A new year, a new gift for you and a new approach to From the Poolside
#35 Happy New Year to all of you stylish travellers!
Dear friend
Happy New Year! I wish you a 2023 year where you get closer to your dreams and of course with a lot of beautiful travels.
We had a lovely festive break with a one night stay at Le Belmont Manoir Aux Quat’Saisons, see below for a preview of the hotel. The updated review will go live next week.
With this new year, a few changes will happen with From the Poolside which I hope you’ll appreciate.
And do read until the end to discover the gift I prepared for you.
The evolution of From the Poolside
This year, I would love for From the Poolside to become the best resource for stylish travellers, in particular with the addition of new products. I also long for more connection with you.
So I moved to a new platform, Substack, that will facilitate this.
What it means for you
You will still receive the newsletter every two weeks in your inbox with my honest hotel reviews and new discoveries of hotels, B&Bs or villa rentals.
NEW: you’ll be able to comment under each newsletter as they will now be accessible on the web
NEW: we can chat via the Substack messaging app. More instructions on this coming soon.
NEW: I’d love to include your thoughts or discoveries in the newsletter so will ask you for your suggestions too and share the results with everyone.
Extras for paid subscribers
There is also now a paid option. For those of you who choose to support me this way, you’ll get access to
The map with all addresses mentioned in the newsletter and on the blog. More than 1,000 exquisite escapes, updated every month. An easy way to quickly find your next accommodation.
New hotels opening alerts via the chat
The full archive of the newsletter
And if you kindly opt to become a founding member
Ask me for personal recommendations via email. I receive a lot of requests like this and, while I love helping, it does take a lot of time so this will be reserved for you.
If you have any questions or remarks, now is the time to hit the comments section! Just look for the “bubble” icon labelled “comment” below.
Hotel stay: Belmond le Manoir aux Quat’Saison
We managed to fit in a stylish stay at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxfordshire during the festive break. I’ll publish an updated review on the blog soon but in the meantime, you can view a short video tour.
Get the 2023 calendar of stylish accommodations
As you plan your year, I prepared a calendar for you with a photo of a stylish escape every month and a space to list your priorities.
Your turn: what was the best stylish escape you discovered in 2022?
Reply or post it in the comments.
Extra finds
No extra finds this time as I gave you quite a lot to digest already but they’ll be back next time.
If you have any comments or questions on my intentions for From the Poolside, the calendar or Belmont Le Manoir, please head to the comments. You don’t need to have a Substack account to write there.
Can’t wait to hear from you and roll on 2023!