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LUXURY TRAVEL NEWS, REVIEWS AND ADVICE

Trisara Phuket – Exclusive Special Offer Renewed until December 2025
April 11, 2024 0
For all stays until December 20th 2025, The Luxury Traveller has negotiated an amazing set of benefits at Trisara Phuket, exclusively available to our clients.

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!
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.
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

December 22, 2016

REVIEW – British Airways : Club World (Business Class) – London Heathrow to Newark (B772)

BA's Club World is a great value product, most of the time it can be had for a fraction of the cost of other carriers' business class fares. There is a reason for this. The cabin decor is drab, bland and uninspired. The only thing about the experience that feels premium

December 21, 2016

REVIEW – British Airways : Club Europe (Business Class) – Oslo to London Heathrow (A320)

There is a definite sense here when flying in intra-European business class, I'm being asked to tell the Emperor how lovely his clothes are. If we all play along we can pretend this is ok. Honestly though it isn't. If you are flying long haul and end up in a short haul Business Class cabin, that's fine. However, if you are looking to splash out in order to try Business Class one time, short haul will leave you deeply underwhelmed.

November 23, 2016

REVIEW – Finnair : Business Class – Helsinki to London (A350)

I'm still not convinced that I'd want to fly this for an ultra long haul, as the seats are a little more cramped than on the CX, AA, AF etc equivalents. For a flight to the East Coast of the US this would be more than adequate.

HOTEL REVIEWS

November 29, 2020

REVIEW – Four Seasons Dubai DIFC

I had two terrible nights of sleep here and despite that I would still return in a heartbeat and emphatically recommend this hotel to anybody. The quality of the hardware and service isn't just better than everything in Dubai, its up there with the best I've ever encountered globally...

November 3, 2020

REVIEW – Andaz Dubai The Palm [COVID-era]

I'm not going to lie, I've had mixed experiences with the Andaz brand in the past. I struggle to see how a hotel can be both casual and luxurious at the same time. All too often you'll find that youth oriented brands like W, Andaz and Edition are just cutting corners but still charging luxury prices...

October 28, 2020

REVIEW – Waldorf Astoria Dubai DIFC [COVID-era]

It's been a while since any hotel I stayed at hit every single one of the basics on my checklist and that alone should tell you something. The Waldorf Astoria DIFC is a hotel that offers a hell of a lot in a market which is arguably rather saturated already. The decor makes it a real standout amongst DIFC properties and the location makes it an ideal base of operations for a visit to Dubai...