Yet another luxury travel blog
When a hotel makes an appearance in the Financial Times, it’s normally because an owner has their paintings confisciated for tax evasion, some guy with nukes wants to meet another guy with nukes in Singapore, or one’s going on the cheap for a few hundred million dollars and How to […]
If you met your first crush now, would you still feel the same? You’d probably appreciate that they no longer stick their fingers in electrical sockets and don’t try and eat crayons, but would that tingly feeling still remain? I still remember my amazement at visiting Serengeti House in 2018 […]
When it comes to purchasing luxury fashion goods, my wife and I have a simple rule: check the label. It’s the ultimate sniff test. It shows the inner workings, the behind-the-scenes, the rip-off-ometer. It tells you whether you’re paying purely for the name because it’s made from the type of […]
Airelles have become one of my favourite luxury hotel groups. Their strong service ethos, an extremely family-friendly focus blended with luxury and an emphasis on sense-of-place. But what if the place isn’t that great? Then what do you do? Airelles Courchevel decided to go in all with a Swiss alpine […]
As we departed Coworth Park, I was reminded of the frantic beginning of The Haunting of Hill House, where the family is scrambling to escape, with no time to do anything but flee from the present horror. Such was the rush of our departure, they probably thought we were stealing the entire […]
No, this is not that Four Seasons, the one between a dildo store and a crematorium. This is the lower-profile version. You’ll notice a lack of pictures in this review. That’s because I asked room service to come to clean my suite so I could photograph it, but they never showed up. […]
Tradition is a wonderful thing. As someone Irish/English, we can all agree my tradition is to be drunk 200% of the time. The Carlyle is smothered in tradition, but like that time in history where women got to choose between drowned or burnt alive, not all traditions are brilliant. I […]
Expectations are everything. If you swipe right on a picture of Chris Hemsworth and my hideous face shows up for the date, you’re morally and legally allowed to taser me. Them the rules. My stay at Aman New York was very much about expectations. First of all, it’s an Aman. That’s […]
Let’s start with the good news: my stay was significantly cheaper than expected. Now for the bad: because they comped half the stay. Maybourne Riviera is the latest opening from the previously London-centric Maybourne Group. Their portfolio reads like a Best of London list: The Berkeley, Claridge’s and The Connaught. With […]
I really hate the French. They have better food than us Brits, better weather, a vastly superior national football team (even accounting for football coming home, a few days ago). They don’t elect morons as Presidents, their healthcare system works, they’re part of the EU and boy do they know […]
