1st October 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel General Top Tens Personal

10 Reasons Why Mr S is the Perfect Instagram Husband

As social media rapidly continues to take over the world, the phrase ‘Instagram Husband’ has entered our vocabulary and has become a common phenomenon. So what exactly is the somewhat elusive Instagram Husband? He’s the man behind the lens, the one getting in awkward positions as his wife or girl friend demands the perfect photo…. Read more »

31st August 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel General Top Tens Personal

10 Reasons Why I Love Hotels

It may seem a little superficial but luxury hotels have been a lifelong passion for me. Browsing hotels websites, reading Conde Nast traveller and Lonely Planet is a feast for my eyes and I’m always planning where I’d like to stay next. I’ve even got a bucket list which I’ll be telling you about every… Read more »

24th August 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel Europe Personal Iceland

Facing my Fears in Iceland: Hiking Drangey Island

Facing my fears through travel has become a running theme on this blog, but one phobia has reared it’s head a fair few times and that’s my fear of heights. I’ve had to face it several times before getting into small planes, being in precarious situations and ascending Table Mountain on our trip to South… Read more »

1st August 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel Personal

My Travel Fears

Two years ago in the early days of this blog I wrote a post about how travel has made me face my fears and confront my phobias head on. When Maggie suggested writing about scares and fears as part of this month’s travel link up, I thought it would be the perfect time to revisit… Read more »

1st July 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel General Personal

Why I fell in Love with Luxury Travel

For the past nearly four years of writing this blog I’ve been on a mission to show that luxury travel isn’t just about posh, stuffy hotels that cater for the elite. For me luxury travel is about rare experiences, exclusive access, privacy and distance from the crowds and a look at culture in an authentic… Read more »

12th May 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel Personal

Summer Travel Plans and Upcoming Trips

Hello lovely readers, with quite a few trips in quick succession, I thought I’d write a quick update on what travel plans I have in place over summer. As it currently stands I have a few shorter trips and long weekends over the warmer months which are a mixture of press trips and personal holidays…. Read more »

1st May 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel Personal

Travel as a Metaphorical Meal

This month’s travel link up combines two of my favourite things, travel and food!! We’re posing the question, if travel was a menu, what would be your starter (short haul), main (long haul) and/or dessert (a place with a lasting impression). Starter Having lived in the UK all my life, Europe has always been a… Read more »

1st February 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel Luxury Travel Tips Personal

The Ten Commandments of Travel Blogging

We always see those oh-so-perfect colour co-ordinated Instagram feeds, the life of a travel blogger always seems so ideal. But things can sometimes go so horribly wrong…follow my ten commandments of travel blogging to avoid sticky situations… 1. Thou Shall Not Work with Animals or Children… And if you do, never get in the way of… Read more »

20th January 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel Personal

A Well-Travelled Dress

Once upon time there was a dress. A blue and white sun dress to be exact. The dress spent most of her days languishing in a drawer and dreaming of adventure in foreign lands…. Fortunately the dress was owned by a rather intrepid blogger called Angie SilverSpoon…One day Angie took the dress from the drawer… Read more »

13th January 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel Luxury Travel Tips Personal

Lessons Learnt From Losing My Luggage

As soon as our plane touched down in Kenya I turned my phone off from flight mode, eager to quench my social media addiction and check my emails. But immediately my excitement about arriving in Nairobi we obstructed…though we’d made it safely to our destination, my luggage had not and it was still in London…… Read more »