Regent Seven Seas Cruises and Oceania Cruises announced today that they are “embark(ing) on a strong growth phase“, starting with the return of Jason Montague, but not just as the head of Regent Seven Seas, but as the “Chief Luxury Cruise Officer” of both Regent and Oceania. This not only ends

Stop The Press! The sailing for Goldring Travel’s 2026 Culinary & Cultural Journey: Borneo & Indonesia on Aurora Expeditions  is technically SOLD OUT. Fortunately, I have a couple of staterooms on hold, but only for a few more days. If you are interested, NOW is the time to book it.

    The expedition travel market…and marketing…has really come forward this past year and the changes seem to be rapid fire!   In September, Lindblad Expeditions repositioned itself by its name taking a backseat to National Geographic. The reason seems obvious on its face: National Geographic has tremendous worldwide brand

It was just announced that Natalya Leahy is leaving Seabourn for a job outside of Carnival Corp. after a decade with the corporation. While I can’t say I know it is another abandonment of Seabourn and Carnival Corp, it sure seems like it. Why do I say that? Because there

After almost two weeks, it was finally time to truly “hit the ice” on my Aurora Expeditions’ Sylvia Earle journey. In a rather curious way, after the Falkland Islands, but even more so, South Georgia, were huge successes despite the weather and seas, arriving in the more “expected” Antarctica brought

My early season Antarctic expedition on Aurora Expedition’s Sylvia Earle continued, and it has had an unexpected but much appreciated personal sense of completion. In my now eight expeditions to Antarctica, I have heard various versions, with various amounts of enthusiasm, about Ernest Shackleton and his epic voyages to Antarctica,

Our expedition on Aurora Expeditions’ Sylvia Earle continued in South Georgia. We are fortunate that our Expedition Leader, Ashley, lived on South Georgia for years (even getting married there), so she has a tremendous amount of expertise of, and passion for, this extraordinary area.  With the challenging weather and seas,

Consistent with my advice to try and avoid October polar expeditions, with two sea days on Aurora Expedition’s Sylvia Earle as we sailed from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia (remembering we reversed our itinerary and will visit Antarctica last), the seas were up to 18 feet (consistently 12 feet). 

My Antarctica, South Georgia, and Falklands expedition on Aurora Expeditions’ Sylvia Earle continued with a busy first sea day; a day that I believe is highly underrated as part of an expedition experience. It is when one is briefed on what an expedition is, attends safety and environmental videos and