The Guides — One per Folio
What the estates in the Collection actually cost.
One guide for each folio of the Collection — the Mediterranean, the Alps, private islands and atolls, and the Americas. Indicative rates by season, what staffing includes, transfer and access logistics, and when to book each destination.

Guide I — Folio I — Mediterranean
Mediterranean Villa Rentals: Cap d'Antibes, Porto Cervo, Mykonos, Portofino, Amalfi and Ibiza
What a fully staffed Mediterranean villa actually costs by week and by coast, how the six estates in Folio I differ, and the questions that decide the summer.
USD 500 – 12,000 per night9 min read5 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide II — Folio II — Alpine & Central Europe
Alpine Chalet Rentals: Gstaad, St Moritz, Lech, Courchevel 1850, Zermatt and Cortina
Christmas, New Year and February half-term are three different markets. What a staffed chalet costs in each, how the six resorts in Folio II differ, and what the rate does and does not carry.
USD 500 – 15,000 per night9 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide III — Folio III — Private Islands & Atolls
Private Island and Atoll Rentals: Mustique, North Island, Soneva Jani, Bora Bora, Canouan and Pamalican
Buy-outs, villa rentals and seaplane windows. What the six islands in Folio III cost, how transfer logistics dictate the itinerary, and where the whole-island option is genuinely available.
USD 1,500 – 40,000 per night10 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide IV — Folio IV — The Americas
Estates of the Americas: Aspen, Careyes, Harbour Island, Los Cabos, Jackson Hole and St Barths
Two ski markets, three coastlines and one island that reprices entirely over Christmas. What the six estates in Folio IV cost, and how their seasons interlock.
USD 500 – 20,000 per night9 min read5 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide V — Destination — St Barths
St Barts Villa Rentals: Festive Minimums, Chef Costs and Neighbourhoods
Gustavia, Colombier, Pointe Milou and Flamands price as four different markets. What a staffed St Barts villa costs by season, and why the New Year fortnight bears no relation to the rest of the calendar.
USD 900 – 25,000 per night12 min read5 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide VI — Destination — Punta Mita
Punta Mita Villa Rentals: Luxury Villas, Rates, Club Access and Festive Minimums
A gated peninsula where the villa and the resort are one transaction. What luxury villas in Punta Mita cost by season, which enclave buys what, and how the Christmas and Easter blocks of vacation rental inventory are actually released.
USD 800 – 15,000 per night12 min read5 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide VII — Destination — Barbados
Barbados Villa Rentals: Luxury Villas, Beachfront Rates and Staffing
The west coast is the market; the east coast is the escape. What luxury villas in Barbados cost from Sandy Lane to St Peter, how beachfront villas in Barbados are released for winter, and which enclave buys what.
USD 700 – 12,000 per night12 min read5 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide VIII — Destination — Bali
Bali Travel Guide: Where to Stay, Villa Rentals, Costs and Peak Weeks
A Bali travel guide written for people renting the whole house: four bases compared, what Bali villa rentals actually cost with full staffing, the best time to travel to Bali, and the things worth doing once you are there.
USD 500 – 6,000 per night13 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide IX — Destination — Ibiza
Ibiza Villas: Where to Rent, What They Cost and How the Coasts Differ
Cala Jondal and Es Cubells price like the Côte d'Azur; the north still rents like an island. A guide to Ibiza villas by coast, season and staffing.
USD 500 – 10,000 per night8 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide X — Destination — Courchevel 1850
Courchevel Chalet Rentals: Rates by Week, Villages Compared and Peak-Week Rules
The most expensive chalet market in the Alps, priced by the week and almost always fully staffed. What a Courchevel chalet rental costs week by week, which addresses genuinely ski in and out, and how the peak weeks are released.
USD 1,000 – 30,000 per night12 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XI — Destination — Maldives
Maldives Private Residences: Atolls Compared, Rates by Season and Transfer Rules
Four atolls, two monsoons and a transfer window that quietly decides your arrival day. How to choose an atoll, what a private residence costs by season, and the booking rules nobody puts in the brochure.
