From Spas To Safaris, Find Your Luxury Travel Style

However luxurious we may consider ourselves to be, when asked to define luxury travel, we probably have a good idea of what it means. We can’t always put our finger on it, but we know it when we see it.

Just like we all have a love language, we have a luxury language, too. And here are some of the best ways and places around the world for all the luxury languages you may speak.

We’ve included travel protection tips for each of these kinds of luxury travel so you can help protect whatever you consider to be the epitome of fine travel.

One of the most basic definitions of luxury travel is a place where all your needs are taken care of. There’s no dealing with multiple entities for food, lodging, and activities. It’s just all included, and all there. And it’s dreamy.

We’re talking about resorts like the Hurawalhi Island Resort in the Maldives or Pikaia Lodge in the Galapagos – world-class places where everything is included. These places are all-inclusive because they’re so remote they couldn’t be anything else – all the better for you.

Travel Protection Tip: While all-inclusive destinations eliminate multiple expenditures for food and activities, they roll those costs into one big prepaid expense that really should be insured against trip cancellation and interruption. And because many high-end all-inclusive destinations tend to be remote, having Emergency Assistance & Transportation coverage is a must. This coverage is included in all of our Plans.

Also read: Why You Should Get Travel Insurance for All-Inclusive Resorts

For some folks, luxury is indulging in lavish accommodations and Michelin-starred dining experiences. For others, it’s experiencing utter relaxation and melting like an ice cream cone on the beach. Resorts like Hawaii’s Sensei Lana’i or BodyHoliday on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia are for that crowd.

These getaways aren’t just a couple of yoga classes or a facial; they’re about realigning your body and mind, restoring your sense of well-being, resetting your relationships with diet and exercise, and invoking a state of blissful mindfulness.

Spa retreats are for relaxation, healing – and fun.

Travel Protection Tip: If these retreats require advance bookings for treatments, Trip Cancellation and Trip Interruption coverage becomes even more vital. Make sure your prepaid activities are covered before you buy a plan.

Also read: How to Weave Wellness Travel into Any Trip

For some, luxury means teeing off on a world-class golf course or schussing their way through knee-deep pristine powder. For those travelers there are no shortages of options or recommendations, from the more accessible (Destination Kohler in Wisconsin, home to four distinctive and challenging Pete Dye courses), to the international (the ski-in/ski-out convenience of Switzerland’s luxurious but cozy W Verbier).

These destinations offer so much more than sport: spas, art, fine dining, amazing scenery, tours – even dog-sledding and cheese-making.

Travel Protection Tip: Specific Sporting Equipment coverage for your prized clubs or skis is a good idea on trips like this. Our Preferred and Premium Travel Protection Plans include coverage in case your equipment is damaged, lost, stolen or delayed during your trip.

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How about waking up to the sound of lions roaring, or witnessing the Great Migration first-hand, or seeing more stars than you thought existed? High-end safari camps make these dreams real.

Luxury safari camps, like Waterside at Royal Malewane in South Africa’s Kruger National Park or the Xigera Safari Lodge in Botswana, combine guided excursions into the African bush with world-class dining on fine china and linen, and an overall focus on conservation and sustainability.

Accommodations are often tents, but tents fit for royalty kitted out with fine art, posh beds, and all the trappings of a luxury hotel.

Travel Protection Tip: Because safaris require travel to remote areas, exposure to disease-causing insects, and interactions with wild animals, maximum coverage for medical emergencies and medical evacuation is recommended.

Also read: 7 Amazing Nature Vacations Around the World

Sometimes, luxury means bespoke. Actually, most times bespoke equals luxury. Private tours like those offered by Kensington or Abercrombie and Kent are customizable, often starting with an assessment of your travel style and preferences and then build an itinerary around those.

You can take this to all the extremes. You can pretend you’re the Bachelorette and you just got a date card. Do you want an ATV tour through the backcountry followed by a world-class serenade in the town square while fireworks explode around you? It’s possible.

Obviously, the luxury here is in the exclusivity and personalized attention. After all, that’s what “bespoke” means.

Travel Protection Tip: Customized experiences don’t come cheap and require prepayment. Travel protection can help protect these investments against trip cancellation or interruption due to sickness, death, natural disasters and more.

Also read: 6 Fantastic Food Tours and Travel Destinations

Want an island all to yourself – or maybe, just yourself and 80 other guests? In places like Kokomo Private Island in Fiji or Florida’s Little Palm Island, this fantasy becomes reality. Private islands offer a sanctuary where the hallmarks are privacy, uber-personalized service and activities centered around you – perfect for those who prefer their luxury with a side of solitude.

Travel Protection Tip: Traveling to and staying on a private island often involves complex logistics. You need travel protection for all sorts of possible trip-wrecking events – lost luggage, medical emergencies, trip cancellation, travel delay, and even sporting equipment, like surfboards.

Also read: The 10 Best Island Vacations in The U.S.

Luxury cruises, like a journey on Regent Seven Seas’ Seven Seas Splendor or Silversea’s Silver Moon, redefine ocean travel. These ships offer everything you love about cruising – great food, amazing ports-of-call, bucket-list excursions, relaxing pools and spas – all polished to a dazzling shine.

Silver Moon provides some of the finest culinary experiences you’ll find on land or sea, while the Seven Seas Splendor has massive balconied suites, chandeliers made from Czech crystal,  and works of art from Picasso and Joan Miro lining the walls.

Travel Protection Tip: Cruises are particularly susceptible to weather or health issues. Travel protection, like Generali’s Premium Plan, can help cover trip cancellations due to hurricanes or other weather events, medical emergencies, and other unexpected events.

Also read: Tips for Planning a River Cruise

Trains like India’s Palace on Wheels or the iconic Venice-Simplon-Orient Express offer amped-up opulence in art-deco carriages and cabins that are eons away from the cramped roomettes of most overnight trains.

You know you’re part of a special experience every moment you spend on one of these trains, whether you’re reveling in the cuisine or hanging out in the vestibule watching the world speed by.

Travel Protection Tip: Luxury train trips are bucket-list events, but they stick to a schedule. They’re not likely to wait for you if you miss a connection or are held up by weather. Travel protection can help protect your investment in case of unexpected trip cancellations or delays.

Also read: The Fastest, Most Scenic and Popular Train Routes in Europe

There are as many ways to define travel luxury as there are luxurious destinations – but they all can benefit from the peace of mind offered by travel protection and assistance services from Generali Global Assistance.

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