Category Archives: Travel Blogs

Last month we tried something here we had never done before. We published the full program and the full price of a private Ring Road tour before it ran. Nine days, two travellers from California, 2,503,000 ISK, call it 19,700 dollars. We promised to write down what actually happened once they flew home, and judging […]

Vietnam is a country that has so much to offer, there truly is something for everyone including luxury travellers who enjoy the finer things in life. Having first visited Vietnam in 2004 we have been fortunate to explore many different parts of the country since that maiden Vietnam trip. By spending time in both Hanoi […]

The UK countryside is much-loved by both residents and visitors alike. Famed for its beauty, the rural landscape of the British Isles is home to lush, green landscapes that are the envy of many other parts of the world. As well as being home to a number of stunning national parks, the UK is a […]

A client called me from outside Noema at twenty past nine on a Tuesday evening in August. He had a reservation for nine o’clock. He had been at the villa when he should have been in the car, and he had spent the intervening twenty minutes standing in a road with no reliable pavement trying […]

On 7th June 1930, a young Alfred Wainwright – then in his early twenties – went on a day trip to Windermere and decided to climb a nearby hill. The panoramic view from the top transformed his life forever. That summit was Orrest Head, just a short, 15-minute drive from our luxury holiday apartment at […]

Let me tell you about a call I received one July, about four days before a client’s arrival in Mykonos. He had booked a villa through a well-known platform. Magnificent photographs. Strong reviews. Considerable money paid. And then, four days out, the owner rang to say it was not available. Double booking. The platform was […]

A narrowboat holiday might not be everyone’s idea of luxury. But approach with an open-mind and you might be surprised. A number of canal boats nowadays are kitted out to a surprisingly high standard, and it’s perhaps more about the luxury of the lifestyle in any case – the slow pace of life and the […]

I have been doing this since 1999. Twenty-five years. The telephone calls at two in the morning. The villa owner who said no, and then said yes. The yacht that needed a crew change forty-eight hours before departure. The table at the restaurant that had been fully booked for six weeks until it was not. […]

On Portugal’s famed Algarve, the sun shines for over 300 days a year on Victoria Golf Resort and Spa, Managed by Accor. A luxurious hotel, relaxing in extensive grounds, that has been managed by Accor for the past year.  Less than 12 miles east of Faro’s international airport, an easy taxi ride carries guests through […]

Athens is not a city that reveals itself quickly. Mykonos does. You arrive, the light hits you, the sea is there, the island announces itself without reservation. Athens takes longer. The best of it is not on the surface and it is not in the guidebooks, and the people who leave after three days having […]