TRAVEL: AS THE WORLD OPENS UP, WHERE DO YOU PLAN TO GO?

It’s been almost a year and a half since travelling for pleasure was suddenly put on hold. Perhaps you’ve spent the last 17 months secretly creating vision boards and dreaming of your next luxury travel destination. You’ve been waiting for the day when taking a vacation becomes the norm once again.

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While it still might not be “the norm” for some people, leaving on a jet plane to a dream destination is definitely within the realm of possibility for us all. So, if you’ve compiled a list of what your perfect escape would be and you are thinking of turning those plans into reality, you wouldn’t be alone.

Luxury travel: Spa-tacular

The unknown outcome of the pandemic has left many of us tense and worried. So it’s not a surprise that an escape to a spa would be a desired destination. And when it is combined with adventure and physical activity, it becomes an enviable possibility.

Take, for example, a week’s stay at an adult camp in Baja. Camp Verano is a luxury summer camp for adults located at the Four Seasons Resort and Residences Los Cabos at Costa Palmas. The resort offers six-day stays filled with the kind of programming and fun associated with traditional summer camps.

Prices start at $5,000 per person (food and beverages not included). For that you get everything from diving and snorkelling and sunrise hikes to treatments at the Oasis Spa. That includes Luna de Agave, a restorative treatment that uses indigenous blue agave leaf extract oil to soothe and repair the nervous system, improve circulation, reduce swelling and sharpen clarity.

“Summer is one of the East Cape’s best-kept secrets,” says Borja Manchado, General Manager of Four Seasons Resort Los Cabos at Costa Palmas. “After a challenging year spent largely indoors, we are thrilled to offer our guests a program designed to nurture and heal through the sheer joy of learning new things, limitless fun and boundless adventure during one of the East Cape’s most incredible seasons.”

Adventure escape

Perhaps you identify with the 67 percent of survey respondents who want to explore faraway destinations. If so, the Ritz Carlton’s newly opened resort in the Maldivian Archipelago is worth the 10-minute seaplane ride or 45-minute luxury boat ride from Velana International Airport.

The resort is located on the Fari Islands on the north-eastern tip of the North Malé Atoll. The area is famous for its untouched white-sand beaches and brilliant azure waters teeming with marine life. The resort is ideal if you are seeking a luxury-packed holiday of discovery and exploration for you or your family.

And those discoveries include adventures in epicurean delights in any of the resorts seven distinct culinary venues that take you from high-end dining to beachfront luxury and wellness-centered menus. There is even a kids’ program that offers 30 activities including a treasure hunt. And there’s a program for teens that includes lessons with expert drone cinematographers.

The road is open

Of course, we all have varying degrees of comfort when it comes to transforming our dreams of luxury travel into reality. If you’re not yet ready to board a flight, then you can join the 33 percent of respondents who plan to hit the open road to satisfy their need to get away without venturing too far.

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