Luxurytravelwithkate

16/08/2024

👋 Sometimes it's about the personal! Today is 28 years since my husband and I got together. Obvs it's a tradition to do something special. So deciding this morning that beautiful weather deserved a beautiful location we headed to a family favourite. A place my mother adored and where I had my 50th celebration. Lower Slaughter is just the most quintessential English village that inspired me to go into hospitality (long story. Another day 🤔😊) literally the most perfect day ever ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

02/08/2024

Site visits are always wonderful and this haunted house literally on my doorstep is a hidden secret that should not be! A perfect 47 bed luxury hotel from . The grounds are seriously sensational and I want to roam the church ruins at night and go ghost spotting 👻😱

08/03/2024

💙🛳️⚓ A few hours off the ship in the port town of Messina. Some beautiful architectural, but no food. Everywhere seemed closed 😭😭😭😭. So back to the ship for oysters and tiger prawns. All was not lost 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Also a long distance shot of our very long ship. It dwarfs most 🤏

08/03/2024

💙🛳️⚓Life on board!
A happy ship is a happy holiday! Currently sailing on the inaugural cruise of this rather large lady. 4800 passengers at full capacity. We are sailing with approx 3200 and so much space 🫶

Footsteps into Sicily and Palma coming up 👣🇮🇹👣🇪🇸👣

04/03/2024

💙🇬🇷🛳️🙏 When in Athens!!! What a wonderful start to a week's adventure starting in Athens and ending in Barcelona. An overnight pre cruise with the wonderful , fabulous food and this morning we are off to hunt a ship! we are on our way 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♀️

28/02/2024

🇪🇸 👋 Take three things. On a recent trip to Jerez the simplest of meals turned into the most memorable of meals. A nation that prides itself on doing things well. Tomato salad, pasta negra and barely cooked prawns. It doesn't get much better. Sometimes the attention is in the detail and it doesn't need whistles and bells. It just needs knowledge and passion. Stay tuned for more flavours and sounds of this southern Andalusian town. 💃💃

17/02/2024

South Africa's Ultimate Road Trip
Cape Town | Stellenbosch | Hermanus | Swellendam | Mossel Bay | Plettenberg Bay

South Africa is an ideal holiday destination to those seeking winter sunshine, great value for money, adventure, relaxation or getting close to nature. The Western Cape starting in Cape town is safe and beautiful and makes the perfect starting place for a road trip along the famous Garden Route.

27/01/2024

What are you thoughts and expectations about Saudi? 🇸🇦
I am currently mid transit to a week exploring the new and the old, stay tuned for thoughts and feedback 😜💚

13/09/2023

My feet are 10 foot off the ground! I have just had THE most extraordinary weekend in a country I know very little about. That is all going to change ❤️🇲🇪

Welcome to Montenegro, in particular an absolutely amazing restoration project: Mamula Island. A 32 luxury fort from 1875 that has had the most sympathetic restoration conducted and opened 6 months ago. It truly is one of the best hotels I have ever stayed in. And I have stayed in a lot 😁

It wasn't just the attention to detail in offering a level of authentic luxury, it was the whole team, led by a very alternative and delightful GM, Henning A. Schaub who has inspired and led a team to natural joy, service levels rarely seen in new hotels and a sense of unification to the local produce, customs and traditions that needs to be applauded.

The hotel is available as a regular holiday via Travel Counsellors but also as an exclusive use venue for weddings and incentives. The excitement of zipping to your island hotel on the hotels own speedboat and bouncing around villages, vineyards and olive groves was really enjoyable. I am 💯% going back.

I must also thank the dynamic duo of Raccine Betteridge and Samantha-Jane Smith for creating a wonderful programme and inviting me in the first place ❤️❤️ such professionalism and dedication. Thank you ladies.

13/09/2023

A very special shout out to a very talented chef. .popov presented us a beautiful lunch combining tge freshest of local food with Japanese influence. The salmon dish was simply outstanding and the view as you sit in Kotor Harbour is quite magical. should be a must stop if you are heading to Kotor. And if you are not, why not?

09/09/2023

Shall we talk food? The kgs are going on in style!! Really fresh, tasty, exquisite food from and now for more and dinner. My advice? Come very hungry to Montenegro 🇲🇪❤️

07/09/2023

Who do you take away with you? In this case it's the husband lookalike ! Well obviously not him, but 55 pages into his life through food autobiography. Whiling away a train journey from deepest Warwickshire to London Gatwick and onwards to with the lovely team from .and.co. Looking forward to 4 days of sun, sea and a site inspection for my clients. Did I say it was work? Block me now if you don't want to see the hot spots of Mamula and Montenegro, food and me basically having a amazing time 🙏 🇲🇪🍷⛵

28/08/2023

I love cruising, but it's possible to get it very wrong. Some pointers and tips to get it right! You can read the full issue (and non cropped!) version of the new Solihull Times via the link in my bio.

