24th January 2019 | Everyday Luxury Travel Europe Top Tens Luxury Travel Tips

My Top Ten European City Break Destinations

Living in London, there’s nothing quite like jumping on a plane and being in a brand new city experiencing a new cuisine and culture within hours! That’s why I’m a big fan of European city breaks and here are my favourites. 1. Rome, Italy The Eternal City of Rome is somewhere everyone should visit at… Read more »

7th September 2018 | Everyday Luxury Travel Restaurants Europe UK General Luxury Travel Tips

The Top Twenty Instagram Hot Spots in London: A Luxury Guide

It would be no exaggeration to say that I’m addicted to Instagram and of course I’m not the only one! That being said I thought I’d share some of my favourite spots for Instagram photography in my home city of London. 1. Peggy Porschen A rare moment of quiet at London’s most popular bakery… @peggyporschenofficial… Read more »

1st July 2018 | Everyday Luxury Travel Top Tens Luxury Travel Tips Personal

Hotels with Heart: Six of the Best Hotels that Give Back

At the end of May our co-host Polly tweeted about spreading some sunshine with an act of kindness – her tweet went viral spreading love along with it! With that in mind we decided to stick with the theme of kindness for our travel link up. It’s a growing trend for luxury hotels to not… Read more »

1st June 2018 | Everyday Luxury Travel Top Tens Luxury Travel Tips

My Top Ten Luxury Hotel Features

With the topic of this months travel link up being luxury I thought I’d compile a ‘best of the best’ hotel features that I’ve experienced so far. 1. Best Ever Room Three years ago Mr S and I went to South Africa and stayed in a safari lodge called Singita Boulders. We entered the room,… Read more »

15th March 2018 | Everyday Luxury Travel Luxury Travel Tips Personal

Luxury Travel Tips: How to Use TripAdvisor for the Luxury Traveller

Love it or hate it, TripAdvisor can be an incredible useful tool when planning your travel. As a forum made up of user-generated content it is of course incredibly subjective and many people discount it as useless. Personally, I think TripAdvisor shouldn’t be so easily disregarded but it should be read in certain way to… Read more »

10th January 2018 | Everyday Luxury Travel General Luxury Travel Tips Personal

Five Ways to Relinquish Control when you’re a Controlling Travel Planner

It’s been well documented on this blog that I have a type A personality meaning I’m highly organised, an over-planner, meticulous with sticking to deadlines, always punctual but often highly stressed. Mr Silver is the relaxed, laid back and patient type B counterpart to my overly controlling personality. Generally this means we complement each other… Read more »

17th November 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel Luxury Travel Tips

Luxury Travel Tips: How to Choose the Perfect Luxury Hotel for You

Choosing a hotel may not be of the utmost importance to everyone but for me the right accommodation can really make or break as holiday. Of course your hotel priorities will be different depending on the destination but in this post I aim to give you some overall guidelines to select your hotel and avoid… Read more »

16th May 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel Luxury Travel Tips

Luxury Travel Tips: How to Plan the Perfect Honeymoon

It’s undoubtably going to be the biggest, most exciting (and most expensive) holiday of your life. Everyone want’s their honeymoon to be absolutely perfect and this post I want to help you guarantee that it is!! Here are my top tips to plan the perfect honeymoon. Budget When planning your wedding I think it’s important… Read more »

1st March 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel UK Top Tens Luxury Travel Tips

Top Ten London Boutique Hotels

I’ve always had a thing for boutique hotels, you know those special places, small but full of character. They’re often in secret corners hidden away, and not a lot of people know about them…but that just makes them even better. In this post I thought I’d tell you about my favourite of these London hidden… Read more »

24th February 2017 | Everyday Luxury Travel Europe Australasia North America Africa Top Tens Luxury Travel Tips

Ten of The World’s Best Wine Regions

Mr S and I absolutely love incorporating wine tasting or visiting a vineyard during a trip. Personally I love exploring the cellars or strolling through beautiful vineyards before returning to the house to sample some of their delicious wines along with a cheese plate and a view of the scenery. Now full disclosure, I’m no… Read more »