By Eric Goldring
Yesterday the Seabourn Quest arrived in Venice, Italy bringing her maiden World Cruise sojourn to a very successful end. Courtesy of Captain Geir-Arne Thue-Nilsen At the start of the World Cruise I wrote an article, Seabourn Quest 2012 World Cruise – Behind The Scenes and now we have come (virtually)
Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises (you know the separate cruise lines that are really becoming one cruise line) are implementing a rather draconian (heavy-handed) solution to the problem of extreme discounting. First, what is this about? There is a real problem in the cruise industry where certain travel
Cruise Critic Posters: Don’t be so quick to blame Holland America for changes at Seabourn…Blame yourselves. Over the past few weeks I have received emails and Facebook messages asking me if I had read the recent threads from various posters including, but not limited to, SeabournTraveller and Card Check. I must
About three months ago I moved my office from Red Bank, New Jersey to Colts Neck, New Jersey…which is about 15 minutes away. The move, overall, went pretty smoothly, but I have one nagging problem: The United States Post Office. You see, when I send out Pre-Cruise Documents (for those
Recently the IBM Institute for Business Value did a study of travelers and if they believed they were getting value for their travel dollar. There is a lot of very interesting data in that study worth considering, both as a travel advisor and as a travel consumer. (There are two parts
On Monday at 10:56 a.m. I received an email from a client that had just concluded a 12 day cruise on the Seabourn Odyssey. I loved reading that the cruise was “superb” and they had “thoroughly enjoyed” themselves. But…and isn’t there always: They had left a brand new expensive hat
Over the past months I have been on a bit of a roll complaining about how cruise lines, even luxury lines, have treated its passengers (who used to be treated as “guests”) looking at their immediate bottom line rather than the long term one. Royal Caribbean brands seem to consistently
Last evening I attended a charity event that raised almost $750,000 for a wonderful organization. Silversea Cruises really came through with a huge assist and some nice money for the charity was raised. The issue, to my mind, was that not enough was raised. Why? Obviously it was not because there
Are you looking for something different in an itinerary or a luxury cruise experience? Well, I think I have found the perfect combination: The Silversea Silver Explorer Expedition cruise on October 18, 2013. You may have heard about my traipsing and canoeing through the Peruvian Amazon, staying in thatched-roofed lean-tos,
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