Olivia Greenway suggests practical tips to prepare for your perfect holiday

Olivia Greenway explores Canada’s desolate Thousand Islands Parkway

Choosing a hotel for a city trip is fraught with problems. I don’t want something too small, too cruddy, too expensive, too noisy or too out of the way. We hit the jackpot on our recent working trip to Paris, staying at the Sofitel La Defense for five nights.   The Sofitel La Defense is

For forty years Frank Jennings has made a living from ‘deceptive receptacles’, writer Olivia Greenway fell in love with his work at his Sheet studio

I was writing about a new boutique hotel opening this week where the company had decided to do away with doormen and room service but concentrated on features they think modern travellers want, like free Wi-Fi.   It got me thinking:  what do I want from a hotel?  I have divided my thoughts into three

None of my grandparents ever left the county they were born in, never mind the country.  Travel was something a coal miner and blacksmith did not do and both my grandmothers had their hands full with over seven children each. Their granddaughter now travels all over the world, for practically peanuts.  The cabin crew don’t