious, and both modern but more nautical in feel. To be
Tomorrow, courtesy of Seabourn, I fly to Singapore to attend the Inaugural Celebration and Cruise of the Seabourn Encore; Seabourn’s newest and largest ship with a capacity of 604 guests. Seabourn Encore Goldring Travel, a Seabourn Platinum Elite Agency, is one of but a handful (if that) of travel agencies that have been invited on
I am pleased to announce the 2017 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise on the Seabourn Encore! Seabourn Encore This year our intimate group of no more than 16 guests will be sailing September 4, 2017 on a 10 day roundtrip Barcelona, Spain cruise visiting Spain, Morocco, Portugal and Gibraltar, with an
The 2016 Goldring Travel Culinary & Cultural (Food & Wine) Cruise spent a second day in Belfast, Northern Ireland, so we headed out to St. George’s Market for a wander around and to buy some souvenirs. St. George’s Market – Belfast, Northern Ireland It is packed with both culinary and cultural items ranging for local
The Oban Distillery stands over downtown Oban, Scotland The Seabourn Quest arrived in the quiet town of Oban, Scotland to rainy skies, so after a few active days it was good to slow things down a bit. After strolling through the seafront I headed up the hill, winding through pretty, well kept, streets to McCraig’s
You want a great deal on a last minute luxury Seabourn cruise? Tallin, Estonia Goldring Travel has one for you! We are combining a Seabourn-On-Sale cruise on Seabourn Quest June 11, 2016 (seven day sailing from Copenhagen, Denmark to Stockholm, Sweden) with a complimentary Exclusive Elite Ensemble Experience in Tallin, Estonia and a Goldring Travel
Seabourn continues to work to makes it’s product better and, in typical Seabourn fashion, it has been doing this rather quietly and without hype. And, of course, while everything cannot be identical with Seabourn having two classes of ships, it is working to assure a consistent product across the fleet; something unique to Seabourn.
Seabourn has a number of promotions right now on a number of this year’s sailings that are well and truly great values. But before I get to them, you are probably asking, “Why?” The answer is simple: Across the industry sailings in Europe are softer than expected this year and, thus, for the first time
Note: Immediately after originally posting this article, Dennis Schall, Skift News Editor, chose to engage in an infantile Twitter war with his first response being “@GoldringTravel nattering nabobs of negativism, not us.” and then, “@GoldringTravel I was just quoting you Spiro Agnew…” Obviously when a publication immediately goes to infantile name-calling, it speaks volumes as
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