Inspiration, advice and reviews of holiday rentals, hotels and other lodgings around the world.
When our global grand tour project partners HomeAway asked us to include a Rio de Janeiro holiday rental apartment on our Grantourismo itinerary and stay at this cute Ipanema apartment, we jumped at the chance. Terence had never been to Rio de Janeiro and I was keen to return to show him ‘my’ Rio. Movies … Read more
How open to the elements were the holiday rental properties we stayed in at Manuel Antonio? Susan, our brilliant concierge suggested we leave a light on at night on each floor of Casa Elsa “so the bats don’t think it’s a cave”. She wasn’t joking. But there certainly was plenty of monkey business. At the second … Read more
Our second home away from home in Costa Rica is called The Beach House. Now, there are plenty of resorts in this neck of the jungle that attach the name ‘beach’ to their title as often as they do ‘spa’. Some may well have a spa, but most are generally not on the beach. The Beach House couldn’t … Read more
When you stay at a five-star hotel or luxury resort you expect a certain level of comfort, services and amenities to be available, such as in-room dining or room service and spa facilities or at the very least in-room massages. But an in-villa spa break? Yes please! We never expected a holiday rental property to … Read more
“Your house is very big!” our driver said with a grin from ear to ear, as he unloaded our bags in the rain, and the gigantic wooden door swung open and Susan, the friendly tanned concierge came out to greet us at our first Costa Rica holiday house. Despite the driver’s warning, we didn’t quite understand … Read more