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Avery Hale Smith of Backroads
Curious about biking or hiking through a region rather than driving past it, we turned to Avery Hale Smith, who practically grew up on a Backroads trip: her father founded the active travel company in 1979.
Joris Desplenter, Founder and Guide, Belgium’s Wanderlust
Tell us about you/your company: what you do, what part of the world/type of travel do you specialize in, and how did you get into this line of work? I was born and raised in Zottegem, a small town just south of Ghent, and I have spent my whole life collecting the places I would send a friend to.
Frequent Criers: Q&A with Devin Kirk, CCO of Jayson Home
As the chief creative officer of Jayson Home, a Chicago destination for curated modern-meets-vintage furniture, Devin Kirk has been taking his son Harry along on his travels since he was eight months old—from summer antique-buying trips in France to Jamaica, Cancun, and a weekend at the Chateau Marmont.
Kailey Bradt, CEO of Sonsie
As CEO of Pamela Anderson’s skincare brand Sonsie , Kailey Bradt maintains a down-to-earth travel wellness routine that’s about figuring out what makes her feel good wherever she lands. She shares her strategies for beating jet lag, why she loves a long-haul water fast, the detox shampoo and supplements that always make the cut, and the Greek beauty finds she brings home. Tell us a bit about you and your company—how did you get started down this path?
The Burgundy Black Book
A patchwork of towns and villages with a complex appellation system, Burgundy can feel like a hard nut to crack. But if you’re not all about chasing grand crus, it’s such a down-to-earth and unstuffy region, where villages and vineyards sit closely together and generations of families have worked the same parcels of land for decades.
Bordeaux Chronicle
After 23 years in Bordeaux, wine writer Jane Anson knows how to get under the skin of a region that can still feel famously intimidating. Her previous book, Inside Bordeaux, is an enormously thorough yet approachable decoding of the region and its terroirs (you can sign up for Jane’s newsletter of the same name for access to her tasting reports and enormous wine database).
Cour des Loges, Lyon
In short… A warren of connecting historical buildings makes for a cozily atmospheric stay in the heart of Old Lyon, with a restaurant worthy of France’s gastronomic capital. The surroundings… During the Renaissance, Lyon was a thriving center of the silk and spice trades, and much of that history remains amazingly intact in Vieux Lyon.
Giselle Go of Damdam
Tell us a bit about you and your company—how did you get started down this path? I’m the co-founder of DAMDAM, a skincare brand my partner and I started in Tokyo in 2019. Before beauty, I spent much of my career in fashion publishing, including as editor of Harper’s Bazaar Singapore. My co-founder, Philippe, also came from fashion, working with designers like Dries Van Noten and John Galliano in Japan. DAMDAM grew naturally out of the way we were already living here.
The Hedges Inn, East Hampton, NY
In short… The Hedges Inn is a new center of gravity in East Hampton, with David Netto-designed interiors, an always-lively outpost of Swifty’s, and a golf-cart shuttle to Main Beach. The surroundings… Centrally located on James Lane, just north of the East Hampton’s Town Pond and Village Green, The Hedges is a 10-minute walk to town and two-minute drive to Main Beach.
Torfhús Retreat, Selfoss, Iceland
In short… A cozy, Viking-flavored eco-retreat with geothermally-heated hot tubs and excellent seasonal food—a perfect base for exploring Iceland’s Golden Circle.
Postcard from Aspen in Summer
Hello from… Aspen in summertime! Home to snow-speckled peaks, a rotating roster of cultural and ideas festivals, and more private jets than commercial flights. Where I’m staying…The White Elephant Aspen, which opened in June.
The Inn at Hancock, Hancock, New Hampshire
In short…The Inn at Hancock is a playfully chic, newly renovated historic coaching inn that punches far above its weight when it comes to food, service and design. The surroundings… The inn anchors the photogenic little New England town of Hancock, in southwestern New Hampshire, about 20 minutes east of Keene. Settled in 1764, the town was named for Founding Father and local landowner John Hancock.
Hotel Kid: Q&A With Gioconda Scott
At Moudira Farm Kitchen (Photos by Mark Anthony Fox) Gioconda Scott grew up roaming the grounds of Trasierra, the soulful Andalusian hideaway outside of Sevilla that her mother transformed from a family home into a creative retreat and one of Spain’s most beloved hotels. Last year, Gioconda—a cook and creative director who trained with Francis Mallmann in Uruguay and at Kamal Mouzawak’s Tawlet in Beirut—re-created a similar sense of magic at Al Moudira in Luxor.
The Newport List
Newport may be famous for its Gilded Age mansions and sailing history, but it’s the rituals of local life that people fall in love with—and that bring families back for generations. Think chowder on the harbor, sunset cocktails at Castle Hill watching sailboats drift by, afternoons browsing beautifully curated antiques shops and bookstores, matches on the historic grass courts and summer evenings at one of America’s oldest baseball fields.
