travel partner

Amanda Shand

Amanda specialises in tailor-made luxury beach holidays to the Seychelles, Maldives, Mauritius and Dubai. These are destinations she knows intimately through repeated visits and years spent designing bespoke itineraries for discerning clients. Her expertise is grounded in first-hand experience, and complemented by a broad and well-travelled understanding of Europe, the Caribbean and the United States.

go-to room service order?

Breakfast, taken slowly on the balcony 

still on the bucket-list?

Los Cabos, on Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula.

favourite plane seat?

If money were no object, first or business, naturally! In economy, always the aisle.

most memorable travel?

Three unforgettable memories: an unexpected friendship in the skies, dolphins at my doorstep in the Maldives, and a first magical sunset at Es Vedrà

i can't travel without...

My favourite cashmere wrap for the flight, a wide-brimmed hat for the beach, and a decent book I can get completely lost in.