Review: The Carlyle, New York
Tradition is a wonderful thing. As someone Irish/English, we can all agree my tradition is to be drunk 200% of the time. The Carlyle is
October 13, 2022
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Tradition is a wonderful thing. As someone Irish/English, we can all agree my tradition is to be drunk 200% of the time. The Carlyle is smothered in tradition, but like that time in history where women got to choose between
Expectations are everything. If you swipe right on a picture of Chris Hemsworth and my hideous face shows up for the date, you’re morally and legally allowed to taser me. Them the rules. My stay at Aman New York was very
Whilst having a bit of travelling downtime, awaiting the arrival of my second (and last) child, I thought I’d take a look back at the promised hotel openings of the year compared to what we actually ended up with. This
Let’s start with the good news: my stay was significantly cheaper than expected. Now for the bad: because they comped half the stay. Maybourne Riviera is the latest opening from the previously London-centric Maybourne Group. Their portfolio reads like a
I really hate the French. They have better food than us Brits, better weather, a vastly superior national football team (even accounting for football coming home, a few days ago). They don’t elect morons as Presidents, their healthcare system works,
They say good things come in small packages. Those people clearly have never been parents, as I can tell you that tiny humans are capable of producing vile things. With only 30 rooms, Cheval Blanc St. Tropez is the baby
DumaTau is part of Wilderness Safaris operation “please don’t let Singita destroy our entire business, please”. Most properties announce a major refurbishment, then close for a lick of paint, reopen and claim it’s a reimagining of travel, luxury, life, family
Xigera, pronounced Kij-eh-rah, roughly translates from the local language into “holy hell this place is really expensive”. Back in that glorious decade of the 2010s, Xigera split from Wilderness Safaris and was taken over by Red Carnation due to some
In the second part of my highly acclaimed “how do you use this camera? Remind me, where’s the on button?” video walk-around series, I present Cheetah Plains. It can now say it shares something in common with Kubili House – they
The majority of these types of lists are randomly put together by people that have not stayed in half of them. Instead, I have stayed in all of those below, which is probably half as many as needed to complete
Tradition is a wonderful thing. As someone Irish/English, we can all agree my tradition is to be drunk 200% of the time. The Carlyle is
Expectations are everything. If you swipe right on a picture of Chris Hemsworth and my hideous face shows up for the date, you’re morally and legally
Whilst having a bit of travelling downtime, awaiting the arrival of my second (and last) child, I thought I’d take a look back at the
Let’s start with the good news: my stay was significantly cheaper than expected. Now for the bad: because they comped half the stay. Maybourne Riviera
I really hate the French. They have better food than us Brits, better weather, a vastly superior national football team (even accounting for football coming
They say good things come in small packages. Those people clearly have never been parents, as I can tell you that tiny humans are capable
DumaTau is part of Wilderness Safaris operation “please don’t let Singita destroy our entire business, please”. Most properties announce a major refurbishment, then close for
Xigera, pronounced Kij-eh-rah, roughly translates from the local language into “holy hell this place is really expensive”. Back in that glorious decade of the 2010s,
In the second part of my highly acclaimed “how do you use this camera? Remind me, where’s the on button?” video walk-around series, I present
The majority of these types of lists are randomly put together by people that have not stayed in half of them. Instead, I have stayed
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