Hotels, yachts, jets, islands
Travel
Luxury travel is measured in what you do not have to think about. This section covers hotels, yachts, jets and islands with numbers, not adjectives.
Reading between the ratings
How to choose a luxury hotel beyond the stars
Star ratings say nothing about how a stay feels.
The APA, the crew, the week
Yacht charter: what it really costs
A week on a crewed yacht is priced as a base fee plus an advance provisioning allowance, crew gratuity, taxes and delivery.
Charter, cards, fractional
Private aviation: when it makes sense
On-demand charter, jet cards, fractional ownership and full ownership compared: hourly costs by aircraft size, the break-even points and the routes where a private jet actually saves time.
The whole island
Private islands and how to stay on one
From one-resort islands in the Maldives to fully private islands in the Caribbean, the Seychelles and Fiji: what a buyout costs, how the logistics work and the islands worth knowing.
The guide
Luxury Hotels: ten picks
Ten hotels that define what luxury hospitality can be, each chosen for a specific kind of stay.
- Ritz Paris · Paris, Place Vendôme
- Claridge’s · London, Mayfair
- Aman Tokyo · Tokyo, Otemachi
- Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc · Cap d’Antibes, France
- Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco · Tuscany, Italy
- and five more
Where should you go?
Destination Matcher
Month, mood and budget: the three countries or regions that fit, with the season and the hotels.
Gavalia Concierge
A personal shortlist, within two working days
Tell us the brief and the budget. A person, not an algorithm, replies with three to five considered options: the right watch, the right villa, the right hotel, the right gift.
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- Three to five options with prices and reasons
- Introductions to the right dealer, advisor or hotel on request