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Are you wondering how to spend your vacation time this year? Travel options are limited, but after weeks of quarantine, a staycation sounds about as exciting as...more quarantine.
If you want to plan some travel, but aren't ready to consider a hotel or large resort, here are five truly fabulous options that offer the same privacy you have at home, just with some well-deserved pampering and a better view!
Note: Each resort is affiliated with Virtuoso, a global travel network specializing in luxury and experiential travel. As a Virtuoso Travel Advisor, I can uplevel the value of your travel by maximizing the connections, relationships, and knowledge I gain through this partnership.
Virtuoso travelers often receive preferred rates at hotels, upgrades upon arrival (if available), daily breakfast for two, and early check-in/late checkout. Properties also extend special Virtuoso-exclusive perks to our guests, and I've outlined those below.
Hidden Pond Resort, Kennebunkport, Maine
Kick off your shoes and make yourself at home at this distinctive Kennebunkport resort. Relax, rejuvenate, restore. Let the fine sunlight of the Southern Coast of Maine beckon you as you nestle into your own cottage, surrounded by sixty acres of birch groves and balsam fir.
The secret to Hidden Pond lies in its oneness with nature. A hike on one of many nature trails will reintroduce you to the majesty of nature and connect you to the land. While exploring the footpaths that snake throughout the resort, stop to pay a visit to the Farm, where fresh herbs, showy blossoms, and a bounty of vegetables are waiting to be plucked from the ground. After you’ve harvested the freshest vegetables, spend a few minutes in the cutting garden. A variety of vases in which to arrange your freshly picked flowers await your selection in the potting shed.
Virtuoso Amenities: All the exclusive perks outlined above plus $100 resort credit to use during your stay.
Sunset Key Cottages, Key West, Florida
Enjoy an escape on this serene 27-acre island located only 500 yards from the vibrant energy of Key West. A complimentary seven-minute ferry service that operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week. However, you'll feel drawn to remain in this welcoming oasis, with its white-sand beach, spa, Latitudes restaurant, pool, and fitness center.
Choose an oceanfront, ocean-view, or garden-view two- to four-bedroom Victorian-style cottage. A breakfast basket arrives each day, with freshly baked muffins and other treats, orange juice, and complimentary access to PressReader.
Virtuoso Amenities: All the exclusive perks outlined above plus $100 resort credit to use during your stay.
Brush Creek Ranch, Saratoga, Wyoming
Situated in the heart of Wyoming’s famed Platte River Valley, between the Sierra Madre Mountain range & stunning Medicine Bow National Forest, Brush Creek Ranch is an all-inclusive luxury dude ranch resort like no other. Here, rusticity meets luxury in a unique setting where visitors can reconnect with nature, revitalize their senses, & indulge in unlimited adventure.
Through its front gates lie 30,000 unspoiled acres, where guests can reclaim a sense of independence while riding trails, driving cattle, fly-fishing, or hiking 12,000-foot Medicine Bow Peak. The adventures at this all-inclusive, authentic working cattle ranch are near-endless.
Accommodations include 42 luxurious, timbered rooms, with open-hearth fireplaces and plush amenities. Families can spread out in the 19th-century, restored log cabins with decks, full kitchens, and expansive views.
The Ranch's signature all-inclusive luxury experience means that all lodging, food, premium beverages, wine cellar & a wide assortment of activities are included in your stay.
Virtuoso Amenities: All the exclusive perks outlined above plus $150 resort credit to use towards ANY premium activity during your stay.
Calistoga Ranch, an Auberge Resort, Calistoga, California
Set in the picturesque upper Napa Valley, Calistoga Ranch is tucked into a private canyon marked by ancient oaks, majestic hills, a rock-hewn stream, and a private lake.
Fifty stand-alone guest cottages are set on 157 private acres. All cottages boast natural cedar exteriors and cozy amenities such as down duvets, media players, and romantic fireplaces.
Food and wine are celebrated here; the cuisine is based on the bounty of the region, and the wines are predominantly from the Napa Valley. Calistoga is one of the country's original spa towns, and the resort’s AUBERGE Spa beckons spa lovers with its mineral-rich waters, which flow into the Healing Waters soaking pool, reserved for guest use only.
Virtuoso Amenities: All the exclusive perks outlined above plus $100 resort credit to use during your stay and a welcome amenity.
Dunton Hot Springs, Dolores, Colorado
Dunton Hot Springs is a small and exclusive resort nestled deep in the San Juan Mountains of the Colorado Rockies. This perfectly restored ghost town thrives on contradictions; exquisitely furnished hand-hewn log cabins, a life-worn saloon serving food of startling quality, lung torturing trails followed by pampering massages, sensuous hot springs beneath shimmering snowbanks.
The 13 rustic log cabins are all unique and surprisingly luxe, with heated slate floors and handpicked antiques; guests in the Well House enjoy their own hot springs. Others can soak weary bones in the old bathhouse or under the stars at the source.
Join a trail ride into the Rockies or fly-fish along a private stretch of the Dolores; you’ll find every conceivable winter sport, including heli-skiing. Farm-fresh meals and wine from the resort’s vineyard are shared over the Saloon’s long table.
Virtuoso Amenities: All the exclusive perks outlined above plus $100 resort credit to use during your stay and a bottle of Sutcliffe Wine in room upon arrival.
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