Dream Design

We’ve got travel down to
a fine art

We’ve been crafting luxury holidays as if they were works of art for 40 years. If you’d like to create your own masterpiece, here is how it’s done.

Step one:
Find your muse

A glamourous couple sits on a boat looking out at the water and smiling

Step one:
Find your muse

Knowing the sights, sounds, smells and feelings you want to experience is what takes your getaway from leisurely to life-changing.

So, before you pick up your paintbrush, you must consider what it is you really want to create. Do you yearn for the city or does your heart belong to the sea? Will you be flying solo, taking your nearest and dearest or bringing the whole gang? Are you hoping to to climb mountains or discover underwater depths?

Above all, how do you want your holiday to make you feel? Because when the trip is over, it’s the feeling that will stay with you.

Step two:
Choose your medium

Step two:
Choose your medium

Once you know why you want to go somewhere, the next question is where do you want to go? 

Do you want the neon-soaked nightlife of Tokyo or the iconic authenticity of New York? Will your beach trip take you to the paradisiacal Maldives or the future-facing Dubai? Do you want to safari in the shadow of Kilimanjaro or while trekking across Namibia’s copper-coloured sand dunes? 

Your world is what your imagination makes of it.

Step three:
Commission your artist

A bird's eye view of several skiers as they come down a snowy hill

Step three:
Commission your artist

Like a sculpture or painting, a trip doesn’t exist until it has been created from the ground up — and an artist can’t create their best work without getting to know their subject’s desires, goals and ambitions. 

Itʼs important to commission the right artist for the result you want because they all have their own style — we call ours a ‘Carrier curation’.

Step four:
Exhibit your gallery

Step four:
Exhibit your gallery

Storytelling has come a long way, from the communal stories of South Africa’s Zulu tribes to the modern-day social media feed. 

But however they’re told, stories don’t become stories until someone tells them — and the perfect journey is bound to come with tales worth sharing. 

Once you’ve expressed your creativity, it’s time to exhibit it. Before, during and after your holiday, spread the inspiration and tell your story, so other keen wanderers can commission their own works of art.

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