Luxury holidays at a glance
High-end holidays come in all shapes and sizes — and you don’t need a limo full of Louis Vuitton suitcases to qualify for one. Before splashing your hard-earned cash, consider which luxurious experience is top of your wishlist. Is it a boutique bolt hole in the countryside, a lavish break in the Maldives or a six-star cruise? Perhaps it’s simply the chance to leave the kids behind for a week, so you can take to the lounger at an elegant beachfront resort, good book and glass of Aperol spritz in hand.
There are luxury options to suit your whole brood, too. All the family will enjoy a week at a secluded private villa in an idyllic corner of Tuscany, and safaris tend to be at the top of kids’ bucket lists — you’ll have the savannah to yourself at some Botswanan hideaways.
Luxury and adventure aren’t mutually exclusive terms — you can move from place to place in style. Snake through the landscapes of the Australian outback on the Indian Pacific train or take a transatlantic crossing from Southampton to New York. Famed for its silver service, that’s one afternoon tea you’ll remember forever.
Main photo: Beautiful woman enjoys her summer holiday in the tropics (Getty Images)
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