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Style With Intention
The Wedding Dress Edit I didn’t expect choosing a wedding dress to be the part that stopped me. Not emotionally, not in the way people talk about it. It was quieter than that. Practical, in a way I hadn’t prepared for. It started exactly how you would expect. Scrolling, saving,…
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Far from Plain Sailing | My Stay at London’s Sea Containers
I knew this stay would matter before I arrived, but not because of the hotel itself. It was the timing. I was in London to take part in the London Landmarks Half Marathon, my first road race and the longest distance I have ever completed in my wheelchair, for two…
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Access Manchester: A Rooftop Lunch, a City-Centre Stay and the Luxury of Things Working
Two Girls, One Manchester Plan Two girls from different cities, meeting in Manchester for a leisurely lunch with a hint of luxe and an overnight stay for one. On paper, it sounds simple enough. A good table. A rooftop if possible. Somewhere beautiful to stay. Enough time to eat, talk,…
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The Lowry Hotel | Manchester The Kind of Place You Return To
There are hotels you enjoy. And then there are hotels you return to. Not because they are the most extravagant.Not because they are the newest. Because something about how they feel stays with you. I first stayed at The Lowry Hotel a couple of years ago. A last-minute decision. One…
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Spa Garden at Iveridge Hall Review | A Slower Kind of Wellness Experience
What began as a grey, rainy Friday became something quieter. Something steadier. Steam lifting into cold air. Warm water settling into skin. That shift you feel when a space allows you to exhale before you even realise you were holding anything in the first place. Tucked within the wider setting…
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Where Luxury Hotels Are Quietly Losing Bookings and Why It’s Happening Before Arrival
I tried to book a one night spa-stay recently. Seventeen miles from home.No long-haul flight. No complex itinerary. Just a simple, last minute decision. All I needed to know was whether I could move around the room in my wheelchair. How large is the space? Is it actually usable? I…
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Travelling as a Wheelchair User | What Luxury Hotels Never Tell You Before You Arrive
There is a moment, just after booking, where everything feels certain. The photos are right. The reviews are strong. The language says all the right things. Accessible. Thoughtful. Luxury. And then you arrive. The hotel has disabled parking. It just happens to sit at the end of fifty metres of…
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Rixos Premium Dubrovnik | Accessible Luxury Review
What started as a search for a UK spa break became three nights in Dubrovnik at one of Croatia’s finest five star resorts. Luiz Faye reviews Rixos Premium Dubrovnik as an ambulant wheelchair user travelling with her husband, and finds a property that gets the important things right.
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Luxury in Santorini | Accessible Wedding Honeymoon & everything we didn’t know was possible
Whenever I told people we were getting married on the volcanic island of Santorini, the reactions were mostly the same: “Are you mad?”“Isn’t it all steps and steep hills – how will that work with your chair?” And they weren’t wrong to ask. Santorini is known for its beauty, but…
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Wheelchair Accessible Luxury Travel in Croatia | What to Know Before You Go
Croatia is worth the planning. Let me start there, because what follows requires some honesty about complexity, and I do not want the complexity to obscure the conclusion. Croatia is worth it. The Adriatic is extraordinary. The food is extraordinary. The light in late summer on the Croatian coast is…
