TRAVEL
FLY ME TO YOU
You don’t have to wait for me to come to your city.
Paris is home, but fortunately my passport has never been particularly interested in staying there.
If our paths aren’t likely to cross naturally, they can always be persuaded. Whether that means flying to your city, meeting somewhere in between, or disappearing somewhere entirely new together, I’m very happy to travel for the right invitation.
My published tour dates are simply places I already intend to be. They are by no means a complete list of where I’m willing to go.
If you have somewhere in mind, ask.
FMTY & TMTY
Your city, my suitcase.
Fly Me To You and Travel Me To You arrangements are available internationally.
You might want me to join you where you live, meet you during a business trip, accompany you somewhere you already have planned, or simply give us an excuse to spend a little more time together.
I especially enjoy travel plans that allow us enough time not to rush anything, a long evening becoming breakfast, a weekend with nowhere particularly urgent to be, or even a few days discovering a city together. The destination matters, of course. The company matters more.
MEET ME SOMEWHERE
Neither your city nor mine.
Sometimes the most fun option is meeting somewhere that belongs to neither of us. Choose somewhere you’ve been meaning to return to, somewhere neither of us has seen before, or simply somewhere that makes an excellent backdrop for a few days away. A long weekend in Europe, a few days somewhere warm in the middle of winter, a city we can get lost in, a resort where getting lost would require considerably less effort, but I’m very easily convinced by a good itinerary.
MY TRAVEL DIARY
Where I’m already going.
Throughout the year, I announce selected travel dates in cities I already have plans to visit. Those dates are the easiest opportunity to see me away from Paris without arranging a dedicated trip. My diary changes throughout the year, so my Travel Schedule will always have the most current destinations and dates.
Don’t see your city? That’s not necessarily a problem.
An invitation can be the reason it appears there.
THE BUCKET LIST
Let’s cross a few off together.
I have an ever-growing list of places, hotels, restaurants and experiences I’d love an excuse to discover. Some are wonderfully extravagant. Some are completely ridiculous. Most are probably better shared.
A few currently on my list:
☐ Japan during cherry blossom season
Tokyo for the food, Kyoto for everything else, and a day in Nara to befriend the deer.
☐ Giraffe Manor, Nairobi
Beautiful lodge, early mornings, animals considerably more interesting than anything on my phone.
☐ Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, Paris → Venice
Because apparently simply arriving somewhere isn’t dramatic enough for me.
☐ Northern Lights at Deplar Farm, Iceland
Preferably somewhere involving a fireplace afterwards.
☐ Soneva in Aqua, Maldives
No itinerary more demanding than deciding where to have lunch.
☐ New Year somewhere I’ve never been
Going to sleep in one year and waking up somewhere completely new feels like a pretty good way to start the next.
☐ Alchemist, Copenhagen
One of those dinners where hours somehow disappear.
☐ A spontaneous weekend in Marrakech
Close enough to decide on Friday, different enough to feel like we disappeared for a while.
And the list is very much unfinished… If there’s something extraordinary on yours too, perhaps we can cross it off together.
DATE IDEAS
Because dinner is lovely, but we can be slightly more imaginative.
I’m always happy with an excellent restaurant and a bottle of wine champagne, but some of my favourite plans are the ones that have a little story attached to them.
A few ideas I would rarely say no to:
Musée de l’Orangerie + Plénitude at Cheval Blanc Paris
Especially if you have opinions about the art.
Spa afternoon
Followed by absolutely no obligation to become productive again.
A private class at École Ritz Escoffier
You may cook. I reserve the right to interfere.
An auction preview at Sotheby’s or Christie’s
We don’t actually have to buy anything. Opinions, however, are compulsory.
Wine tasting, then a long lunch
Educational, technically. I’m beginning to think the WSET might be the logical next step.
A candlelit evening at Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
A private visit if we’re feeling extravagant, dinner overlooking the candlelit gardens, and the sort of evening worth dressing properly for.
Shopping on Rue Saint-Honoré + tea at Café Antonia
Potentially dangerous. You have been warned.
Room service and a film
Sometimes the elaborate plan is having no plan at all.
A weekend escape
My personal favourite when schedules allow. Monaco, Marrakech, or somewhere you think might tempt me.
You’re also very welcome to surprise me. Thoughtful plans tend to be remembered.
A LITTLE MORE TIME
I’ve always preferred dates that have room to breathe. There’s something different about spending enough time together to move past introductions, getting ready for dinner, wandering somewhere without checking the clock, waking up slowly, changing our plans halfway through because we found something better.
For that reason, longer engagements are especially well suited to FMTY and international travel.