Packing for Summer in the Med With Heleena Trahanas
Heleena Trahanas is one half of the Mediterranean-inspired brand Alex and Trahanas, known for its chic, hand-painted ceramics crafted in Italy and breezy separates and sarongs that conjure sun-drenched lunches by the sea and hot summer nights. We talked to her about how she packs for her summer travels in the Med (including her 20 rings!), and her latest discoveries in Folegandros and Kea. Where in the Med do you typically travel in the summer?
The Riviera dei Fiori List
Coqui Coqui has spent two decades at the leading edge of bohemian cool. Founded by Nicolas Malleville, an Argentine-born landscape architect, perfumer, and former model, and Francesca Bonato, an Italian designer, the pair met on the Yucatán Peninsula in the early 2000s and soon opened their first boutique hotel there.
The Comporta List
The last time I was in Portugal was 25 years ago, and we only made it to Lisbon and the north—road-tripping through Coimbra, Luso, and the Serra da Estrela mountains. I’d always wanted to return, especially since we did a story on Comporta when I was at Traveler in 2015. So when I was invited to the 10th anniversary of Sao Lourenco do Barrocal, I put it in my calendar and built a week-long trip around it. We rented a car in the Lisbon airport and drove an hour and a half south to Comporta.
“Back To The Land” Hotels
Quercus It feels like there’s a shift happening in travel right now toward the rooted, the seasonal, and the soil—back to the land. Maybe it’s nostalgia for analog summers of capture-the-flag and the chirp of crickets on the porch, or pulling the thread harder on the farm-to-table movement and sourdough starters: we want to feel closer to nature, to how things are made and where they come from. This list is our attempt to map that impulse across four distinctly American traditions.
Justine Kahn, founder of Botnia
Tell us a bit about yourself and your company. How did you get started down this path? I started my career as an esthetician in 2001, working in traditional spas in Los Angeles before moving up to San Francisco in 2004.
Sound View Greenport, Long Island, NY
In short… A design-conscious, retro-vibed stay on Long Island’s North Fork with incredible sea views and a pool, set on a primo private beach. The surroundings… The Sound View Greenport rings a quarter-mile crescent of private waterfront on the eastern end of the North Fork. Greenport is just a 5-minute drive away—a walkable town of restaurants, shops and galleries and the ferry to Shelter Island, with a touch of coastal Maine.
Road Trip Around Eastern Crete
(Photos by Maria Passarivaki and Stefanos Gogos) For as long as I can remember, I’ve worn a small gold charm around my neck—a replica of the Phaistos Disc, one of archaeology’s most enduring mysteries. Discovered on the island of Crete more than a century ago, the original is stamped with a spiral of pictographic symbols that no scholar has yet managed to decipher.
The (Family) Navigator: Tom Marchant, co-founder, Black Tomato
Tell us about you and your company. At Black Tomato, we specialize in creating remarkable experiences for people around the world, immersing them in local cultures and adventures that they would never be able to do without our help or through guidebooks. We got into it because my partners and I connected over our love of travel at college. We used to travel every spare moment we had—this was in the days before “experiential travel” was a thing.
Back of House: José António Uva, São Lourenço do Barrocal & Na Praia
The land that the hotel is on has been in your family for 200 years. What do you know about how it was used? The estate was originally conceived as a fully self-sufficient farming community—almost 9,000 hectares supporting around 50 families who rarely needed to leave. It had its own agricultural production, its own social structure. Do you have any childhood memories of spending time there? What did it feel like to you then?
Dispatches from the Paris & Provence Antiques Markets
France’s sprawling marchés aux puces and brocantes are amazing treasure troves for patina lovers, but can also be challenging to navigate. We asked two experts to decode their favorite hunting grounds: Kate Van Boogert, the author of The Paris Flea Market, whose clients include top fashion and interior designers; and Delphine Rouvière, who fills Beaumier’s charming hotels with finds sourced across the South of France, from L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue to Nice’s Cours Saleya.
The Toronto List
Toronto is a city that is often underestimated—as a high-rise-filled metropolis that’s a doppelgänger for New York on TV, but cleaner and less exciting… And yet what most people don’t realize is just how massive this city on Lake Ontario really is, and how diverse. As our friend and Toronto-based travel advisor Tyler Dillon puts it, “On the shores of the waters of the Great Lakes and at the cross section of old trail systems, it has always been a gathering place.
Cape Cod & The Islands Travel Planner
Dune Grass House, Truro, Massachusetts, 1984 by Joel Meyerowitz Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, and Cape Cod each embody the idyllic New England coastal summer in their own way—but what they all share is a deep-rooted clubbiness. These are places built on ritual and return visits: families who’ve been coming back for years, even generations, each with their fiercely gate-kept beach, go-to seafood shack, favorite bike route, and sacred sunset cocktail spot.