USD 1,500 - 25,000 per night12 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XII — Destination — Mallorca
Mallorca Villa Rentals: Tramuntana Estates, Coastal Rates and August Minimums
One island, four completely different holidays. What a staffed finca actually costs by coast, why August is booked by February, and how Deia, Port d'Andratx, Pollenca and Santanyi really compare.
USD 900 - 12,000 per night11 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XIII — Destination — Amalfi Coast
Amalfi Coast Villa Rentals: Positano and Ravello Compared, Rates and Transfer Rules
Forty kilometres of cliff, one road and a summer traffic regime that decides where you should actually stay. Rates by village, the stairs nobody warns you about, and how to plan a week that works.
USD 1,200 - 18,000 per night11 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XIV — Destination — Aspen
Aspen Estate Rentals: Festive Minimums, Rates by Neighbourhood and Staffing
The hardest festive week to book in North America, and the four neighbourhoods that behave completely differently in it. What an estate costs by week, when to commit, and what staff really add.
USD 1,500 - 30,000 per night11 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XV — Hub — French Alps
French Alps Chalet Rentals: Courchevel, Chamonix and Val d'Isère Compared
The hub for the three French resorts we book most. What a staffed chalet costs in each, how the peak weeks behave, which airport transfer actually works, and where each resort earns its rate.
USD 500 – 30,000 per night11 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XVI — Destination — Chamonix
Chamonix Chalet Rentals: Rates by Week, Hamlets Compared and Transfer Times
The best-value staffed chalet market in the French Alps, an hour and a quarter from Geneva. What a Chamonix chalet costs by week, which hamlet suits which week, and what the valley's altitude means for snow.
USD 500 – 8,000 per night10 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XVII — Destination — Val d'Isère
Val d'Isère Chalet Rentals: Rates by Week, Quarters Compared and Peak Minimums
High, snow-sure and built for people who ski every day. What a staffed Val d'Isère chalet costs week by week, which quarter to take, and how the peak weeks are released.
USD 700 – 20,000 per night10 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XVIII — Destination — Dubai
Dubai Villa Rentals: Rates by Season, Districts Compared and What Staffing Costs
A winter-season city where the villa market runs opposite the Mediterranean. What a staffed villa costs from November to April, how Palm Jumeirah, Emirates Hills and Jumeirah Bay differ, and where the summer value sits.
USD 4,000 – 25,000 per night9 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XIX — Destination — Marrakech
Marrakech Riad & Villa Rentals: Medina, Palmeraie and Agafay Compared
Three quite different stays sit within forty minutes of each other. What a whole-house riad costs against a Palmeraie villa or a desert kasbah, when the city is comfortable, and what full Moroccan staffing includes.
USD 1,500 – 9,000 per night8 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XX — Country — France
Chalet Rentals in France: Luxury Ski Chalets, Rates and Resorts Compared
The country view. What a luxury ski chalet in France costs by resort and by week, what catered, staffed and self-catered actually mean here, which resorts are genuinely ski-in ski-out, and how a French chalet holiday is put together from Geneva onwards.
USD 500 – 30,000 per night12 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XXI — Destination — Menorca
Menorca Villa Rentals: Luxury Villas, Weekly Rates and Coasts Compared
The quiet Balearic. What a luxury villa in Menorca costs by week, which coast suits which kind of stay, and why the island's building rules keep the good houses scarce.
USD 500 – 6,000 per night9 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XXII — Destination — Puglia
Puglia Villa Rentals: Luxury Masserie, Weekly Rates and Areas Compared
Italy's heel, and the best value in the prime Mediterranean. What a restored masseria costs by week, which stretch of Puglia to take, and what a staffed house here actually includes.
USD 500 – 7,000 per night10 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XXIII — Destination — Megève
Megève Chalet Rentals: Luxury Chalets, Weekly Rates and Quarters Compared
The oldest luxury address in the French Alps, and the easiest to reach. What a staffed Megève chalet costs by week, which quarter to take, and why the village matters more here than the skiing.