Overnights, 24-hour dates, weekends and extended stays give us much more freedom to build the experience around where we are rather than around the clock. And frankly, if I’ve packed a suitcase, I’d quite like to enjoy the destination too.
WHERE CAN YOU INVITE ME?
Almost anywhere. I regularly travel throughout Europe, the United Kingdom, North America, the Middle East and beyond, and I’m always open to discussing destinations elsewhere. London, Geneva, Monaco, Dubai, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver, Istanbul, Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bangkok…
Or somewhere I haven’t thought of yet. The map is a suggestion, not a limitation.
CURATED ESCAPES
I’m almost annoyingly good at planning trips. I briefly owned a concierge company, so restaurant stalking, impossible reservations and overthinking an itinerary are unfortunately second nature to me.
A few I already have in mind:
24 HOURS — DEAUVILLE
PRICE ON REQUEST
One night at Le Normandy, with enough time for us to make Deauville feel like a proper escape rather than a quick change of scenery.
We arrive early enough to settle in, then disappear into the Guerlain Spa for the afternoon. A treatment first, followed by the indoor pool, hammam and sauna, with nowhere else we need to be. Back upstairs, we’ll have plenty of time to get ready properly before dinner at Maximin Hellio, where one of the tasting menus can set the pace for the evening.
After dinner, we leave the rest of the night open. A walk along the Planches if the weather is behaving, one last drink if we feel like stretching the evening, or simply back to the hotel if that sounds better.
The next morning, no alarm if we can help it. Breakfast slowly, a little sea air, perhaps a wander through town, then lunch somewhere good before we decide whether twenty four hours was enough or whether we should have stayed another night…
Perfect for: when we fancy disappearing for the night
48 HOURS — LAGO DI COMO
PRICE ON REQUEST
Two nights at Passalacqua, with absolutely no attempt to fit the whole of Lake Como into one weekend.
We arrive with enough of the afternoon left to settle in, wander through the gardens and do very little for a while. Aperitivo as the light starts to change over the lake, then dinner on the candlelit terrace, or beneath the frescoes of the Sala Ovale if the weather has other ideas. No elaborate tasting menu required. I think we’ll be perfectly happy letting the house feed us.
The next morning, breakfast has no deadline. After that, we take one of their Rivas out with a skipper for a few hours: villas, little towns, a swim if the weather permits, perhaps a chef-prepared chic-nic on board so we don’t have to rush back for lunch. Once we’re back at the villa, we can decide what we’re in the mood for. Tennis, bocce, a cooking session, gelato-making if we happen to catch the right day, or abandoning all plans and staying by the pool.
Another aperitivo, another long dinner, and one final slow morning before we admit that two days probably wasn’t enough.
Perfect for: when we want to disappear somewhere beautiful for a couple of days and forget what time it is
48 HOURS — MARRAKECH
PRICE ON REQUEST
Two nights at Royal Mansour, because Marrakech feels like the sort of place where the hotel should be part of the reason we’re going.
We arrive with enough of the afternoon left to settle into our riad, wander through the gardens and disappear into the spa for a proper hammam before taking our time getting ready for dinner. La Grande Table Marocaine for our first evening feels exactly right.
The next morning, we’ll head to Jardin Majorelle and the Musée Yves Saint Laurent, close enough to pair without spending half the day sightseeing. Then back to the hotel for a late lunch and an afternoon we can decide on as we go: pool, terrace, another treatment, or doing very little at all before getting ready again.
For our second evening, I’d keep things a little more private, with dinner somewhere at the hotel rather than another busy restaurant. Then one last slow breakfast in the riad the next morning before we reluctantly head home…
Perfect for: when Marrakech sounds better than whatever we were supposed to be doing.
NOT QUITE YOUR ESCAPE?
This is only some of the itineraries currently living in my head. Give me 24 hours, 48 hours or even longer, a destination and a vague idea of what you enjoy. I can usually do something with that.
Bespoke itinerary & price on request.
THE FINER DETAILS
Travel arrangements are planned individually depending on the destination and length of our time together. For a dedicated FMTY or TMTY trip, simply include:
Where you would like me to join you
When you have in mind
How long you would like us to spend together, and, if you have one, your idea for our time:
The more complete the invitation, the easier it is for me to see whether I can make it work. Advance planning is strongly preferred for international travel. Screening and a deposit are required before any plans are considered confirmed.
Travel-related arrangements and expenses will be discussed clearly beforehand so that once we meet, logistics are the least interesting part of our time together.
HAVE SOMEWHERE IN MIND?
Maybe your city has been missing from my travel diary. Maybe you have a destination you’ve been looking for an excuse to visit.
Or perhaps you simply think I’d look rather good sitting opposite you somewhere far from Paris. I’m listening.