Dream Lux Travels / Madeira, Portugal
Madeira was worth the detour.
We gave Madeira two nights that could have gone to Porto. It became one of our favourite decisions of the trip.
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AN INDEPENDENT TRAVEL JOURNAL
Go for the experience.
Dream destinations. Extraordinary stays. The unexpected detours in between. And smarter ways to make the journey possible.
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Places that stay with us.
Some trips follow the plan. The ones we talk about most often are the ones that surprise us.
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Dream Lux Travels / Iceland
Two nights in another world.
An Icelandair stopover turned two short nights into a reason to come back for an entire trip.
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Dream Lux Travels / Etihad Airways, First Class
The flight came first.
The rare occasion when I built an itinerary around the flight rather than the destination.
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Dream Lux Travels / Maui · Tuscany · Etihad First
What points really unlocked.
A helicopter over Maui, a private day in Tuscany and a flight worth the journey itself.
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Dream Lux Travels / Banff, Canada
The penthouse we never expected.
A check-in problem became one of our most memorable hotel stays—for the way it was resolved.
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Our stories sit at the intersection of where we go, how we stay, and what makes it all possible.
Different journeys.
One reason to go.
GHENT, BELGIUM / AN UNEXPECTED FAVOURITEA NOTE ON HOW WE TRAVELThe itinerary matters.
The itinerary matters.
The memory matters more.
I love a clever redemption as much as anyone. But a free night isn’t valuable if we didn’t need it. A private tour, a detour or even a flight can be worth planning around when the experience genuinely matters.
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Volcanic landscapes and Monteverde’s cloud forests, then Antigua. We’re planning around nature, adventure and distinctive stays.
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Mexico City, Quito and Montréal, with Teotihuacán and Cotopaxi on our list. Culture, distinctive stays and creative flight planning.