A beautiful room gets my attention. The welcome, the service and how comfortably I can enjoy the place are what decide whether I’d return.
This collection brings together my luxury hotel reviews, villa and apartment stays, and researched hotel guides. There’s room for the atmosphere, the food and the pleasure of being somewhere lovely, alongside the practical details that shape the experience as a wheelchair user.
Some stories are about places I’ve returned to many times. Others look at a first visit, a special occasion or a stay that didn’t quite deliver what I’d hoped. Each offers a different view of how hospitality works in practice.
Personal stays and hotel reviews
These pieces draw on my own stays. They describe the rooms I used, the arrangements that worked for me and the circumstances in which I travelled. Some were adapted rooms; others suited my needs with Martin there to help. The individual article explains that context.
Manchester
A couple of days in The Village, with a beautifully considered accessible Living Space, a proper bath and a room we could settle into without rearranging the furniture.
The welcome and familiarity that keep bringing me back, and the small changes that show what happens when a hotel listens to its guests.
A characterful city stay with an adapted bath, thoughtful service and a rooftop lunch at 20 Stories that became part of the same Manchester plan.
Staycity Manchester Piccadilly
A family aparthotel stay, with two bedrooms and an accessible kitchen and bathroom. A different proposition from a traditional luxury hotel, with space and flexibility that mattered to all four of us.
Yorkshire and Northamptonshire
A dental appointment became a rather lovely date night. Clear information before arrival, rooftop spa time and dinner at the Clocktower shaped the stay.
Whittlebury Park, Northamptonshire
Returning to a familiar hotel as a wheelchair user, with a restorative treatment, warm service and an honest look at the spa’s access limitations.
Liverpool, London and Belfast
Dockside character, a difficult arrival and the care that shaped the rest of my stay. A reminder that the approach to a hotel belongs in the story too.
A race-weekend stay where a warm concierge welcome and an adapted room sat alongside service failures. The review considers how those moments connected across the experience.
Titanic Hotel Belfast, within my Belfast and County Antrim feature
The Drawing Offices, familiar rituals and why I keep returning. This is a personal introduction within a wider destination feature, including the room choice that works for me.
Greece, Croatia and Tenerife
A solo villa stay with privacy, wide island views and wellness on the terrace. The story also explains the Junior Residence, breakfast arrangements and the practicalities beyond the villa.
Returning after our wedding to see how the experience felt a year later. Familiar faces, different room arrangements and a stay shaped by personal attention.
Rixos Premium Dubrovnik, Croatia
A planned spa break became three nights in Dubrovnik. Room choice, a balcony at sunrise and finding the right route to the spa all feature.
The Ritz-Carlton Abama, Tenerife
Twenty-four hours of warm service, an accessible room and an unplanned rum masterclass, with the steps into the hydrotherapy pool included in the account.
Melbourne
My solo stay in 2018, and the welcome, room and spa experience that helped shape what I look for in luxury hospitality. A personal story from an earlier chapter of my travels.
Hotel guides and researched features
These pieces bring several properties into the same conversation. Their introductions explain whether the coverage comes from research, personal experience or a combination of the two. They’re useful places to begin a shortlist, with the remaining questions made clear.
Wheelchair-accessible castle hotels in the UK and Ireland
My own stay at Thornbury Castle provides the starting point, alongside researched coverage of Ashford Castle, Swinton Park, Castle Leslie Estate and Lough Eske Castle.
Accessible luxury hotels in London
A researched guide to six different London stays, considering hotel character, named room options and the details to establish before booking.
Condé Nast’s top 20 Indian Ocean resorts: the information available to disabled travellers
An examination of public information about rooms, villas, transfers and facilities across the Maldives, Seychelles and Mauritius. It considers what a guest can establish before making an enquiry.
Finding the stay that works for you
A review can help you picture a place. The room and arrangements attached to your own booking still deserve a closer look, particularly if a bathroom layout, transfer or piece of equipment determines whether you’ll be comfortable.
My guide to choosing a luxury accessible stay brings those considerations together. It leaves room for the enjoyable decisions too: the setting, the atmosphere and what you actually want from the trip.
Inclusion in this collection records published coverage. An As Seen In The Inclusive Edit badge identifies that editorial coverage; it isn’t hotel accreditation or a guarantee that a property will suit every guest. The Inclusive Edit Standard explains the approach behind the reviews and how editorial work sits alongside my professional work with hospitality teams.
Luxury travel reviewed against the standard it sets itself.
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