Back of House: Antonio Sersale, Le Sirenuse
(Courtesy of Le Sirenuse) One of our favorite hotels on the planet, Le Sirenuse is practically synonymous with Positano—more than a hotel, it’s an institution that helped transform the rugged Amalfi Coast outpost with no running water into a glamorous holiday destination. It began in 1951 when four Neapolitan siblings—Anna, Aldo, Paolo, and Franco Sersale—converted their 18th-century family villa in Positano into a small hotel with just eight rooms.
Frequent Criers: Q&A with Ali Alquiza Klidonas
Name: Ali Alquiza Klidona Home base: NYC Tell us about yourself. I’m the founder of Over Lunch, a creative consultancy at the intersection of brand strategy and podcast production. At its core, my work is about shaping ideas, stories, and experiences in a way that feels intentional, dimensional, and rooted in real connection.
Emily FitzRoy, Founder of Bellini Travel
Tell us about you/your company: what you do, what part of the world/type of travel do you specialize in, and how did you get into this line of work? I set up Bellini Travel nearly 30 years ago (Christ, I feel old) after some misspent years in the record industry. Initially it was an online travel guide to hidden Italy for the princely sum of £8 a year, but piano piano, I started arranging holidays.
Packing for New Zealand with Rebecca Taylor
When New Zealand-born Rebecca Taylor moved to NYC in the ‘90s to work in fashion—first at Cynthia Rowley and later building her own eponymous womenswear brand known for its feminine, vintage-inspired styles—she imagined she’d never go home again.
Drew Kluska, founder of The Tailor
Tell us about you and your company. I’m Drew Kluska, founder of The Tailor. We design bespoke journeys across Australia – hand-stitched itineraries built around each guest’s curiosity, pace, and personality. We’ve been doing this for nearly 30 years now, and our team carries 300+ years of combined in-house knowledge of this country. We work with travellers mainly from North America, the UK and Europe, and collaborate closely with the world’s best travel advisors.
Dispatch from Egypt
I’d wanted to visit Egypt since I was a girl—since I stood in line for hours holding my mother’s hand outside New York’s Metropolitan Museum, waiting to see King Tut when Egyptomania seized America; lying on our orange rug reading the Time Life Great Ages of Man: Ancient Egypt, its papyrus-like lettering etched into my mind; and, of course, from the glamorous images of the S.S. Sudan steamship in Death on the Nile. For whatever reason, it never happened.
Meg Yash, Timbuktu Travel
Tell us about you and your company. Timbuktu Travel specializes in designing highly curated itineraries, turning your unique travel ideas into a seamless and personalized experience. With our expertise and your vision, we collaborate to craft a journey that is authentically yours and exceeds all expectations. My deep engagement with the travel industry spans nearly 20 years and I specialize in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Charles “Charlie” Vere Nicoll, owner of Le Toiny, St. Barth
Few people know St. Barth as well as Charlie Vere Nicoll. The British-born hotelier first came to the island for his honeymoon, before eventually making it his home.
Vanessa Bell, founder of Crème de la Crème
Tell us about you and your company. My company is called Crème de la Crème. I curate made-to-measure experiences of Buenos Aires. I present Buenos Aires as a blank canvas and allow my clients to get a taste for the insider and less-accessible facets of the city.
We Care Spa, Desert Hot Springs, CA
In short… For people looking to get serious about detox and gut health, We Care Spa offers a nutritionally supported fast and cleanse in a peaceful and private desert setting. The surroundings… We Care is a shady, emerald oasis of eucalyptus, cape honeysuckle and lemon trees ringed by the arid, scrubby landscape of Desert Hot Springs—about 20 minutes from Palm Springs.
Korakia Pensione, Palm Springs, CA
In short… This charming Moroccan-meets-Mediterranean retreat is an outlier in Mid-Mod Palm Springs, with whitewashed villas, bougainvillea-draped archways, antiques-filled rooms and other romantic details, just steps from downtown. The backstory… Half of Korakia Pensione was originally built by Scottish painter Gordon Coutts in the 1920s as a home and artists’ retreat to recreate his life in Tangier.
Fleur Huijskens & Nicole Boekhoorn
The cofounders of Sterrekopje, a restored 17th century “healing farm” in Franschhoek, an hour from Cape Town, are experts in the art of regenerative living, with an approach to well-being that is intuitive and soulful rather than prescriptive. They share their must-haves for staying balanced on the road, from essential oils and natural creams to pure cacao for a daily morning ritual and a tarot deck they never leave home without. Tell us about Sterrekopje and how you got started down this path.