USD 500 – 12,000 per night9 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XXIV — Destination — Méribel
Méribel Chalet Rentals: Luxury Catered Chalets, Rates and Villages Compared
The centre of the Three Valleys and the heart of the catered-chalet market. What a Méribel chalet costs by week, which village to take, and what catered really includes.
USD 500 – 15,000 per night9 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guideGuide XXV — Destination — Cap Ferret
Cap Ferret Villa Rentals: Luxury Villas, Weekly Rates and Villages Compared
France's most private summer address, an hour from Bordeaux. What a villa on the peninsula costs by week, which village to take, and why nothing here is booked from a website.
USD 500 – 5,000 per night8 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXVI — Destination — Argentière
Argentière Chalet Rentals: Catered Chalets Above Chamonix
The last village in the Chamonix valley, at the foot of the Grands Montets. What a catered chalet costs by week, why the skiing suits stronger skiers, and how the village works in summer.
USD 500 – 4,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXVII — Destination — Douro Valley
Douro Valley Villa Rentals: Quintas, Harvest Weeks and Rates
Portugal's terraced wine country, ninety minutes from Porto. What a quinta costs by season, why September is the week everyone wants, and which bank of the river to take.
USD 500 – 3,000 per night7 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXVIII — Destination — Corsica
Corsica Villa Rentals: Coasts, Weekly Rates and Villages
Mountains that fall into the Mediterranean. What a Corsican villa costs by week, how Porto-Vecchio differs from the Cap Corse, and why August is booked from Paris in January.
USD 500 – 4,000 per night7 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXIX — Destination — Jackson Hole
Jackson Hole Lodge Rentals: Cabins, Ranches and Ski Weeks
Wyoming's ski valley between two national parks. What a lodge costs by season, why Teton Village and the town of Jackson are different holidays, and when to come for wildlife.
USD 500 – 4,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXX — Destination — Folegandros
Folegandros Villa Rentals: Chora, Cliffs and Quiet Weeks
The Cyclades without the crowds. What a villa above the Aegean costs by week, how to reach an island with no airport, and why August still feels calm here.
USD 500 – 2,500 per night6 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXXI — Destination — Ostuni
Ostuni Villa Rentals: Masserie, Weekly Rates and the Valle d'Itria
The white town above Puglia's olive plain. What a masseria costs by week, how far the sea really is, and which villages of the Valle d'Itria to build a week around.
USD 500 – 3,000 per night7 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXXII — Destination — Cap d'Antibes
Cap d'Antibes Villa Rentals: Weekly Rates and Quarters
The Riviera's most closed-off headland, between Antibes and Juan-les-Pins. What a villa costs by week, which side of the cap to take, and how the festival weeks distort May.
USD 500 – 6,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXXIII — Destination — Porto Cervo
Porto Cervo Villa Rentals: Costa Smeralda Rates by Week
Sardinia's built-for-purpose luxury coast. What a Costa Smeralda villa costs by week, why August is a different market entirely, and which bay to take.
USD 500 – 6,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXXIV — Destination — Mykonos
Mykonos Villa Rentals: Coasts, Weekly Rates and Quiet Sides
The loudest island in the Cyclades has a quiet half. What a villa costs by week, which coast suits which holiday, and how the meltemi decides your terrace.
USD 500 – 5,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXXV — Destination — Portofino
Portofino Villa Rentals: Rates, Santa Margherita & Liguria
A harbour the size of a courtyard, and the villas in the pines above it. What a week costs, why most guests stay just outside, and when Liguria is at its best.
USD 500 – 5,000 per night6 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXXVI — Destination — Zermatt
Zermatt Chalet Rentals: Weekly Rates and Peak Ski Weeks
Car-free, glacier-high and open longer than any French resort. What a chalet costs by week, which quarter to take, and why the season runs to April.
USD 500 – 5,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXXVII — Destination — St. Moritz
St. Moritz Chalet Rentals: Rates, Suvretta and Peak Weeks
The Engadin's social season, at 1,800 metres. What a chalet costs by week, which side of the lake to take, and the weeks the town books out for polo and horse racing.
