travel preferences Quotes

To be honest, I'm a bit of a snob now; give me a Four Seasons anywhere in the world and I'm happy. Also, they've just opened a Ritz-Carlton in County Wicklow, Ireland, which is stunning and has great views.

I have only ever been to Antigua to hop over to other Caribbean islands. The airport had always seemed perfectly lovely, but I'm a quiet sort of holiday girl, and Antigua always seemed big.

I have many favorite vacation destinations, but my favorite destination is Maui.

Personally, when I go to Tulum, I prefer to be near the action but not in the midst of it.

I never break my journey at Deoli but i pass through as often as I can

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I don't love L.A. It's a great place to visit; it's a great place to meet and work, but I don't want to live there.

I'm not much of a hectic packer and prefer to travel light.

For vacation, I like going to places I've never been before. I've gone to some remote places, like the Arctic Circle.

I like living in a smaller place, but I like being in big cities, too, like Athens.

I'm not really a tropical paradise kind of person.

I figured, correctly, that Berlin in February was not a destination coveted by tourists. I found good airfares on Lufthansa, an airline I quite like, and got a great rate at a brand new Ritz-Carlton, which clearly hoped to seduce visitors into forsaking Hawaii for Potsdammer Platz.

I love public transportation! Who wants to sit in a car and be angry at other drivers for eight hours? I'd rather sit on a bus or train and read a book.

Believe me, I've done my time travelling the world in cramped conditions and carrying my own luggage. Now my leisure is summers in the south of France or the Hamptons, walking in Connemara, and year-round shopping in Manhattan and Paris.

When I was a teenager, I went on an organised three-day tour of Rome. It was the worst experience ever. I promised myself that I would never travel like that again, with someone telling you what to see and what not to see.

Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.

I've stayed in so many hotel rooms that I'm shocked if, when I stay in a hotel room, the hotel phone isn't on the desk. Then I'm like, "This isn't a real hotel room." If there's not outlets next to the desk, or if they have an iPhone adapter for an iPhone 4, that's when I'm sitting there annoyed. I understand that it's ridiculous, but that's just me spending way too much time in hotels.

Do you think it's so snobbish, to want to see something besides one's fellow citizens abroad?

There are two ways to travel, first class or with children.

My wife would like to live in Spain; I'd like to live in Italy.

To me, traveling in the United States isn't that much fun. I like to go elsewhere and experience different cultures.

I can't choose one favorite place because all destinations have something different to offer. My favorite city to explore is Paris; I love the culture of Morocco and the waterfalls in St. Lucia. I just can't choose one. I would like to go back to New Zealand to see more of what it has to offer.

If I come to Aspen for one or two nights, I stay at the St. Regis.

I'm just trying to get a window seat on the way to Hell.

I have never done a package tour in my life. It appeals in a way, but then I remind myself that you can't control the other people with you, which could turn out to be ghastly.