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Lovely doubly boutique luxury for less

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

You know what you like to buy and you’re no sucker for marketing… Do you shun the red sale stickers on discounted produce at the supermarket? Do you laugh in the face of Bogof offers in Boots, resisting the urge to hoard toothpaste for the sake of a pound or so? Well, this is one [...]

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Six alternatives to Cornwall

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

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 [...]

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Sleep Furiously (well) in Wales

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Just as we’re excited about the new additions to our collection of Welsh hotels, so there’s also a buzz around a new, equally Welsh film, Sleep Furiously.
Launched on the festival circuit last year, Gideon Koppel’s picture about the plight of farming in mid-Wales, where Koppel grew up, is a heartfelt documentary that has been impressing [...]

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I confess I’ve been out of the office for most of this month, sampling some of Smith’s spectacular honeymoon hotels in Thailand and Bali (but more on that later – I’ll just say for now that Amandari in jungly Ubud may have just become my favourite place in the world, and that the spikily pungent [...]

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Much like Mr & Mrs Smith, Suzanne’s Files is a trusted online source of inspiring travel tips and information, compiled by travel-savvy style-spotter Suzanne Aaronson from her own experiences and those of her global contacts. Since we’re both obsessed with style, service and quality, and love uncovering the world’s best boutique hotels, luxury beach resorts [...]

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Britain’s best beach cafés

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

You know what big fans we are of our own Great British coastline here, and it’s not like we need much persuading to dig out our buckets and spades and storm the UK’s best beaches at the first hint of a little weak sunshine.

Part of the pleasure is tucking into that classic beach and on-the-pier [...]

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Top 5: Budget Boutique Hotels in UK/Ireland

Friday, January 30th, 2009

At a time when we’re all looking under our sofas for pound coins, what could be more welcome to us penny-pinchers than a hotel that’s affordable as well as stylish and luxurious? Well, a cheap chic hotel that’s just a short drive away, of course. Following on from Monday’s round-up of Europe’s best bargains, here’s [...]

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