USD 500 – 6,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXXVIII — Destination — Gstaad
Gstaad Chalet Rentals: Weekly Rates and Village Quarters
Farmhouse timber, discreet money and a promenade you can walk in ski boots. What a chalet costs by week, which hamlet to take, and how the low altitude shapes the season.
USD 500 – 6,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XXXIX — Destination — Lech am Arlberg
Lech Chalet Rentals: Arlberg Weekly Rates and Peak Weeks
The snowiest corner of Austria, and the most polished. What a chalet costs by week in Lech, Oberlech and Zürs, and why ski-in matters more here than anywhere.
USD 500 – 5,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XL — Destination — Cortina d'Ampezzo
Cortina d'Ampezzo Chalet Rentals: Rates and Dolomite Weeks
The Dolomites' grand old resort, with the 2026 Games behind it. What a chalet costs by week, which side of the basin to take, and why lunch matters as much as the skiing.
USD 500 – 4,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XLI — Destination — Harbour Island
Harbour Island Villa Rentals: Rates, Beach Side and Seasons
Three miles of pink sand, golf carts instead of cars, and clapboard houses in Dunmore Town. What a villa costs by week, and which side of the island to take.
USD 500 – 5,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XLII — Destination — Los Cabos
Los Cabos Villa Rentals: Corridor Rates and Best Months
Desert meeting the Pacific and the Sea of Cortez. What a villa costs by week along the corridor, which resort community to take, and which beaches you can actually swim.
USD 500 – 4,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XLIII — Destination — Careyes
Careyes Villa Rentals: Casitas, Castles and Weekly Rates
A private stretch of the Costalegre where the architecture is painted mango and cobalt. What a week costs, which house type to take, and the polo and festival weeks that book out.
USD 500 – 4,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XLIV — Destination — Mustique
Mustique Villa Rentals: Weekly Rates and How the Island Works
A privately held Grenadine island where every house rents through one company. What a week costs, how the mules and beaches work, and when to book Christmas.
USD 500 – 6,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXIII — Destination — Nantucket
Nantucket Vacation Rentals: Harbour Houses and a Short, Serious Summer
The grey-shingled island thirty miles off Cape Cod. What a harbour house costs by week, why July and August are effectively sold a year out, and the case for September.
USD 900 – 8,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXIV — Destination — The Hamptons
Hamptons Vacation Rentals: Ocean Lanes, Potato Fields and the Summer Season
Long Island's South Fork, two hours from Manhattan. What an ocean-lane house costs by week, how the villages differ, and why Memorial Day to Labor Day is a market of its own.
USD 1,000 – 10,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXV — Destination — Hawaii
Hawaii Villa Rentals: Maui, Kauai and the Big Island Compared
Four islands, four different holidays. What an oceanfront estate costs by week on Maui, Kauai, Oahu and the Big Island, and how the seasons actually work in the Pacific.
USD 1,200 – 12,000 per night8 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXVI — Seasonal — Japan
The Best Time to Visit Japan: A Season-by-Season Answer
Cherry blossom, autumn maples, powder snow or empty temples — Japan rewards every season differently. When to go for what, and the weeks the connoisseurs actually book.
Trip planning guide8 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXVII — National Guide — Japan
Luxury Travel in Japan: Ryokan, Ryotei and the Art of the Considered Trip
Japan does luxury differently: restraint over display, service as a craft, and experiences money alone doesn't book. Where to go, what it costs, and how the country's top end actually works.
USD 1,000 – 5,000 per night9 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXI — Destination — Tokyo
Tokyo Vacation Rentals: Where to Stay and What It Costs
The world's most rewarding city to stay well in. Which district buys you which Tokyo, what a serviced residence or private house costs by season, and the weeks worth flying for.
USD 600 – 4,500 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXII — Destination — Kyoto
Kyoto Vacation Rentals: Machiya Houses, Ryokan and Timing
The old capital rewards a private house more than anywhere in Japan. What a restored machiya costs, which neighbourhood to take, and why November is booked a year out.
