Robinson Crusoe’s Private Island is now Available on Airbnb

On the AirBnb listing, where the host is required to describe “the neighbourhood”, the owner simply writes: There are other nearby islands for exploring. And it just so happens that Bird Island is plonked right in one of the best snorkeling and fishing areas in Belize… Traditionally the concept of renting a private island usually requires being a…

Stop Everything and take a Virtual Visit of Catalonia’s Crown Jewel

Imagine building a house with an unlimited budget and dying before you have the chance to move in! That’s what happened to Joaquim Navàs, the patron of Casa Navas, located in Reus, Catalonia, Spain, a design masterpiece which has remained in remarkable condition. This house on the surface might look like Art Nouveau at its…

The Town where Unwanted Architecture Found a Home

If you were to take photographs of the most charming villages from around the world and make a collage of their most picture-perfect views, you’d get a pretty good representation of what Portmeirion looks like. An enchanted technicolor mish mash of architecture, built in the 1920s by one wizard of a man, let’s take a…

Now That Is How You Fall in Love with LA

There’s nothing more LA than trying to be a million things at once. In one afternoon, Angelinos can go from a kitsch “Casablanca” to Canter’s Deli; grab a Cuban cocktail at “Versailles” and end up at a dentist’s office that would be much better as a discotheque. It’s a wonderful, borderline perverse eclecticism that has…

Let’s Window Shop for French Fairytale Homes

Chateaux hunting is a veritable mood right now – the idea of quitting urban life, recruiting your best friends to go all in on the adventure and living out the rest of your days fixing up your French fortress with an endless supply of wine & cheese. There is certainly no shortage of chateaux in…

A 1970s Hippie Commune turned AirBnB Escape

Hippie house-hunting is one of my favourite past-times on the internet; searching for a piece of that free-spirited way of life that us city folk long for. Today I discovered a historic art studio in California’s wine country that’s reinvented itself as a cozy AirBnb escape for those seeking a nostalgic bohemian paradise. Aren’t we all?! The…

You can now Rent Julia Child’s Provencale Kitchen as she Left It, via Airbnb

A copy of Julia Child’s “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”, dog-eared, heavily scribbled in with my mother’s notes and covered with her gravy stains, will one day be passed on to me as a family heirloom. I didn’t know it then, but my childhood in Provence probably wouldn’t have tasted the same if it wasn’t for Julia…

Peter Pan’s Hideout is Now Available to Rent on AirBnB

Once upon a time, there was a house in the trees, surrounded by the lights of the forest fairies, where the lodgers never grew up… and it came with wireless internet for a minimum two night stay on AirBnB! Okay so Peter Pan may not exactly be renting out his Neverland lair on AirBnB but there…

10 Awesome Airbnb Trailers for your next Weekend Getaway

Before you start wondering whether Airbnb has sponsored me to write this post, they haven’t. This is just me, lost in Airbnb and their endless roster of dream homes to stay in. Summer might be behind us but I’m starting to think just one last getaway before the weather turns sour could be good for…

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The Keys to Amsterdam’s Secret Chapel B&B

What’s gold, pink, and Amsterdam’s best kept secret? The 18th century chapel-turned-AirBnB that landed in our inbox this morning, courtesy of a hot tip from our pal Holly Beach of the Choosy Traveller, who recently discovered the hidden gem and found it to be of the most unique places she’s ever seen “in Amsterdam, or…

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