Hotels
What we are watching,
and what we would book.
Three things every month or so: a hotel worth knowing about, a place whose season is starting, and the journey we are sending most people on. Written by the people who plan them.
Hotels
The Biggest New Resort in the Caribbean, and Who It Is Actually For
Two thousand one hundred and seventy-one suites opened in Punta Cana this year. Scale like that suits some families extremely well and almost nobody else.
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Houses we would put a client into, and the ones we would not.
Hotels
Beaches Turks & Caicos Has Added a Whole New Village
Treasure Beach opened on Grace Bay on the first of March: 101 multi-bedroom suites, a lagoon pool of fifteen thousand square feet, and a thirty-two-seat cinema.Read
Hotels
The Clinic That Moved to the Caribbean
SHA opened its second address in Costa Mujeres: seven hectares, a hundred rooms, thirty-five residences, and five programmes running from four days to three weeks.ReadSeasons
The fortnight, the month, the window. When a place is worth the flight.
Seasons
Lapland: The Christmas Story Your Child Steps Into
In Lapland, we build the days as one continuous story — elves, secret forests, reindeer, toy workshops, snowy trails and, only when the moment is right, a private meeting with Santa himself.Read
Seasons
The Two Weeks Lavender Actually Happens
Everyone thinks Provence lavender means July. In reality, Valensole can begin blooming in mid-June — and in an early year, harvesting may start before July has properly begun.Read
Seasons
Normandy, When Summer Lets Go
The cliffs begin to empty, oysters return to their traditional season, cider apples start to fall — and the coast becomes more interesting precisely when most people stop thinking about it.ReadJourneys
Routes we have just built, and what had to be arranged to make them work.
Journeys
Six Days in Kenya, Without Turning Safari into a Checklist
Lake Nakuru and the Maasai Mara, with one flight in the middle. The shortest safari we are willing to sell, and the one we sell most.Read
Journeys
Seven Days in the Loire, and Not a Coach in Sight
Châteaux, gardens, a market kitchen and a bicycle. The week we build for travellers who think they have already done France.Read
Journeys
Eight Days in the British Virgin Islands, Under Sail
Protected channels, mostly short passages and a different anchorage every night. One of the easiest places to discover whether life on a boat is actually for you.ReadBy post
Three a month. Nothing else.
No offers, no countdowns, no ninety-nine-dollar deals. A hotel worth knowing about, a place whose season is starting, and the route we have just finished.