The Gallivanter's Guide

By Philippe Servais. Honest Advice for the World's Top Travelllers.

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The Gallivanter’s Guide offers candid reviews of high-end hotels, cutting the online travel clutter to deliver reliable advice for upscale travellers. #LuxuryTravel #LuxuryHotels #Travel #thegallivantersguide

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A former president at the top of a tower in Astana. He ruled 30 years, renamed the capital after himself, got un-renamed three years later. The handprint stays. Tourists still queue to make a wish in it. Wrote about the strangest capital I’ve visited. #RitzCarlton #Astana

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A Different India, Part II.
The Ganges before it slows down. A beach that thinks it’s in Thailand. And my second Postcard hotel.
Verdicts inside. No spoilers here.

#India #LuxuryTravel #ThePostcardHotel #TravelWriting

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New Readers’ Feedback is up.

Ballyfin. The Datai. Capella Hanoi. The Oberoi Marrakech. Mandarin Oriental Vienna. Rosewood Phuket. And more.

Unfiltered. From paying guests. The version no PR signs off on.
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Hotels obsess over first impressions and fumble the last ones. The mask tends to slip at check-out. #LuxuryHotels #LuxuryTravel #hospitalityindustry #gallivantersguide

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A different India. From tea plantations in Assam to coffee estates in Coorg, and a new generation of palace hotels.
Featuring The Postcard in The Durrung Estate, Evolve Back Coorg, The Oberoi Rajgarh Palace and Taj Madikeri Resort & Spa.
#luxuryhotelsindia #gallivantersguide

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Bonus review, online only: Four Seasons Baku. A city that surprised me, a trip cut short by Iranian drones at the border, and a hotel I’ll let you judge for yourself. #gallivantersguide #fs #baku #luxurytravel

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Quite a few changes at Amanoi since our last review—new residences, Wellness Villas, even a catamaran now out on the bay. I’ll take a proper look in an upcoming issue of The Gallivanter’s Guide. #Aman #Amanoi #gallivantersguide #LuxuryTravel #HotelReview

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A reminder of how we work: we stay in the hotels we review, try the restaurants, and test different rooms — not a walkthrough, not a staged visit, but the real experience, as a guest would live it. #gallivantersguide #hotelreviews #LuxuryTravel

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Bavaria, in three very different moods, Schloss Elmau with its grand ambitions and cultural leanings, Chiemgauhof, the new design-led arrival, and Rosewood Munich, the polished city newcomer.

The Bavaria issue is out now.

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Glorious mountain setting, a bold cultural programme, spa galore, two distinct wings, G7 credentials, and a member of @LeadingHotels, @SchlossElmau1 is also one of Germany’s most expensive stays, but does it all add up? Full review out now. #gallivantersguide #luxurytravel

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Just behind the square, 1, Place Vendôme offers only ten suites and five rooms, decorated by Pierre-Yves Rochon. A discreet Parisian address that many pass without noticing. Review coming in our Paris issue. #Paris #LuxuryHotels #Boutiquehotels #gallivantersguide

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@Thesuitesojourn Didn’t want to do drama 😉

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Gloriously beautiful southern India. #India #Coorg #Taj #LuxuryTravel @TajHotels

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Luxury Hospitality 2026.
Booked a Club room at a LHW property. Airport meet & greet listed as a benefit. We paid accordingly.

Asked about the transfer.
Were asked for a screenshot.

Sent them their own website.

Apologies followed.
#gallivantersguide #LuxuryTravel

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Ecuador is not just the Galápagos.

Yes, I went.
No, that was not the most interesting part.

Casa Gangotena. Mashpi Lodge, Finch Bay,
Hotel del Parque. Hacienda La Danesa.

The rest is in the issue.
#gallivantersguide #Ecuador #LuxuryTravel

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I stayed in the newly created Eiffel Parisian Suite at the newly renovated Four Seasons George V Paris.
Full review in an upcoming issue of The Gallivanter’s Guide. #gallivantersguide #fourseasons #Paris #LuxuryTravel

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Always interesting when a review circulates within the hospitality industry.

Feedback from a hospitality professional on the latest China issue of The Gallivanter’s Guide. #gallivantersguide #LuxuryTravel

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@GM_HotelJunkies 😍

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First visit to China was in 2000.
Tiananmen Square in winter, nose freezing off, curious looks all round. This issue looks at Peninsula Shanghai, Capella Shanghai, Upper House Chengdu, Amandayan, and Six Senses Qing Cheng. #LuxuryTravel #gallivantersguide

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Last week @raffleshotels in #Warsaw. Full review of this #luxuryhotel soon in The Guide. #gallivantersguide #LuxuryTravel

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Nothing says ‘welcome’ quite like a pre-arrival email that reads more like a list of penalties than an invitation. #LuxuryTravel #gallivantersguide