USD 700 – 5,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXIII — Destination — Niseko
Niseko Chalet Rentals: Powder, Rates and the January Question
Hokkaido's snow is the deepest reliable powder on earth. What a catered chalet costs through the season, which village to take, and why February beats January for some.
USD 800 – 9,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXIV — Destination — Hakone
Hakone Ryokan and Villa Rentals: Onsen, Fuji and Two Nights
Ninety minutes from Tokyo and a different country. What a private onsen villa or top ryokan costs, which valley to take, and the case for going in winter.
USD 700 – 4,000 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXV — Destination — Okinawa
Okinawa Vacation Rentals: Japan's Beach Season, Honestly Timed
Subtropical islands six hundred miles south of the mainland. What a beach villa costs, which island to take, and the weeks between the rains and the typhoons.
USD 600 – 3,500 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXVI — Regional Guide — Asia
Luxury Travel in Asia: The Cities and Islands Worth the Flight
Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Bangkok and Bali — five very different arguments for the long haul. What each costs, when each is at its best, and how to build a fortnight that uses all of them.
USD 500 – 9,000 per night9 min read5 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXVII — Destination — Osaka
Osaka Vacation Rentals: Japan's Food City, Priced Sensibly
Kyoto's loud, warm neighbour and the best eating city in Japan. What a residence or private house costs, which district to take, and why it makes a better base than people expect.
USD 450 – 2,500 per night6 min read5 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXVIII — Destination — Bangkok
Bangkok Luxury Stays: River Suites, Residences and Rates
The best-value luxury city in the world, and the one where service is a genuine art form. What a river suite or private residence costs, which side of the city to take, and when to come.
USD 400 – 3,000 per night7 min read5 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXIX — Seasonal — Asia
The Best Time to Visit Asia: A Month-by-Month Calendar
Monsoons, blossom, powder and dry seasons rarely line up. A twelve-month calendar for Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Bangkok and Bali, and the months that suit all five.
Trip planning guide8 min read5 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXVIII — Collections — Wellness
Luxury Wellness Retreats: The Case for Taking the Spa Private
The fastest-growing category in travel, done two ways: the great destination spas, and the private-house version — a villa with a chef, a therapist and a week that belongs entirely to you.
USD 800 – 6,000 per night8 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXX — Collections — Wellness
Japan Wellness Retreats: Onsen Country, Done Privately
Japan invented the wellness week before anyone called it that. Where to take an onsen retreat, what a private-bath ryokan or staffed house costs, and the months that reward the trip.
USD 700 – 5,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXXI — Destination — Kanazawa
Kanazawa Vacation Rentals: Crafts, Kaga Onsen and Rates
Kyoto's quieter equal on the Sea of Japan — gold leaf, the country's best fish market and hot-spring valleys twenty minutes away.
USD 600 – 3,200 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXXXII — Destination — Hakuba
Hakuba Chalet Rentals: Alps Snow, Onsen and Rates
Japan's Olympic valley: ten ski areas, big vertical and hot springs at the bottom of every run — three hours from Tokyo and cheaper than Niseko.
USD 700 – 4,500 per night6 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXIX — Collections — Solo Travel
The Best Places to Travel Solo, in Luxury
Solo travel is the fastest-growing party size in luxury — and the best version of it is not a dorm bed or a group tour. It is a well-chosen town, a staffed house of your own, and a week that answers to no one else's schedule.
USD 500 – 4,000 per night9 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXX — Safety — Mexico
Is It Safe to Travel to Mexico? The Luxury Traveller's Guide
Mexico is not one safety picture but many — and the luxury traveller's Mexico, from Los Cabos to the private Costalegre estates, is heavily invested in keeping visitors safe. Here is how the advisories actually work, and how to plan the trip that never touches the risk map.
USD 700 – 8,000 per night8 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XLV — Seasons — Bora Bora
Best Time to Visit Bora Bora: Month by Month, Season by Season
The dry season runs May to October and everyone knows it. The question worth answering is which of those months gives you the lagoon at its clearest for the least money.
