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Well I think the time has finally come to stop avoiding the inevitable and fully embrace the fact that… it’s nearly Christmas!
With just two weeks to go, we thought it was time to help you out of your present-buying panic with a Smithy guide to the sexiest stocking fillers, most stylish surprises and must-have treats [...]
Going to stay in Paris or Japan any time soon? Check out these insider restaurant and hotel recommendations from a Michelin-starred chef as Alain Ducasse shares some secrets from his personal travel address book with us…
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My favourite hotel in France (not including the Maisons d’Alain Ducasse, such as Mr & Mrs Smith’s pick Domaine des [...]
We’ve started a new relationship - no, we’re not cheating on Mr Smith: we’re contributing to the slick travel blog at WeJetSet, an online store selling all the gizmos and gadgets a modern traveller could possible desire. (The Maharishi jackets, super-cool Lomo cameras and Krink laptop sleeves have already caught our eye as potential Christmas [...]
Just a quick post to let you know that last night I took part in a live blogging session representing Mr & Mrs Smith, alongside fellow travel bloggers from Europe à la Carte, nerdseyeview, Travellerspoint and This Just In. I’ve never done anything like this before and was a touch nervous to tell the truth [...]
To celebrate the launch of the Mr & Mrs Smith wedding pages, we’ve persuaded Brides magazine editor Deborah Joseph to divulge her Little White Book of wedding secrets – and trust us, what she doesn’t know about weddings and honeymoons probably ain’t worth knowing: Brides is the UK’s biggest-selling bridal magazine.
Here she reveals her [...]
Hotel soundscape designer, Music Concierge founder, and Mr & Mrs Smith’s very own TuneSmith Rob Wood explains why music is a key part of the boutique hotel experience, and wonders why so many get it wrong…
As a hotel music consultant, I can be something of a difficult customer when I check in for a weekend [...]
Since we’re musing on music this week, and the Ibiza closing parties are looming on the event horizon, we thought we’d spend Friday pondering the other – quieter, greener, more grown-up – side of Ibizan-island life. (NB If you’re the ‘I party-hard, I’ll sleep when I’m dead, and I wanna stay up till dawn with [...]
Darren Cronian is the editor of Travel Rants, an award-winning consumer travel blog. He started writing in April 2005 after a frustrating experience booking a holiday with a high-street travel agency and has since been blogging his socks off about pretty much every conceivable aspect of travel. We asked him to write a few [...]
Whether your London stay lasts a weekend or a week, a lack of options will be the least of your concerns. The British capital offers a plethora of stuff to see and do, even for the most selective vacationer - hotels you will not want to leave, restaurants with dishes like nothing [...]
The ‘Mrs’ half of Mr & Mrs Smith, Tamara Heber-Percy, was asked to talk to popular travel blog, Travel Rants, yesterday about her thoughts on life, the universe and the boutique-hotel industry. Well, maybe not the first two.
You can check out her wise words on everything from eco-friendly hotels to the impact of the Euro [...]
