If you enjoy luxury travel – or if you aspire to experience it – then there are some great blogs around to inspire you. Luxury travel bloggers know all about turning left instead of right when boarding a plane and where to find the most blissful places to stay, and they love sharing their recommendations online. Here are six of the best luxury travel blogs, chosen by Gretta Schifano who blogs at mumsdotravel.com
Inside the Travel Lab
Abi King is an award-winning writer and photographer who worked as a hospital doctor for five years before she started her blog Inside the Travel Lab. The blog’s tagline is ‘unusual journeys – thoughtful luxury’ and the blog is about Abi’s own experiences in places all around the globe. Abi writes beautifully and Lonely Planet lists Inside the Travel Lab is one of the best travel sites in the world.
LiveShareTravel
LiveShareTravel is written by British couple Terry and Sarah Lee and its focus is showing that luxury doesn’t have to be expensive. Terry and Sarah share luxury travel tips, ideas and deals which won’t break the bank. The couple have also published a book called The Luxury Traveler’s Handbook which you can buy through their website.
A luxury travel blog
A luxury travel blog (tagline: ‘For those who enjoy the finer things life’) is written by Dr Paul Johnson and a team of more than 400 writers and guest bloggers. It covers the most luxurious hotels and resorts and the finest restaurants in the world. With a strong social media following (the blog has more than 475,000 Twitter followers) this is one of the most popular travel blogs in the world.
Mrs O Around the World
Ana Silva O’Reilly is originally from Portugal but now lives in England. Her blog Mrs O Around the World is about her experiences of luxury travel all over the world. Sometimes she travels alone, sometimes with her husband and sometimes with friends. The blog has a very engaged readership and social media following. Before starting the blog Ana had a career in strategic marketing management.
Velvet Escape
Keith Jenkins started his Velvet Escape travel blog in 2008 after a 10-year career as an investment banker. Keith is based in Amsterdam. Velvet Escape is about luxury hotels and fine restaurants but also the experiences and moments which make travel luxurious. The blog’s content is created by Keith as well as by guest writers.
Luxury Travel Mom
Kim-Marie Evans is based in New York and has four children. Her blog Luxury Travel Mom is about luxury family travel and she’s a leading US travel blogger. Kim-Marie is a journalist and she writes for other publications as well as for her blog. In an interview with suitcasesandstrollers.com she says that it’s important for kids to travel because ‘it makes their world bigger’. She’s travelled with her children to places such as Rwanda, Cuba and Mauritius.
