Luxury holidays
10 days, three lodges, three countries and nature’s wonders
While gourmet meals, luxury accommodation and passionate guides are as consistent as the sun, each lodge in this 10-day safari delivers stellar moments.
- by Kate Armstrong
You can’t book for Japan’s best restaurants, but this Aussie can get you in
You can’t make a booking at Sushi Saito, Japan’s best sushi restaurant. You won’t get a seat at Sushi Amamoto either. It just won’t happen. Not without Melburnian Rachel Lang.
- by Ben Groundwater
Alaska cruisers will adore this new ‘spare no expense’ stay in Vancouver
When you’re in this part of the world, Vancouver is a fine idea. And this new art deco-inspired boutique hotel is worth considering.
- by Julietta Jameson
Opinion
Ocean cruises
Rare plane makes spectacular landings in Australia’s most isolated region
I was dreading the bumpy experience of an unwieldy looking old plane that you had to board using a stepladder. I shouldn’t have.
- by Lee Tulloch
The seven most luxurious first-class cabins for Australian flyers
For anyone flying out of Australia and looking to sample the last word in luxury at 30,000 feet, these are the picks of the bunch.
- by Michael Gebicki
15 luxury travel experiences actually worth the money
A villa in Bali, a rooftop bar in Bangkok: here are the luxuries around the world that are worth stretching your budget for.
- by Brian Johnston
★★★★★
Daylesford
A luxury escape to the country with superb feasting
With a 38-hectare regenerative farm that supplies produce to the two-hatted Lake House restaurant, Dairy Flat Farm is a luxe escape to the country.
- by Ute Junker
Who needs new? 16 years on, this is still one of Asia’s best hotels
It’s easy to get distracted by the new and the shiny when excellent service and attention to detail win every time.
- by Julietta Jameson
★★★★½
Hotel reviews
Surprising Aussie connection for this luxurious Mexican resort
Luxury hotel brand Belmond’s Riviera Maya property has been one of the top resorts in the region since the ’90s. After a major upgrade, it’s now even better.
- by Ute Junker
Opinion
Opinion
Forget champagne and butlers, my idea of true luxury is flying economy
Luxury is an economy-class seat on a plane. One that’s going to land in a different city from the one in which it took off.
- by Ben Groundwater