ILX Travel

10/28/2026

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10/28/2026

What do we recommend to clients who have already done the classic safari? A salt pan the size of a small country.

Jack's Camp is set on the edge of Botswana's Makgadikgadi Pans, and it does safari like nowhere else on the continent. The signature experiences here exist almost nowhere else: sitting at sunrise with a habituated colony of meerkats (they'll climb onto your shoulder to use you as a lookout), walking the desert with Zu/'hoasi San guides who read the land like a book, and riding quad bikes far out onto the pans to sleep under a ceiling of stars.

The camp itself is legendary, rebuilt in its original 1940s expedition style with Persian rugs, brass fittings, and a tent that doubles as a working natural history museum. In the wet months, a little-known zebra migration moves through the grasslands.

Consider this the safari that surprises even the seasoned. Let's get you out on the pans.

10/27/2026

The nostalgic Paris-to-Istanbul sleeper is getting a new chapter in 2027. L’Orient Express will retrace the legendary route of its predecessor, bringing the romance of classic rail travel into a new era of luxury. 🚂🇫🇷

Read more, then reach out to plan your next getaway ⬇️

📷: Maxime D’Angeac and Martin Darzacq

The Paris-to-Istanbul train reboots with modern design and a luxe onboard experience.

10/27/2026

Marrakech gets all the attention, and it earns it. But the Morocco our clients rave about most starts once you leave the city.

Fes holds the world's largest car-free urban area, a medieval medina where coppersmiths, weavers, and tanneries still work the way they have for centuries. It's the country's cultural heart, and most visitors never make it there.

The High Atlas delivers Berber villages, mule trails, and mountain lodges with valley views, less than two hours from Marrakech but a world apart.

Skoura's palm oasis and the kasbah route lead toward Sahara camps where dinner happens by firelight and the stars do the entertaining.

And Essaouira gives you the Atlantic: fortified ramparts, blue fishing boats, grilled seafood straight off the boat, and that famous ocean breeze.

One country, five completely different trips. Reach out to start planning!

10/26/2026

The biggest shift in how our 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 our favorite requests. Tell us the why, and we'll handle everything after it.

10/25/2026

Want a noticeably better trip? Tell your advisor these five things up front.

Your pace: packed days or slow starts. There's no wrong answer, but there's definitely a wrong itinerary for each.

How much food matters: is dinner the main event of the day or just fuel between sights?

What went wrong on a past trip. This one is gold. One story about a hotel that missed tells us more than any wish list.

Your room priorities: the view, the bathtub, the quiet, the space. Ranked honestly.

And the one moment you're hoping for. A sunrise, a table, a reunion, a first. We build backward from that.

Honest answers in, better trip out. It really is that direct. Save this for your next planning call with us.

10/24/2026

Do you really need a private guide? Sometimes no. Sometimes it transforms the entire trip. Here's how we call it.

Worth every penny: layered ancient sites like Egypt, Rome, Kyoto, and Machu Picchu, where the stones don't explain themselves and a great guide turns rubble into a story. Food cities, where the best stalls have no sign and no English menu. Wildlife, where a trained eye spots what you'd walk right past. And your first day somewhere intense, like Cairo or Delhi, where a guide turns chaos into context.

Skip it: beach weeks, cities you already know well, and days you've deliberately left open to wander.

The real secret is that who matters more than whether. A brilliant guide is the difference between a tour and a memory, and we keep a short list of the brilliant ones. Ask us about them.

10/23/2026

A 90-minute spa treatment, included with every single night of your stay. That's the headline at Hoi An's newest resort.

Namia River Retreat opened on its own islet in the Thu Bon River, a short boat ride or bicycle pedal from Hoi An's lantern-lit Ancient Town. All 60 villas come with private pools, a first for Hoi An, and every stay is wellness-inclusive, built around Thuốc Nam, southern Vietnam's herbal medicine tradition. There's even an apothecary where you select your own herbs before treatments.

Vietnam has become one of our most requested countries, and this is a beautiful reason why. Reach out to learn more!

10/22/2026

Could the hotel library be the new hotel bar? From intimate author talks to art-filled reading rooms, these literary spaces are giving travelers a new reason to gather, stay awhile, and see a destination from a different perspective. 📚🌍

Read more, then let's plan your next stay ⬇️

From Switzerland to Malaysia, luxury hotels are turning their book collections into literary salons, author talks, and social hubs.

10/22/2026

Three signs it's time to work with a travel advisor:

1. You have 27 tabs open and less clarity than when you started. Endless reviews contradict each other. We've been to these places and can tell you in one call what actually fits.

2. The trip matters. Honeymoon, big anniversary, a once-in-a-lifetime destination. When the stakes are high, guesswork gets expensive, and a wrong hotel choice can't be refunded in memories.

3. You're the one who plans everything for everyone, and you'd like to actually be on this vacation instead of running it.

Sound familiar? Send us a message and see the difference on the very first trip.