Where we’ve actually been
Destinations
Every destination here is somewhere we’ve gone ourselves — booked, walked, eaten, and slept our way through. No press trips, no places we’ve only read about. Just affordable luxury, savored, and written down so you can do it too.
Cape Town, South Africa
Our most complete guide yet — where to stay, where to eat, and what’s genuinely worth your time across the city, the winelands, and the coast. A five-star trip on a real-world budget.
Where to stay: POD Camps Bay · Blackheath Lodge · Leeu House
Where to eat: The Codfather · Kalky’s · Truth Coffee · Protégé · Kleinsky’s
What to do: Table Mountain · Kirstenbosch · Zeitz MOCAA · the Wine Tram · Kalk Bay · Faeeza’s cooking class · Great Heart Wines · Clarke’s Bookshop · OZCF Market · District Six Museum
New England
Our home region — and the purest proof of the whole idea, because fall foliage is the one luxury trip where the best part is free. Four routes across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Connecticut: nail the timing, point the car, and spend only where it counts.
Where to stay: The Williams Inn · Omni Mount Washington · The Mayflower Inn & Spa · The Garrison Inn
Where to eat: Dottie’s Diner · The Common Man · Arethusa al Tavolo · Rich Farm Ice Cream
What to do: Hager’s Farm Market · MASS MoCA · Café Lafayette Dinner Train · Taconic Golf Club · Cannon Mountain Tramway
Read the New England Foliage Guide →
More destinations are on the way — Vietnam is next.
