May
29
Breathtaking Bangkok city vistas, a colossal swimming pool, and a soi crammed with street food stalls were all bonuses. Space for both of us to spread out and set up office, fast reliable Internet access, a kitchen where Terence could cook on the evenings we had to stay in, and a good building in a …
Nov
28
It was reassuring to have someone from our holiday rental in Diani Beach, Kenya, greet us at Mombasa airport after dealing with the rude, unsympathetic staff of Kenyan Airways who couldn’t manage to get our bags on the same flight as us on the first leg of our journey from South Africa. Less reassuring was …
Aug
09
Holiday rentals don’t suit everyone – people who want to arrive at an airport and see their names on a hotel card, those can’t do without a mini-bar, people who depend upon the hotel concierge. That’s what we thought until a week before we arrived at our holiday rental in Austin and we received this …
Jul
22
Sometimes words and photos are not enough… Scenes from Villa Tukad, Bali. from Gran Tourismo on Vimeo. CHECK OUT THESE RELATED POSTS:Our Home Away from Home in TokyoGoing to the Masai Mara to Glimpse The Great MigrationTips to Saving Money When Self-Catering
Jul
07
The gardens of our Balinese villa are so gorgeous, we decided to devote a whole photo gallery to them instead of including them in our ‘Home Away from Home in…’ post as we usually would. The place is so beautiful and the gardens so tranquil that even when we had to work it was a …
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