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Find out whether Hôtel du Parc is worth booking into for your next Staycation, as I review another Cape hotel for my Stylish Safe Stay travel series.
Here’s your local travel insider’s look on this boutique hotels quality of sleep, style, safety, and more…
Sneakers are a travel favourite for many, and the reasons why a white pair can be beneficial, are plenty!
Find out which PUMA takkies I favour for travel comfort, style, hygiene, and going the distance…
The hotels under Ideas Cartel can sometimes come off as contrived, but they’re also fun and not at all off-putting.
The Old Foundry finished my trilogy of this hospitality brand, and this is everything you need to know about the experience, foodie favourites, travel perks, value for money, and style…
From missing travel to self-discovery, fortifying mental health and keeping informed on Covid-19 news globally, this is how and why the New York Times became another lifeline for my life in the pandemic’s lockdown….
As the winter season enters the Cape, I look at the perks of a Winter Staycation in the heart of the Mother City – from signature cocktails, to tours into the Winelands.
This is another Stylish Safe Stay to try…
Reminiscing on the hotel beds I’ve loved before, the wonders of crisp white linens, and ruminating on tourism and local travel culture in the age of the Covid-19 global pandemic.
Catch up on hotels, hospitality, and a little bit of hope – from London to New York, Cape Town, to the South of France…
Wanderlust, travel nostalgia, and an appreciation for hospitality amenities & facilities, comes together in this piece on pools, hot tubs, beaches, and more, that this Travel Writer would revisit (or try and journey to), from the South of France, to Johannesburg, USA to the Cape…
At this innovation intersection, Casa Labia Cultural Centre serves warm hospitality, culinary delights to remember, views perfect for rest & relaxation, an event calendar for the family, and an aesthetic staycation to remember.
Here’s why you should visit…
The Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel is all accessible affluence, and a world of flavour fun, travel relaxation, and slivers of familiar comfort.
Catch the luxury hotel deal of the year, and wander with me as I review the hospitality at this esteemed Belmond offering…
Tackling public transport system questions for travellers, where the discounts are, which souvenirs last, travel essential budget hacks, and so much more…
A paradigm shift, human fragility, crisis, fashion, health, food, and so much creativity – this is a little bit of my 2020 in review…
Steenberg Hotel & Spa is one of the most stunning and currently safe stays, you can book right now!
Find out what makes this estate a merit to Cape hospitality, plus get your discount booking code for a stay…
ParkInn by Radisson has the kind of staycation offer that’s no-pressure romance, rest, and relaxation.
Check out this Stylish Safe Stay for a steal…
Cartel life is an exploration of colour, commerce, and connection.
Here’s what a unique 2-day Staycation designed by Ideas Cartel looks like – a new age of hospitality.
This time, my staycation moments are being made at the Victoria & Alfred Hotel.
Find out if this 4-star Newmark Collection hotel checks all the boxes for hygiene protocols, and just what hospitality elements make up its enjoyable easy luxury, now!
Experiences with giraffes aren’t just for luxury lodges and the great wilds of my continent.
Meeting a Giraffe has to be a 2020 highlight!
Buckle up for my Stylish SAFE Stay series start, because building consumer confidence is the purpose of smacking readers, visitors and employees in the face with hospitality health and safety guidelines – that’s unavoidable!
Toasting to the nearly bankable possibilities to recover & thrive, for our tourism industry, now that leisure travel is unlocked…After all: What’s a Travel Writer without actual travel – a nostalgic vagabond?
Doctors are diagnosing many more cases of depression and anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic, forcing social isolation.
Right now, I’m clinging to the mundane to stay sane & thrive.
A birthday in isolation, hundreds of miles from family, and minutes from friends I cant see – this cake-less birthday is a particularly momentous one because atleast I’ve survived a pandemic so far, right?!
Here’s the lowdown on my DIY interior design. I brought in atleast one thing that would evoke the spirit of hotel hospitality, enough to trick my wanderlust, into hibernating until Corona Virus has past through.
Coping with the Covid-19 lockdown effects, while self-isolating solo, is no joke!
There are no cars…no crowds…no noise.
It’s eerie, and unsettling.
There are 3 things that have kept me sane during the ruthlessness of Covid-19’s socioeconomic effects, and being under a National Lockdown.
…Something Old, Something New, Something Bold, and Something of a Different Hue.
From Champagne at Sunset, to Sunday Roast with all the divine accoutrements; To sum up a stay at The Cullinan – one of Tsogo Sun’s premier properties – observe me:
Relaxed, Refined, and Resplendent!