Jules Maury, Head of Scott Dunn Private
I first met Jules Maury, head of Scott Dunn Private, on a media trip to Mallorca with PR founder Julia Perowne, who kept calling her friend “The Duchess.” The nickname fit: tall, elegant, rarely without a Hermès scarf and pearls, she cuts a grand figure. But Jules is also warm and wickedly funny, the kind of dinner companion whose travel tales—she’s lived everywhere from Hong Kong to Switzerland, France to Australia, Vietnam to South Africa—leave everyone cackling into their cocktails.
Aguachile de Camarón
Last May, I finally made it to Isla Holbox, that sliver of white sand off the northern tip of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. For years, I’d heard about its nature reserve, populated by flamingoes and pelicans, and its shallow, electric-blue water—a one-time haven for backpackers and bohemian travelers that’s been steadily drawing more visitors as Tulum’s crowds reach a tipping point.
Postcard from… Chania, Crete
Hello from… Chania, Crete. The southernmost and largest of the Greek islands, Crete is as mountainous as it is mythic—Zeus himself was said to be born in a high cave here—and its rugged elevation and sinuous roads have always made it difficult to penetrate. Crete has been dogged by a reputation for overdevelopment, but that’s largely an affliction in the north-central area of Heraklion, the capital (also home to the must-see archeological remains of Knossos Palace, the seat of Minoan kings).
JW Marriott Crete Resort & Spa, Chania, Crete
In short… A peaceful seafront escape with quiet-luxury vibes—ideal for those who want a resort-style stay outside the fray of Chania, western Crete’s capital. The surroundings… Located in Marathi, 10 miles from Chania’s Old Town, the JW Marriott Crete—which opened in June—is embedded within a 100-hectare terraced hillside crescent overlooking the Aegean. The low-lying honeycomb of minimalist stone, concrete and wood buildings belies its 160 rooms and suites—it feels much more intimate.
The Sea Ranch Lodge, Sonoma Coast
In short… A Utopian coastal community 100 miles north of San Francisco that was founded in 1963 and still hums with the design-centric, nature-first and free spirit of its founders. The surroundings… The Sea Ranch occupies a narrow, 10-mile swath of Sonoma coastline so rugged and windswept, it’s a marvel that anything, tree or structure, manages to stay rooted.
Biarritz Through a Design Lens
Marta de la Rica describes herself as “a New Yorker by birth, Spanish at heart, and Biarrot by adoption. The first two were given to me, the last one was chosen.” Known for crafting soulful, artful interiors filled with collected objects and playful details, the Madrid-based designer considers Biarritz—the Basque Coast town where she has spent summers since childhood—her most enduring source of inspiration.
Laura Jackson, Co-Founder of Glassette
Tell us about you and your company. I am the co-founder and CCO of Glassette, a lifestyle retail media platform selling curated goods for the home. I love all things homeware and was frustrated that there wasn’t one platform to buy a selection of interesting products, so I set out to build it myself. We launched in 2021 and over the last four years have firmly placed ourselves as the UK’s best lifestyle curation platform. How often do you travel?
Dane Tredway
Tell us about you and your company. Butterfield & Robinson is an active luxury travel company founded in 1966 by three friends from Toronto. Originally specializing in cycling tours across Europe, the company has since evolved to offer a wide range of active and experiential journeys, now operating in over 60 countries worldwide. As an Experience Designer and Region Manager, I oversee our North American portfolio, which includes Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.
Marina Efraimoglou of Euphoria Retreat
A couple of years back, I was lucky enough to stay at Euphoria Retreat in Mystras, in Greece’s central Peloponnese. While the spa has all of the requisite treatments, hammams and plunge pools, I loved how tied to the outdoors and history it felt—we took long hikes through the pine-scented mountains overlooking nearby Sparta, occasionally passing tiny abandoned but elaborately painted Byzantine chapels and spigots of icy mountain water.
Kevin Jackson
Tell us about you and your company. EXP Journeys is a leader in creating private and custom immersive travel experiences throughout the Americas, with an emphasis on the National Parks. With seasoned guides and local connections, we take clients off the beaten path, creating tailor-made adventures (for families, corporate retreats, couples, etc), including luxury guided hiking and dude ranch vacations. I got into the travel industry because I love sharing my passion and enjoyment.
Chasing Roses
We’ve worked with our friend Ngoc Minh Ngo for years. She was a colleague of Yolanda’s at Martha Stewart, and Linda at Domino. Best known for her botanical and garden photography (her books include Eden Revisited and In Bloom), she has a luminous, almost ethereal style that gives her work a beautiful painterly quality.
Melissa Martin of Mosquito Supper Club
New Orleans is a food city, but it’s also a city with its share of touristy food gimmickry if you don’t know where to look. Melissa Martin’s Mosquito Supper Club in the Garden District, which serves up food from her bayou upbringing, is very much the real deal.
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