
Luxury Escapes for The Urban Mum
Hello Fellow Travellers, I am so glad you found us! If you like a little luxury with your holiday, love knowing the shopping secrets of
Local gems & how to find the essence of place
Hello Fellow Travellers, I am so glad you found us! If you like a little luxury with your holiday, love knowing the shopping secrets of
Amid extreme excitement – suitcases straining with ski gear – we depart for a Family Ski Holiday France. It’s a stifling hot Sydney mid-December afternoon; as we make the taxi
“There is nothing quite like flying at dawn, the infinite reach of the horizon murmurs pink hues before the morning reveals your destination.” Even through
With a long weekend to spare, The Urban Mum took her family across the ‘ditch’ to visit her birthplace – Christchurch, New Zealand. The only problem
When deciding what to wear on a plane I go with the rule of thumb that comfort is King – yet I don’t ever relinquish
The Peninsula Tokyo (with or without kids…) Mostly, I love travelling with my kids, showing them the world, watching their faces register wonder with each new
What can you do when you only have 24 Hours in Hong Kong? The Urban Mum gives you some tips.
To visit Japan is to be in a slight state of perpetual disorientation, on the surface so much of what you experience feels familiar –
“Mention Fiji and images of azure waters, swaying palm trees and smiling faces appear. Fiji holds a place in my heart – my childhood home
“It’s so green”, murmurs the gentleman seated next to me, as our plane descends into the regional airport of Akita in Northern Japan. It is just
With the Queen’s 90th birthday imminent, holiday accommodation experts – Stayz – flew the ‘Royal Butler’, Grant Harrold (former royal household butler to the Queen,
Its Winter in the Southern Hemisphere, a time when I tend to gravitate to the lounge with remote in hand to watch Netflix. I’ve managed to
It is magic arriving in Shanghai at dusk. Cast in a golden glow, high rises soften against the horizon. As the day fades, city lights flicker on –
Best Exotic Udaipur Strange as it may seem, I arrive in Udaipur having made less than zero attempt to research the destination… Planning is thorough for Delhi
Years of travelling for business and pleasure should have taught me a thing or three about packing. Each trip I take begins with such promise; all
My parents are my style inspiration. Arriving in New Zealand in the 1950’s from Belgium and Holland, my father’s family brought their European knitwear business with
The bustling lanes of Shanghai are quiet on this mid-winter Saturday morning. Our taxi weaves past low-rise stone buildings before taking a sweeping arc of driveway, depositing us at
There are some places I visit that don’t live up to the hype. Thankfully they tend to be in the minority. I seem to find
6 Essential Pieces Deciding what to wear on the aircraft takes up an extraordinary amount of my packing time, essentially because I want my airplane outfit to work
As a city dweller I find nothing comes close to locations that combine a little luxury with stunning natural environments. Dreaming of getting off the
The Urban Mum is honoured to be listed as a Top Travel Blog, Australia – for Hotel Club. Keeping company with a group of illustrious
Finding ‘uber’ fabulous holiday destinations, travel less than a day from East Coast Australia. In Australia we are blessed with stunning coastline – from the azure
My favourite fragrance (Chanel les exclusives Sycamore – if you were wondering) does not come in a handy travel size. It needs to remain at home while
In my opinion the saying ‘youth is wasted on the young’ should be rewritten as ‘sleeping in is wasted on the young’… One of life’s