Destinations

Featured Destinations

Explore our featured destination guides, or browse all destination articles by location below.

Alicante

Las Vegas

Marbella

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United Kingdom

Ultimate staycations and best luxury rentals

STAYCATION: Flying without the quarantine risk (hopefully) A “wee” city break in Belfast

 

Jersey

British Airways Club Europe with afternoon tea-  Jersey to Heathrow review

Luxury guide to Jersey and Longueville Manor, St Helier, Jersey (Relais and Chateau) review

Testing times in Jersey & why Jersey will lose tourists if it doesn’t act

My Jersey trip part one – entry requirements, what to expect, and my £80 PCR test experience

Jersey to exempt vaccinated travellers from tests

 

Africa

Weekend break: Marrakech

 

Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand – 5 reasons it should be on your bucket list

Australia inspiration and learn the lingo

Planning a trip to Australia – off the beaten track including Tasmania

Planning a trip to Australia part 1 – Southern and Western Australia

Planning a trip to Australia part 1 – East Coast and Melbourne

How to get to Australia and New Zealand using Avios in business or first

 

Barbados

Ultimate luxury for less guide to Barbados

Barbados hotels using hotel points redemptions

These reviews and articles are from my Barbados visit in October/November 2020

My BA Club World flight

My Virgin Upper Class return

Planning a trip – entry requirements, arrival and quarantine/2nd test at The Crane

Fairmont Royal Pavillion review

Sea Breeze Beach House all-inclusive hotel review

Coral Reef Club and the Sandpiper

Colony Club Hotel by Elegant Hotels (Marriott)

Villas to rent that all are quarantine approved

Caribbean

Antigua – alternative to Barbados or St Lucia?

Barbados on points and miles

Ultimate guide to Barbados

Cuba – Havana and Caya Coco

 

Europe

• Weekend break/tier point breaks – Luxembourg
• Weekend breaks: Munich
• Weekend breaks: Ghent
• Weekend breaks: Kiev part 1
• Weekend Breaks: Kiev part 2
• Corfu – what’s it like during the pandemic?

 

• Weekend breaks: Sicily – Catania and Taormina
• Venice – top 5 things to do

 

• Italy – The Ultimate Luxury Travel guide part 1
• Italy – The Ultimate Luxury Travel guide part 2

• Ibiza for the over-thirties; Timeless classic or feeling Jurassic?

• Iceland
• To Helsinki and beyond – part one visiting Helsinki in the happiest country in the world
• To Helsinki & beyond part 2 – Side Trips and Day Trips: Reindeer, Villages and National Parks
• A great value short luxury break in Tallinn – To Helsinki & beyond part 3

 

Middle East

Luxury guide to Dubai

Luxury hotels in Dubai guide

Why I fell in love with Ras Al Khaimah, UAE – a great alternative to Dubai and Abu Dhabi

 

Asia

• A Trip to Thailand

 

South and Central America

Rio de Janeiro – why visit and what to do

 

South Pacific

The Cook Islands

 

United States

• Las Vegas unusual things to do
• Phoenix and Scottsdale
• 2021 Vegas update and video interview
• Ultimate Guide to Planning a trip to Florida – part 1

• Ultimate Guide to planning a 2021 Florida holiday – Part 2 The Best Deals on Hotels in Florida

• Ultimate guide to planning a trip to Florida for 2021 – Part 3 Getting there cheaply on miles or cash tickets

 

Norway

• Visiting Bodø in the Arctic Circle with Finnair plus Nordland scenic railway to Trondheim, Norway

 

Scotland

• Destination hotel review: Isle of Eriska Hotel, Spa and Island, near Oban, Scotland
• Beach landing in Barra, Scotland – an amazing day in the Outer Hebrides