I feel very fortunate and excited to be a part of The Discovery Club and the unique and exclusive services it offers as a luxury travel club. As a MSR for The Discovery Club, I look forward to creating the perfect luxury vacation designed specifically to each member’s needs. This job is a perfect fit. My experience in travel and my passion for finding that next beautiful, luxury destination will ensure your special vacation plans become a reality! (more…)
April 19, 2011
April 18, 2011
Explore. Dream. Discover…Britain
By Therese Eley, Director of Member Services
In honour of the upcoming nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton, we thought it would be fun to feature a taste of “Royal Britain”. For our members with Royalist curiosities, our friends at VisitBritain offer the following suggestions:
Balmoral Castle near Aberdeen in Scotland is the Queen’s private residence. Located on a working estate, Balmoral Castle was a favourite of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The Estate grounds, gardens and the Castle Ballroom are open to visitors from the beginning of April to July. (more…)
Our Recommendation…Britain
By Therese Eley, Director of Member Services
Rumoured to be the place where Kate Middleton will spend the night before her wedding, The Goring is regarded as the favourite address for anyone looking for the quintessentially English hotel in the heart of London.
Back in 1910, O.R. Goring, founded the hotel that has carried the family name ever since.
A man of great vision, O.R. Goring persuaded the Duke Of Westminster to sell the plot of land at the Buckingham Palace end of what was to become Beeston Place, where he razed the Sun public house and a string of cottages to make way for the last grand hotel to be built in the Edwardian era. (more…)
5 Things You May Not Know About Britain
By Therese Eley, Director of Member Services
1. Not only will it be home to London’s 2012 Summer Olympic Games, but England is also the birthplace of the modern Olympic Games. Dr William Penny Brookes, a doctor from Much Wenlock in Shrewsbury, revived the ancient Greek tradition of the Olympic Games when he founded the Wenlock Olympian society in 1850 with his three-day festival of games. The Games became an annual event and included Greek Classical and country sports such as running, football and cricket, but also a competition for “juveniles” and such fun competitions as a “blind wheelbarrow race” or “an old woman’s race for a pound of tea”. (more…)
