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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)
A little warning about using Online Booking Websites. I know many of you think that using online booking engines provides you with convenience and empowerment. Alas, what you see may not be what you are really getting…and it might even cause you not to take that once-in-a-lifetime trip! Silversea Silver Discoverer Yesterday I was arranging
Mark Conroy and I have a history; and not a good one. It has been a few years and things may have changed, so I enter this new era at Silversea Cruises (or is it?) with an open mind and the hope of improvements. Mark ConroyNew Head of Silversea’s Miami Office To be honest, it
I am always skeptical of “sales”, but there really are legitimate, great value, sales going on with most cruise lines for closer in cruises. If you are looking to travel during February through June or if you are looking to take a cruise that might be beyond your travel budget if taken during peak seasons,
Eric J. GoldringNot Your Ordinary Travel Agent! Earlier this week I was contacted by someone looking to book their honeymoon and had focused on a Seabourn cruise. One would think the approach would be, “Easy. Book him and be done!” But that is not how Goldring Travel works because there is more to creating a
I am really excited to announce that Silversea Cruises has finally inked the deal for its new ship: Silver Muse. It will be arriving in the Spring of 2017. The first thing that I like is the name. It is creative and playful. After so many boring and repetitive names, Silver Muse provides a bit
Last week was Cruise Shipping Miami, the largest cruise industry convention in the world…and known as “Where the Cruise Industry Does Business”. For me it is a gold mine of information, perspectives…and questions. The biggest question annually for me involves the world of luxury cruise travel. Whether it is “What is it?” “What are the
Silversea Cruises’ biggest problem is not its failure of the Silver Shadow’s Centers for Disease Control inspection, but V.Ships. As I mentioned in an earlier article, V.Ships is an independent management company that both yachts and cruise lines hire to manage various aspects of their staffing and/or ship management. This can be stewardesses or ship’s
The news of the Silversea Silver Shadow failing a CDC inspection was not totally unexpected. I have waited commenting until I read the Centers for Disease Control report because first hand information is far more reliable. There is a law firm that spends much of its time going after cruise lines – with very mixed
This review is a summary of my seven part series of my time on the Silversea Silver Shadow May 30, 2013 cruise in Alaska as well as a bit of a comparison of the Silversea product on the Silver Shadow and Silver Whisper to the product Seabourn has on its Odyssey-class ships (Odyssey, Sojourn and
Our last day of our Alaska cruise on the Silversea Silver Shadow after our early morning visit to the Hubbard Glacier was a sea day with most of my time spent lazing around, trying to catch up on work…with very intermittent internet, trying not to think about our long trip home. I did spend some
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