I · AT SEA
Suite success,
chosen from experience.
After more than seventy cruises, I have learned that the ship is a destination in itself, as much as anywhere it sails, and that even the finest suite is wasted on the wrong ship.
Edward & Co. will help you choose both: the ship that suits how you like to travel, and the suite worth having on board. Often it is the small details that make the difference. Which side of the ship to book for an Atlantic crossing, and why the answer depends on which way you are sailing. Which side gives you the Statue of Liberty as you sail into New York, the glaciers of Alaska’s Inside Passage, or the minarets of the Bosphorus at dawn. And which suites sit quietly away from the lifts, the engines and the pool deck overhead.
At sea, the Virtuoso extra is usually an onboard credit to spend on dinner, the spa or a shore excursion. On selected sailings, a Virtuoso host travels with the ship and arranges a welcome reception and a private event ashore for Virtuoso guests.
OCEAN AND EXPEDITION
Including Regent Seven Seas, Silversea, Seabourn, Oceania, Crystal, Explora Journeys, Cunard Grills and Ponant.
YACHTS
Including Aman at Sea, Four Seasons Yachts, Orient Express and The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection. Smaller ships run by hotel brands, with fewer guests and nobody reserving sunloungers with a towel at seven in the morning.
II · ON LAND
The perfect suite,
at the finest address.
Most great cities have a classic grand hotel and a newer one that is just as good in a different way. Which suits you depends on how you like to stay, and where in the city you would like to wake up. Within each, the suite matters as much as the hotel: the view across the park, the corner with light on two sides, the quiet floor away from the lifts.
At many of the world’s leading hotels, booking through Virtuoso costs the same as booking direct, and usually adds breakfast for two, an upgrade when one is available, a credit to spend in the hotel, and early check-in or late check-out where possible. Same price, more included. It is not complicated.
Including Claridge’s, The Connaught, Le Bristol, Hôtel de Crillon, Cheval Blanc, The Peninsula, Passalacqua, La Mamounia.
III · FURTHER
Safari, rail
and expedition.
A private safari camp in Botswana. One of the great train journeys through the Alps or southern Africa. An expedition ship to Antarctica or the Arctic, chosen for its guides rather than its chandeliers. The penguins are not impressed by chandeliers.
For trips like these I work with specialists who know each region well, so you have their local knowledge as well as mine.
BEHIND EDWARD & CO.
Over thirty-five years in aviation, and more than seventy cruises.
All paid for as an ordinary guest, so I have seen these ships and hotels the way you will, not on a press trip with free champagne and a minder. Edward & Co. is a new advisory, and I will always be clear about what I know first-hand and what I will find out for you.
Good advice is knowing what is worth considering.
Edward & Co. is an independent travel advisory built on experience, judgement and personal service. We take the time to understand how you like to travel before recommending where to go, how to get there and where to stay.
There is no catalogue to work through and no pressure to book. We narrow the choices, explain what we think works and arrange the details — through our established partner, 360 Private Travel — when you are ready. The business is deliberately small: you deal with one advisor, known to you throughout.
MORE ON THE ADVISORY & HOW WE WORKFirst-hand reviews of the ships, hotels and journeys behind the advice — so you can judge for yourself.
VISIT LUXURY REVIEWSSome prefer a call or an email; others would rather sit down and talk it through properly. I advise clients across the country by telephone, email or video — and for those in or near London, I am glad to meet in person, over coffee in Chelsea or somewhere that suits you better. You deal with one advisor throughout, who takes the time to learn how you like to travel. There is no separate advisory fee for arranging it.
