Travel Articles by Destination

Turning a Layover into an Adventure in Amsterdam

Turning a Layover into an Adventure in Amsterdam

Everyone loves non-stop flights. Nobody likes layovers. Changing planes to make a connection is inconvenient. But making a stop can become an advantage with advance planning. On our last trip to Europe, we turned a layover into an adventure.

Add a Luxe Touch to Your Home

Add a Luxe Touch to Your Home

Have you always longed for an opulent dining room or a high-end lounge? From luscious materials to beautiful adornments, creating a luxuriously decadent home can be easily done.

Holiday Gifts That Can’t Be Wrapped: Unexpected, Luxury Experiences

Holiday Gifts That Can’t Be Wrapped: Unexpected, Luxury Experiences

From a luxe helicopter ride to Napa for a private wine tasting, to living like James Bond in Monte Carlo, a coastal getaway to Pebble Beach, or private yachting, here are once-in-a-lifetime, luxury experiences that are unforgettable.

Switzerland’s Crans Montana - Creature Comforts & Rugged Beauty

Switzerland’s Crans Montana - Creature Comforts & Rugged Beauty

In the dark we bounced across deep ruts. The light from the Land Rover’s headlights traced the outlines of the switch-back road. We rounded a bend close to a cliff’s edge. The chassis rattled as it took the turn, gravel skittered away from the tires and disappeared into the void.

5 Luxury Travel Experiences in Thailand

5 Luxury Travel Experiences in Thailand

Thailand is renowned for its lavish resorts nestled beside dreamy white sands and dazzling waters, but the country has so much more to offer. Those who venture beyond the beaches are rewarded with a world of unique, luxurious experiences.

Stay Like the Pope in this Exclusive $12K per night Rome Retreat

Stay Like the Pope in this Exclusive $12K per night Rome Retreat

All Rome is a stage. For more than two millennia, she has served as the stunning backdrop for spectacles staged initially by the fathers of the res publica, then by the emperors and finally by the popes.

Travel to the Ends of the Earth with Henry Cookson, Cookson Adventures

Travel to the Ends of the Earth with Henry Cookson, Cookson Adventures

Founded in 2009, Cookson Adventures has pioneered the concept of world firsts in luxury adventure travel. From organizing the first manned submersible dive in Antarctica to carrying out crucial conservation work in the Galápagos Islands, the company is putting luxury at the heart of extraordinary journeys.

Adventure travel doesn’t have to mean roughing it

Adventure travel doesn’t have to mean roughing it

Does the thought of traveling to far-off places and seeing incredible, heart-soaring wonders send a shiver of excitement up your spine?

5 Reasons to Escape to Portugal's Madeira Island

5 Reasons to Escape to Portugal's Madeira Island

Madeira is a semi-tropical island rising from sea level to over 6,000 feet. Its steep pitch gives the island six distinct climate zones.

The best places in Northern Europe to spend New Year’s Eve 2018

The best places in Northern Europe to spend New Year’s Eve 2018

New Year’s Eve 2018 is fast approaching, everyone has their own way of celebrating, while some prefer to stay local or indoors some decide to venture out of their hometown and see how the special day is celebrated elsewhere!

Looking for a winter getaway the whole family will love?

Looking for a winter getaway the whole family will love?

For some, the mere thought of chasing away winter blues by spending a week sailing on a private yacht is a mini-vacation in itself. But for a family, the idea of bringing children on a yacht sometimes gives parents pause.

Rembrandt, Canals, Pilgrims and Tulips in The Netherland’s Leiden

Rembrandt, Canals, Pilgrims and Tulips in The Netherland’s Leiden

Our introduction to Leiden began with an outdoor café and church bells. My wife, Michelle, and I had taken the train from The Hague (Den Hague), barely a fifteen-minute ride.

A New Ski Getaway at Snowpine Lodge in Alta, Utah

A New Ski Getaway at Snowpine Lodge in Alta, Utah

With winter right around the corner, skiers are beginning to make their vacation plans at resorts throughout the world. Considering there are almost 500 ski areas in the US alone, skiers have plenty of options from which to choose.

10 Must Do's at Taos' El Monte Sagrado Resort

10 Must Do's at Taos' El Monte Sagrado Resort

The best kinds of hotels aren’t just places to stay. They are places with stories to tell. Places where the eye discovers something new at every turn.

Top 5 Destinations in the USA for a Luxury Stay

Top 5 Destinations in the USA for a Luxury Stay

When planning a holiday to the U.S., you may be a little overwhelmed by the choices of places to visit. Don’t worry! We have put together our top 5 luxury locations, so you can put that stress behind you and enjoy a relaxing break in the USA.