28/08/2023

new edition is out now. Read my review of the wonderful restaurant that relocated from my home town to nearby Knowle and why it was the best decision ever 😘

28/08/2023

Sustainable travel is of paramount importance to the modern consumer. Travel. Counsellors take it very seriously and have policies and training in place to ensure we do everything we can today to protect the planet for future generations. 🌿 From Green Leaf hotels to working with global suppliers to ensure carbon reduction and offset. As usual TC leads the way. 🔊 One of my all time favourites 🎶🎶🎶

22/08/2023

Summer flavours. Salad from the fridge 🤣 now you know what my summer shopping list is. Memories of Portugal plates 🇵🇹❤️

17/08/2023

It would be rude to visit Scotland and not have a few wee drams! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙🥃

16/08/2023

Scottish walks 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚶‍♀️💙 Computer off.

27/07/2023

Ohhhh Vienna. 🎶🎼 Yes go on, you sang it didn't you? For a foodie/culture/do something different break, Vienna hit every spot for me. From hitting the tourist hotspot of Hotel Sacher (it needs to be done, ignore the critics) to discovering the wine of Austria (💯% has to be done) this city really does offer a bite sized, elegant and altogether delightful weekend runaway. Our hotel is the last privately owned Austrian hotel on the Ringstrasse, very bijou and rammed with great food and a 'view to die for' rooftop cocktail bar. Vienna has a great tradition in wine bars. We felt it only fair to explore a few was exceptional, slightly away from the throngs of tourists, full of only locals who welcomed us and our ten words of German warmly. But our wonderful 'didn't know that' was the fact that Vienna is the only city in Europe to have vineyards within the city limits. A 20 minute tram ride found us in and heading to vineyards looking over to the cities spires and domes. A wonderful adventure that clients are already booking. Let me know if you want the inside info on this really beautiful city.

The first pic is my very own schnitzel that I could eat every day!!! 🤗🤣

27/07/2023

Casting back to pics I forgot to post of Budapest 🫣 now, I'm going to be honest. It's fine for a day on a cruise, but I do think I would be disappointed if I went for a long weekend. I fairness, we arrived on a Sunday and the main market was closed, but it felt a little underdone, as though the money is still waiting to arrive. We did however find a cracking goulash restaurant (of course) and after many many churches, visited one of the most amazing synagogues in Europe apparently. Very pretty shops in one area. The cafe culture did not shine as much as our next destination, Vienna. As I said. Great for a day 🇭🇺👍❤️

28/06/2023

Lovely day 💙🥂 oh I do love a cruise. Today I had the joy to pop my feet aboard Island Princess as she turned her rather elegant body around in Southampton. The smallest of the Princess fleet. Just 2000 passengers. But what a lovely gentle ship she is. Perfect for the first time cruiser looking for a gentle roll into exploring rather than a rollicking ride 🤭 I loved her and the crew were exceptional. A lot to be said for a very experienced and very passionate lovely team. Some nice deals on the go at the moment as well. Bonus 😎🌟

25/06/2023

What a week 💙 A huge thank you to for hosting me on a delightful meander along the Danube. The chance to explore three central European countries, from Austria to Slovakia and finally to Budapest in Hungry. Churches and castles from fairytale books everywhere we went. Sunsets and serenity along the way gliding slowly along the Danube with Strauss to accompany us 🎼 We started and finished in Vienna which is now in the top five of my go-to European capital cites. More on this later in the week 🇦🇹 ❤️ Thank you

13/06/2023

Your starter for 10 today. Was ist dis?

08/06/2023

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✔️ Post cruise extension included to Sofitel Angkor 3 nights
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08/06/2023

Your starter for 10? Who/where/what?? 🤔

07/06/2023

Avert your eyes now 👀🇦🇹 a jaunt to Vienna pre-cruise. A morning of markets and inspiration 💪white asparagus in inspired the search for lunch and led us to the neighbourhood restaurant . Possibly the best seasonal asparagus ever 💚💚💚. What next? Stay tuned 📻💕🤣

07/06/2023

17/05/2023

Another travel article about one of my favourite places ❤️ you can click on the link in my bio to see the full edition of the new Solihull Times Magazine. Porto and the Douro Valley are beautiful and the quiet luxury of the area just embraces you. Stop time for a while and just relax in style.

16/05/2023

My recent review of Toffs by Rob Palmer for the Solihull Times Magazine. Well worth a visit ✨

03/05/2023

Oh my 😳 Tomahawk steak from via Moseley Farmers market. Served with Wye Valley Asparagus and veg from the great

Travelling is fabulous. Foreign food takes us to new places. But home home food reminds us of our roots. When it's this good, it's good to be home 🏡❤️