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The biggest shift in how my clients book right now: the why comes before the where.Purpose-first travel, some are callin...
10/16/2026

The biggest shift in how my clients book right now: the why comes before the where.

Purpose-first travel, some are calling them whycations, starts with the reason instead of the destination. Celebrating a milestone. Learning something real, like cooking in Oaxaca or sailing in Croatia. Getting three generations around one table. Marking a recovery, a retirement, a new chapter. The place gets chosen because it serves the purpose, not the other way around.

Honestly, these are my favorite requests. Tell me the why, and I'll handle everything after it.

Fun fact about planning Peru: the smartest thing you can do at 11,000 feet is pick a hotel that breathes for you.Here's ...
10/15/2026

Fun fact about planning Peru: the smartest thing you can do at 11,000 feet is pick a hotel that breathes for you.

Here's the order I recommend to clients. Land in Cusco, head straight down to the lower Sacred Valley, and save Cusco for the end of the trip once you've acclimatized. Then check into Palacio Nazarenas, where every suite is enriched with extra oxygen, and those final nights feel easy instead of breathless.

The hotel itself is a 16th-century palace-turned-convent on a peaceful plaza just above Cusco's main square. All suites, original Inca stonework running through the walls, and a heated outdoor pool that was the first of its kind in the city. Not bad for a building older than most countries.

Peru tops almost every wish list I see. Let's get yours on the calendar.

Part of my job is tracking every big hotel opening in Europe. Here's one worth bookmarking for your next Mallorca trip.M...
10/14/2026

Part of my job is tracking every big hotel opening in Europe. Here's one worth bookmarking for your next Mallorca trip.

Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra, the brand's Mallorca debut, opened in June on its own pine-covered peninsula along the Costa d'en Blanes, and the dining alone would justify the trip. Nobu Matsuhisa and Dani García each opened a restaurant here, one serving Nikkei-style plates against the sea views, the other built around fire, smoke, and local tradition.

Away from the table, it gets even better. A spa with nine treatment cabins pairing Mallorcan traditions with the brand's famous Oriental wellness philosophy, interiors by Laura Gonzalez, one of the most sought-after designers working today, and two private coves for a swim steps from your room. Puerto Portals and Palma are both minutes away.

Mallorca in shoulder season is Europe at its easiest. Message me to start planning!

How does being one of the very first guests on the Riviera's newest private island sound?Zannier Île de Bendor opened ju...
10/13/2026

How does being one of the very first guests on the Riviera's newest private island sound?

Zannier Île de Bendor opened just this May, so hardly anyone has experienced it yet. The whole island is yours to roam, seven minutes by boat from Bandol, reimagined as a completely car-free village with 93 rooms spread across three houses, each with its own personality.

Fill the days however you like. Swim off the beach cove, take a lesson at the on-site diving center, wander between eight restaurants and bars, or disappear into one of the largest spas in the region for an afternoon.

Openings like this have a short window before the word gets out. Get in touch and be early.

10/12/2026

Egypt has been on bucket lists for about 4,000 years, and it has never been a better trip than right now.

The Grand Egyptian Museum is finally open in full, with Tutankhamun's complete collection displayed together for the first time in history. Pair it with sunrise at the pyramids before the crowds arrive, a few nights sailing the Nile on a private dahabiya, and the Valley of the Kings with an expert Egyptologist bringing every painted wall to life.

October through April is prime season on the Nile. Reach out, and I'll get you there.

A client recently asked me what it would take to rent out an entire resort. In Anguilla, less than you'd guess.ANI Angui...
10/11/2026

A client recently asked me what it would take to rent out an entire resort. In Anguilla, less than you'd guess.

ANI Anguilla hosts one group at a time. Two villas on the cliffs above Little Bay, up to 20 guests, and a staff ratio of one to one. Your own chef, daily spa treatments, a sunset cruise, watersports, and kids activities are all built into the rate, so nobody is signing checks all week.

My favorite moment here: waking up, walking down to the water, and starting the day swimming with the sea turtles that live in Little Bay.

Milestone birthdays, reunions, families who have outgrown hotel life. This is where I send them all. Reach out to learn more.

This is what October is supposed to look like.Golden fields, a ridgeline in full color, wood smoke drifting between the ...
10/10/2026

This is what October is supposed to look like.

Golden fields, a ridgeline in full color, wood smoke drifting between the cabins. Wildflower Farms, Auberge's retreat in New York's Hudson Valley, delivers all of it about 90 minutes from the city.

The 140-acre working farm spreads out below the Shawangunk Ridge, with 65 freestanding cabins and cottages designed to frame the view, and Travel + Leisure readers just voted it the #1 hotel in New York State, with a Michelin Key to go with it.

In fall, the whole property leans into the season with harvest dinners, hikes through the Gunks in full color, bonfires, c***r, and mornings cold enough to justify the fireplace.

Fall weekends here disappear quickly. Message me before they do.

Here's a fun seasonal flip. While I rake leaves, New Zealand is heading into spring, and its lodge season is just beginn...
10/09/2026

Here's a fun seasonal flip. While I rake leaves, New Zealand is heading into spring, and its lodge season is just beginning.

Blanket Bay tops my list every time. The lodge looks across Lake Wakatipu to the Humboldt Mountains, scenery so cinematic the valleys nearby stood in for Middle-earth on screen, and Queenstown's restaurants and w**eries are only 45 minutes away.

The itinerary here runs on helicopters and rivers. Heli-fishing on water no road reaches, flyovers of Milford Sound, w**e tasting in Central Otago, or nothing at all in the great stone-and-timber lodge room with a fire going.

New Zealand takes long lead times, and planning now means the trip of a lifetime next year. Reach out!

My favorite under-the-radar Mediterranean capital? Valletta. And I know exactly where you should stay.Iniala Valletta is...
10/08/2026

My favorite under-the-radar Mediterranean capital? Valletta. And I know exactly where you should stay.

Iniala Valletta is the only Forbes Five-Star hotel in Malta, four years running, and it just received the country's first two Michelin Keys. The hotel occupies a row of centuries-old townhouses on St. Barbara Bastion, looking straight across the Grand Harbour. Just 23 rooms, each one different, with a spa carved into the old stone vaults below.

The rooftop is the showstopper: ION Harbour by Simon Rogan, the most celebrated dining room in the country, with the harbor and the Three Cities glowing across the water at sunset. Book that table before you book your flights.

Malta squeezes 7,000 years of history into a few square miles, and this is the place to sleep in the middle of it. Let's plan it.

10/07/2026

My shortlist of the world's most iconic wildlife experiences. All bookable, all better in person.

The Great Migration in Tanzania and Kenya, timed to the Mara River crossings. Mountain gorillas in Rwanda, an hour face-to-face that clients call life-changing. Bengal tigers in India's national parks. Elephants crossing the water in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Polar bears on the tundra in Churchill, Canada. Penguin colonies by the hundred thousand in Antarctica.

Every one of these is seasonal, and the best camps, permits, and guides go a year or more out. The earlier you raise your hand, the better your odds of the sighting you came for.

Which one is on your list? Tell me in the comments or send me a message.

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