USD 900 – 6,500 per night7 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XLVI — Seasons — Seychelles
Best Time to Visit the Seychelles: North Island and the Inner Granitics
Two monsoons, no cyclones, and a shoulder season most visitors miss. When to take North Island and the granitic inner islands, month by month.
USD 1,500 – 12,000 per night7 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XLVII — Seasons — Noonu Atoll
Best Time to Visit the Maldives: Noonu Atoll Season by Season
The northern atolls run on a different calendar to Malé. When the dry monsoon settles over Noonu, what it costs, and the weeks worth avoiding.
USD 1,200 – 9,000 per night7 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XLVIII — Seasons — Canouan
Best Time to Visit Canouan, St Vincent and the Grenadines
A Grenadine island with a jet runway and almost no day trippers. The season that suits it, the months that do not, and what a villa week costs across each.
USD 900 – 8,000 per night6 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide XLIX — Seasons — Palawan
Best Time to Visit Palawan and the Pamalican Islands
Amihan, habagat and the narrow window in between. When the Sulu Sea is at its flattest, and what a Pamalican week costs across the year.
USD 1,100 – 7,500 per night6 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide L — Calendar — December
Best Places to Travel in December: Where to Go, What It Costs, When to Book
December splits in two: the quiet, excellent first fortnight and the festive fortnight, which is the most contested inventory in travel. Where to go in each half, and what the difference costs.
USD 700 – 12,000 per night8 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LI — Calendar — January
Best Places to Travel in January: Where to Go After the Festive Exodus
From 4 January onward the travel world empties and the rates follow. January is the connoisseur's month: peak-season weather at the Caribbean, snow at its deepest in the Alps, and a fraction of the festive crowds.
USD 700 – 8,000 per night7 min read3 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LII — Calendar — February
Best Places to Travel in February: Peak Season Done Properly
February is high season's high point: the Caribbean at its driest, the Alps in deep snow, the Maldives in clear water. It is also half-term month — the art is knowing which weeks to take and which to avoid.
USD 800 – 9,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LIII — Calendar — March
Best Places to Travel in March: The Last Month of Winter Sun
March is the winter season's graceful exit: the Caribbean still dry, the Alps still holding snow, the Maldives ending its clear-water run — and rates softening as the month goes on.
USD 700 – 7,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LIV — Calendar — April
Best Places to Travel in April: The Great Shoulder Season
April is the year's first true shoulder month: the Caribbean quietly excellent, the Mediterranean waking up, the ski season ending in style — and the lowest rates since the autumn.
USD 600 – 5,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LV — Calendar — May
Best Places to Travel in May: The Mediterranean's Secret Month
Ask anyone who works in the Mediterranean when they take their own holiday and they will say May: warm seas by the month's end, everything open, nothing crowded, and rates a third below July.
USD 600 – 5,500 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LVI — Calendar — June
Best Places to Travel in June: The Mediterranean at Its Peak
June is the Mediterranean's perfect month: long light, warm seas, everything open — and for its first three weeks, still priced below the school-holiday peak that July brings.
USD 700 – 7,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LVII — Calendar — July
Best Places to Travel in July: Peak Season, Played Well
July is the month everyone travels. The trick is not avoiding the crowds — it is knowing where the crowds are worth it, where they are avoidable, and what peak season actually buys you.
USD 900 – 12,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LVIII — Calendar — August
Best Places to Travel in August: The Month Europe Closes
August is the Mediterranean's great shutdown: everyone is on holiday, which is both the charm and the problem. Where the crowds are the point, where to escape them, and the case for going north.
USD 900 – 12,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LIX — Calendar — September
Best Places to Travel in September: The Connoisseur's Month
September is the answer to almost every Mediterranean question: the sea at its warmest, the crowds gone home, the harvest starting — and rates that fall by a third while the water holds its heat.
USD 700 – 6,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LX — Calendar — October
Best Places to Travel in October: The Last Warm Weeks
October is the year's most underrated month: the Mediterranean's warm tail, Marrakech back in season, the Caribbean quiet before its reopening — and shoulder rates almost everywhere.
