World's Best Vacations
Date: 01/28/2004
International Living Postcards--your daily escape
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Thursday, January 29, 2004
Dear International Living Reader,
Stay on your own private island…in a uniquely-styled, early-1900s bungalow…complete with fireplace and antique furnishings…and have your every meal and whim catered to for less than the cost of a cramped homogenized room at a nearby chain hotel…
This is just one of the exclusive and affordable private getaways where you can stay right now…that you'll never hear about from your travel agent…and that you'll rarely see advertised in the popular travel press…
I'd like to invite you today, on behalf of a famous film director, a movie star, a captain of industry and many more of the world's top vacation home owners…to be guests at their private and exclusive vacation retreats--for much less than you might think…
You can be king of the castle…or mistress of the manor…and enjoy unforgettable and rewarding stays at: Francis Ford Coppola's private jungle reserve in Belize…Merv Griffin's Irish Manor House (said to be most beautiful in all Ireland)…an artist's medieval tower in Orvietto, Italy…a 300-year old wine cave in Santorini, Greece…a 17th-century mill on a river in France…Robert Redford's ranch in the Wasatch mountains in Utah…Richard Branson's 74-acre Necker Island in the Caribbean…your own private barge moored on one of Amsterdam's picturesque canals…a historic Monk's rest-house in Italy…
These are just some of the exclusive and unusual vacation getaways you can enjoy…for much less than you might think.
Problem is: Most of these exclusive retreats don't advertise, so how do you find out about them?
I'll tell you in just a moment…but first let me tell you about a magical 10,000-acre barrier island just off the coast of Georgia that you can enjoy for as little as $256 per person a night…
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Escape to Your Own Private Paradise for $256 a Night!
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When travellers come to Savannah, Georgia, they'll often book a homogenized room for $300 a night at a nearby chain hotel. Most go away, never knowing, that just a stones throw away…lies one of the world's most stunning unspoilt private islands…where you can rent your own romantic cottage and have your every meal and every whim catered to for less than a room at a chain hotel…
This 10,000-acre barrier island…accessible only by boat…has been virtually untouched for centuries. As one visitor said, it's the "most amazing, primeval place I've ever seen." You walk through ancient forests of moss-covered oaks, majestic pines and giant magnolia trees…follow winding rivers and shimmering tidal creeks…cycle along old dirt roads…ride a horse across an incredible 7-mile private beach, one of the finest in Georgia (yet mention it to anyone and they'd never know it by name). Your heart will skip a beat at the beauty of it…
And on this magical little island, instead of a small cookie-cutter hotel room…you'll get to stay in luxury at your own uniquely styled, century-old bungalow or cottage…complete with a fireplace and antique furnishings. Plus you'll have your every meal and whim catered to even so far as having the first-class southern chefs pack you a picnic basket of fresh seafood and southern specialties…so you can enjoy a lunch (or even a moon-lit dinner) on the beach under the stars--if you so desire! And you can relish all this for as little as $256 a night…and you'll come away, having had one of the most rewarding and most extraordinary vacation experiences of your life…
Compare that to a chain hotel…where the room alone can cost you $300 a night…and where there's always an outstretched palm…and where the surcharges keep accumulating…
The owner's family has been welcoming friends and guests to this secret little island for almost a century now.
And this is just one of the extraordinary vacation retreats that you'll never hear about from your travel agent and that you'll rarely see advertised in the popular travel press…
But, as an IL Postcards reader, you can now read my full report on these little-known getaways: A Revolution in the World of Luxury Travel.
Kathleen Peddicord
Publisher, International Living
P.S. You can rent a thatched cottage near Oxford…a Mediterranean villa on a private cove in Spain…a log cabin in the Canadian Rockies…a penthouse apartment in Rome…a 17th-century Venetian mansion…a beach house in Oceanside, California…a romantic studio loft in Paris…a 600-year-old stone cottage in the heart of England's Chipping Campden…a mountain-top cabin in Belize--even your own private island in the Caribbean or Mediterranean if you like!
But if these exclusive vacation retreats don't advertise, how do you find out about them? Read on…
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