By Eric Goldring
Regent Seven Seas is not the first cruise line to do it, but it is the most recent (Crystal has a similar program). Essentially it limits the commission a travel agent can earn on bookings that are transferred to it from another agency. The rationale is that if an agency
This summer our plans for the family vacation changed. (It is a long story.) The result: We just decided to take a 13 night cruise on the brand new Celebrity Equinox round-trip Rome, but visiting Israel and Egypt. (You can read my review of her sister, the Celebrity Solstice here.
As the summer season rolls around you will, as I predicted, find that most luxury cruise ships are full or nearly so. The problem is, of course, that while the cruise lines are claiming record numbers of bookings and seek to convert their new clientèle into regular guests aboard their
I announced many weeks ago that Seabourn was rolling out new menus designed by Charley Palmer. The menus are actually going to be rolled out in stages, but the Coming Out Party is going to be on the Seabourn Odyssey. For those of you going…”How come on the Odyssey? I
There is no question that the Regent Seven Seas Navigator has been the ugly duckling of the fleet for some years now. She has had problems with vibration, air conditioning and plumbing, tired interior spaces and, to be sure, service issues as well. Prestige Cruise Holdings, parent of Regent Seven
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On the heels of Seabourn announcing its busiest days (based upon phone calls and/or bookings) on record, Regent Seven Seas made a similar announcement which is now followed by Crystal Cruises and Silversea…and Regent Seven Seas UK’s office. This is a good news/bad news scenario. (Remember calls and bookings do
As you know I am not a big fan of travel magazines…and especially the polls and surveys they promote. Well, today in the mail I received a mailer for a new magazine coming out in August: AFAR. What got me was its highlighted introduction: “If your idea of travel is
For some reason, there has been a lot of controversy over the Category V1 and V2 balconies on the new Seabourn Odyssey. Let me provide you with the accurate information. It is a bit different than was originally reported. I do not know why, but it is what it is…and
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