USD 600 – 4,500 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXI — Calendar — November
Best Places to Travel in November: The Season Turns
November is the hinge of the travel year: the Caribbean and Dubai come back on stream, the Alps wait for snow, and the canny traveller finds the year's last shoulder rates before the festive machine starts.
USD 600 – 6,000 per night7 min read4 cited sourcesRead the guide
Guide LXII — Flagship — United States
Luxury Travel in the USA: A Regional Guide to America's Finest Stays
American luxury travel is not one thing but seven: a mountain, a desert, three coasts, an island chain and a lowcountry. A region-by-region guide to where the country's finest stays are, when to take them, and what they cost.
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By amenity — across every folio
When the house is chosen for what it comes with.
Staffed Villas with a Private Chef
Every house on this page arrives with a kitchen brigade of some description. What separates them is whether the chef is included in the nightly rate, engaged daily, or invoiced per cover — and that difference is usually worth more than the headline price.
Luxury Villa Rentals with a Private Helipad
A helipad is rarely about the aircraft. It is about the ninety minutes of coastal road, ferry queue or mountain pass it removes from the arrival — and, on several of these estates, about the only practical way in during peak season.
Luxury Penthouse Rentals
A penthouse buys two things a villa cannot: a front door inside the city, and a building that runs itself. What it gives up is land. This collection is for stays where the address matters more than the garden.
Luxury Beach House Rentals
Beachfront is the single most expensive word in a villa listing, and the least precisely used. This collection separates houses that open onto sand from houses that look at it.
Large Villa Rentals for Groups
Once a party passes ten people, the house stops being a house and becomes logistics. These are the estates and compounds built for that — enough bedrooms of equal quality, enough kitchen, and enough separate space that nobody is trapped in the same room for a week.
Honeymoon Villas and Retreats
A honeymoon is the one trip where the house is the itinerary. These are the small houses, overwater villas and island retreats built for two people who intend to leave them as little as possible.
The Destination Journal
Stories and travel notes from the places we let.
Where the guides give you rates and seasons, the journal gives you the week itself — tables worth booking, drives worth taking and the villas we would take them from.
The Solo Luxury Traveller Is No Longer the Exception
Solo bookings at the top end of the market are growing faster than any other party size. What changes when one person takes the whole house — and where they are going.
What AI Trip Planning Gets Right — and Where It Hands You Back
The machines are genuinely useful for the first half of planning a trip. The second half — the house, the week, the terms — is still a human business.
Nantucket in the Shoulder: The Island After the Ferries Thin
From mid-September the island exhales. The beaches empty, the tables free up, and the Atlantic is at its warmest. The case for Nantucket's quietest six weeks.
Luxury Travel in 2027: The Trends Worth Acting On
Longer stays, whole-house buyouts, the shoulder-season shift and the rise of the second city — the trends that will actually change how you book next year, and the ones that will not.
The Three-Week Window: When Luxury Villa Rates Drop
In almost every destination there is a three-week window where the weather holds and the rate falls by a third. How to find it, and the dates to circle for 2027.
Jackson Hole in Summer: The Season the Skiers Miss
The Tetons without lift lines: fly-fishing, empty trails, and a grand-valley summer that many who know it now prefer to the skiing.
Every location, in the journal
- The Solo Luxury Traveller Is No Longer the Exception
- What AI Trip Planning Gets Right — and Where It Hands You Back
- Nantucket
- Luxury Travel in 2027: The Trends Worth Acting On
- The Three-Week Window: When Luxury Villa Rates Drop
- Jackson Hole in Summer: The Season the Skiers Miss
- Courchevel 1850
- What a Villa Weekly Rate Actually Includes
- Shoulder Season: the Mediterranean Weeks Worth Knowing
- Which Airport for Which Alps Resort
- Marrakech
- Meribel
- Dubai
- Megeve
- Aspen
- Corsica
- Ibiza
- Folegandros
- Bali
- Douro Valley
- Val D Isere
- Barbados
- Puglia
- Punta Mita
- Amalfi Coast
- St Barths
- Menorca
- Mallorca
- Courchevel 1850
- Chamonix