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May is a festive month of bank holidays, cherry blossom, people attached to ribbons dancing around a pole and the Eurovision Song Contest. We like May. We’re heralding its arrival by joining in with the fun (hotel-shaped, of course)…
This month, we sent our spies westwards to Cornwall to comb the coast in search of hot [...]
If, like us, you’ve forgotten that this coming weekend is an extra-long bank holiday extravaganza of sun-basking laziness, and are currently lamenting your failure to organise anywhere to do your lazing, then fear not. We’ve had a chat with the ever-efficient Smith Travel Team and they’ve given us an up-to-the-minute breakdown of which hot hotels [...]
New Year has come and gone, and we feel a little older, not really much wiser, a lot fatter and just a little bit more desperate to get away. It’s lucky then, that so many of our stylish self-catering stays have decided to slice their prices. Like the sound of an elegant country house set [...]
Enrolling at Smith school this September we have a selection of star pupils in the shape of a Texan treat or two and an aeronautics-embracing affair in Hampshire…
There’s animal magic in the air at Mr & Mrs Smith this week, so prick your ears and wag your tails for our brand new selection of pet-friendly hotels. In the past, we’ve picked out dream wedding venues, family getaways, budget boutiques and safari stays – and now we’ve rounded up 133 luxury retreats, [...]
If, like the huge number of Brits planning on taking a ’staycation’ this year, you just want to stay on home turf, let us point you in the right direction. For those eschewing overseas travel but still craving coastline and sunny climes, it’s little surprise is the home-grown holidaymakers’ number-one UK destination this summer. Soft [...]
Well, we are honoured. This is the second time we’ve been able to claim the ‘by royal appointment’ badge (although, admittedly, the first time may have been stretching the truth somewhat).
It emerged in the Telegraph yesterday that even the uppermost echelons of society are partial to a romantic saucy weekend away when none other than [...]
Paris, London and New York – eat your heart out. A small, green caravan on the shores of North Cornwall is where I found the most soul-stirring manna. I confess that in the name of work I’ve been lucky enough to sip champagne cocktails overlooking the Manhattan skyline, I’ve eaten Michelin-starred tasting menus in centuries-old [...]
Any eco-warrior worth their salt would rather eat their beach towel than stay in an environmentally unfriendly bolthole. After all, how can you kick back and relax if you’re worrying about whether the light bulbs are energy-efficient, if there’s a recycling program or whether your dazzlingly clean bath has been scrubbed with hostile cleaning products? [...]
