The Journal
Know-how
Where to go, when to go and how the options really differ — written around the retreats in our collection.
Per person, per room, all-inclusive: how luxury pricing actually works
Two headline rates that look alike can describe very different stays. How to read room-only, B&B, per-person, fully inclusive and exclusive-use prices, and the extras that often sit outside them.
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Choosing your first safari: six African countries compared
Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Zambia or Zimbabwe? How the landscapes, seasons and styles of safari differ, and what a per-person rate actually buys.
How to stay in a ryokan: bathing, kaiseki and the etiquette that matters
A ryokan sells an evening rather than a room. How the bath, the yukata and the kaiseki dinner work, what the per-person price covers, and the inns in the directory worth the journey.
Maldives or Seychelles? How to choose between them
One is a scatter of coral atolls made for staying put; the other a granite archipelago made for exploring. Geography, seasons, transfers and the kind of stay each suits.