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 […]
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 […]
If you ever need to define first world problems, it’s laying in bed on a Saturday morning in The Mews, The Connaught’s townhouse-in-a-hotel suite, debating with your wife whether this £15,000/n room is better than The Apartment, The Connaught’s even more expensive, penthouse. This stuff can end marriages. Subjectivity Every […]
Finished. The finished article; nice guys finish last; I’ve finished, he’s finished, they’re Finnish. What a word. My background is in software development (sadly, staring at my screen all day and hoping words fall out of me and onto this blog is not how I pay the hotels), where nothing […]
The Langley, Slough Room type: Brew House Garden Room Duration: 14th > 16th February, 2020 It’s a new year and a new era. They promised us not much would change upon leaving the EU, but if that’s the case, why am I suddenly visiting Marriot’s? With a repeat to North […]
The Royal Crescent Hotel, Bath Room type: Deluxe Room Duration: 13th > 15th October, 2018 It’s rare to find a property like The Royal Crescent in Bath. I have never stayed somewhere with such low expectations, but found them lowered so much that I was eating dirt on my way […]
There are many things I define myself by. Son, brother, husband-to-be, worlds most handsome man with a blog called The Good, The Bad and the Luxurious. I also happen to have stayed in almost every luxury hotel in London. Two things I get asked the most: Psycho Bob repeatedly asking where’s […]
The Baglioni Hotel, London Room type: De Vere Suite Duration: 12th > 13th January, 2018 Booked with: Dorsia Travel As part of my escapades into staying in all 22 AMEX FHR properties in London, I am now down to scraping the barrel. And it has shown, with numero 3 left on my […]
The Connaught, London Room type: Prince’s Lodge Duration: 24th > 27th December, 2017 Booked with: Dorsia Travel Rather than boasting about my Christmas and how I avoid all family arguments by avoiding my family, I thought it would be interesting to see what a luxury hotel does over the festive period. […]
Mandarin Oriental, Hyde Park Room type: Mandarin Room Duration: 29th > 30th October, 2017 Booked with: Dorsia Travel I’m 30. I should have learnt by now to listen not only to others, but also myself. Maybe next year is my lucky year of self-improvement. For those after the quick summary, […]
