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LUXURY TRAVEL NEWS, REVIEWS AND ADVICE

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    AWESOME DEAL – Free Transfers and Half Board at the Waldorf Astoria Maldives!
    April 10, 2024 0
    One of the best deals in the Maldives has just been renewed for most of 2024. Free yacht transfers and half board (breakfast and dinner), with Hilton Impresario benefits added on top!
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    REVIEW – Swan Hellenic Antarctica Cruise
    March 28, 2024 0
    Belmond's Hiram Bingham is a beautifully restored and maintained train, which truly immersed us in the golden age of rail travel. There is no question that the overall experience is very luxurious and that it is the ideal way to circumvent some of the more onerous government regulation, that makes visiting the citadel of Machu Picchu so complicated.
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    Four Seasons Yacht now bookable!
    March 26, 2024 0
    Auberge Hotels is offering savings of 30% on select dates through to October 31, 2024. These Black Friday rates will be bookable until November 27th and are combinable with our usual Virtuoso benefits.

HOTEL BOOKING

Our clients benefit from the best available rates on hotels, in addition to added benefits on every stay. These added benefits come at no cost to you and are entirely financed by our hotel partners.

Our bookings are always made directly with hotels, via preferred channels. This means that you can still enjoy status benefits and points earning at any hotel that offers a loyalty program.

Breakfast

Hotel credit

Room upgrades

Flexible check in/out

Select one of the options below to begin your journey with us...

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BELMOND TRAIN BOOKING

As a Belmond Bellini Club agency we are able to offer our clients the following benefits on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, Andean Explorer, The Royal Scotsman and The Eastern and Oriental Express:

VIP welcome amenity

$100 onboard credit

(per person)

Cabin upgrades

If available on the day of departure

$500 gift voucher

Per cabin. For use on a future Belmond booking of $2,500+

For shorter day trips on the Belmond British Pullman and The Hiram Bingham we offer the below benefits:

VIP welcome amenity

$50 onboard credit

(per person)
BELMOND TRAIN BOOKING ENQUIRY

CRUISE BOOKING

Our clients benefit from the best available rates on cruises. 

As a Virtuoso agency we offer a variety of different value added benefits which vary according to the cruise line and specific sailing.

Examples of possible benefits:

Complimentary speciality dining

Shipboard credit

Cabin upgrades

First to board

CRUISE BOOKING ENQUIRY
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FLIGHT REVIEWS

April 8, 2017
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REVIEW – Cathay Pacific : Business Class – Hong Kong to London (B77W)
The Cathay reverse herringbone seat is often used as the benchmark for what is acceptable in a business class product nowadays. For a daytime flight I absolutely agree. It supplies storage, comfort and direct aisle access to every single passenger. There really are no bad seats on Cathay, it's nicer to get a window seat of course but it isn't a massive downgrade to end up in a middle seat.
February 15, 2017
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REVIEW – Cathay Pacific : Business Class – Hong Kong to Bali (B747)
The crew were excited to be there, I was excited to be there and everything just fell into place. The service was spectacular throughout and it was great to have so many interesting conversations with a group of people who seemed to care so deeply about their jobs.
 

HOTEL REVIEWS

February 12, 2021
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REVIEW – Finolhu
Finolhu is a radically different proposition to the majority of luxury properties in the Maldives. It is not looking to be the most OTT or the most luxurious, if that's what you're looking for you'll be disappointed. There are plenty of other resorts which will happily take $25,000 from you for a bottle of Mouton Rothschild before you wander back to the rooftop deck of your duplex villa....
February 6, 2021
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REVIEW – Waldorf Astoria Maldives Ithaafushi
Nine months after our initial visit, we returned for another four night stay. This fact alone should tell you a lot. If you're booking this hotel using points, it's a complete no brainer. The villas are utterly spectacular and no other chain hotel on earth comes close to this in terms of value when redeeming loyalty points.
January 27, 2021
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TRIP REPORT – The Maldives: the ultimate socially distant destination?
A destination that is almost tailor made for social distancing, with a stable entry policy, close to Europe, a low COVID rate and its steepest ever discounts on accomodation. If you've made the decision to travel during this pandemic I think it's almost impossible to make the case for a better destination.