A Regent Seven Seas Cruises specialist, Harriet Smith, sailed Seven Seas Splendor from Lisbon to Monte Carlo and sent a first-hand trip report round to trade partners. Not a press pack, not a fact sheet, but her own seven nights aboard, taken with her mother and written up port by port.
What caught my eye about this is how much of it is sensory rather than promotional. She knew Regent’s selling points on paper before she went… the all-suite layout, the all-inclusive fares, the dining. What she came back with was something different: a proper account of how the ship feels to be on for a week.
That is the kind of source material our cruise specialists can build a real recommendation on, so I wanted to put it in front of you properly.
Quick Agent Brief
- The ship: Seven Seas Splendor, one of Regent’s newer all-suite, all-inclusive ocean ships. Fares include dining, beverages (premium spirits and wine), gratuities, and unlimited shore excursions on most sailings.
- The USP that came through loudest: space. No crowds, no queuing, no rushing anywhere onboard across the full week… always room by the pool, at dinner, on deck.
- Perfect for: luxury and premium couples, mother-daughter and multi-generational pairs, experienced cruisers trading up, and first-time luxury cruisers nervous about crowds and queues.
- Janine’s take: a genuine specialist trip report is worth ten brochures, and this one gives you the specific detail that makes a client say yes.
- Action this week: two Splendor sailings are bookable now (a 14-night Lisbon-to-Rome in October 2027 and an 11-night Canada and New England foliage sailing in September 2026). Match one to a client on your list.
Space Is the Product: What All-Suite, All-Inclusive Delivers
The single thread running through Harriet’s whole report is room to breathe. Embarkation in Lisbon took under ten minutes from taxi to standing on deck with a glass of champagne… she called it the smoothest boarding she has had across many cruise lines. For a nervous first-time luxury client, that first ten minutes sets the tone for the entire holiday.
From there it held all week. No crowds and no queuing. Always a space by the pool, a table at dinner, a lounger free whenever she wanted one. Large egg chairs and double sun loungers there for the taking rather than fought over at dawn. This is the detail that separates Regent from a mainstream premium line, and it is the exact reservation an experienced cruiser has when they think about trading up.
The all-inclusive model is earning its place here too. When dining, drinks including premium spirits and wine, gratuities and shore excursions are already in the fare, your client is not reaching for a card all week. For the right couple that removes the one friction that can sour a luxury holiday. The client angle for an experienced cruiser is simple: you have done the big ships, this is what comes next.
Dolphins Off Tangier and the Best Steak at Prime 7
The moments Harriet chose to write up are the ones that sell a sailing.
Off Tangier, dolphins swam alongside the ship, spotted from the balcony with her mother… a lifelong cruise wish finally met. On the sea day, it was the pool, a book, sunshine and, in her words, a developing obsession with the fresh pineapple and bagels. Small and human, the kind of detail a client believes.
Dining was a highlight she returned to. Prime 7, the speciality steak restaurant, gave her a window table against a sunset backdrop and what she called the best steak she has ever had. Service she described as impeccable and consistent across breakfast, lunch and dinner, every day of the week.
Her Concierge Suite gave her a spacious balcony, a marble bathroom, a deep and comfortable bed, and included valet laundry that came back pressed and folded. She singled out her suite attendant, Lemuel, by name for warmth and personal attention, and described the crew throughout as genuine and personal. That named-crew detail is what tells a hesitant client this is care, not choreography.
Two Splendor Sailings You Can Book Now
Harriet flagged two bookable Seven Seas Splendor itineraries, and they suit very different clients.
14 nights, from 17 October 2027, Lisbon to Rome. Lisbon, Cadiz, Tangier, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Barcelona, Palamos, Toulon, Monte Carlo, Savona, Tuscany, Bastia and Rome. This extends Harriet’s own route with Tuscany and Toulon added, so you are pitching a sailing your source has partly experienced herself. Ideal for the couple or multi-gen pair who want a fuller Mediterranean arc. Booking early on a 2027 luxury sailing protects suite choice, which on an all-suite ship is the whole conversation.
11 nights, from 17 September 2026, Montreal to Boston. Montreal, Quebec City, Saguenay, Sept-Iles, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Charlottetown, Sydney, Halifax, Saint John with an overnight in the Bay of Fundy, then Boston. An autumn foliage sailing through Canada and New England, in whale-watching territory. This one suits the experienced cruiser after a season and a scenery change rather than sun, and the September 2026 window is close enough that ready-to-book clients should be moved this month.
Within JLT, our cruise specialists do their best work when they can speak from real detail rather than a fact sheet. This report gives you that. Match one of these two sailings to a client this week and lead with what Harriet saw for herself.
Here’s to what’s next…
