For some, luxury travel is all about how you get there (by booking limousines and private jets via companies like Avolus), or how much you can spend in as little time as possible.
This view is exactly what Bernard Fromageau from www.hotelexcellence.com wants to avoid. Soon to be seen on Squa.re, Bernard promotes the most unknown and private places in this world. He has one of the most amazing destination portfolios one can dream of and he can make everyone’s dream of escape reality around the world. Luxury travel is all about the ability to lose the only element that is catching up with your everyday life: time.
When time becomes less of an issue, this is where the experience of your travel takes its full meaning. Ruby Warrington reports his latest trip on Petit St Vincent (PSV), a private island resort in the heart of the Caribbean.
As soon as he finds out that he can only use his latest luxury mobile phone as a time-telling device, he deliciously enjoys his holiday away from headlines and timelines. His definition of luxury in this increasing crowded and urban world is to be able to play Robinson Crusoe and have time to reflect on himself and nothing else. Indigo Island, is another place where you can act is Daniel Defoe character.
I guess it also depends on which cycle of life you are in.
To be entirely truthful, I had as much of a good time in Bali in the middle of a deserted white beach as in the middle of New York nightlife with my girlfriend. To me it is all about discovering a new place and sharing it.
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