- Marrakech Snake charming, hiking in the Atlas Mountains and Yves Saint Laurent, Marrakech is diverse. It is a feast for those loving indulgences, design, history and the exotic. Marrakech remains as enigmatic today as it was when the glitterati flocked there right after World War II and as alluring. During our first hour on the ground […]
- Around the World by Private Jet: Russia On August 29, 2014, I began the ultimate journey: Around the World by Private Jet. My host was TCS World Travel and we stayed at Four Seasons gorgeous properties around the world. This post is about our fourth stop: Russia. Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood, St. Petersburg Four stops into our private […]
- Beijing: A New Look at Familiar Sites I have been to Beijing many times, so what was new to me on my TCS World Travel: Around the World by Private Jet visit? Superb insider access that showed me new looks at the past and exciting glimpses of the future. Two visits stand out. The Most Exclusive Museum in the World In the […]
- Hever Castle in Luxury Travel Advisor Magazine Jean Newman Glock and one of her favorite destinations, Hever Castle have been featured in Luxury Travel Advisor Magazine. For the full article on Historic Castles click here, or read the excerpt below. HEVER CASTLE was once the childhood home of Anne Boleyn. The oldest part of the castle is from 1270. Across the Irish Sea […]
- An Unexpected Geisha Experience in Tokyo Private Jet Expeditions around the world are all about champagne and caviar and the highest of high touch service. But the experiences they enable you to fall upon, are sometimes the most extraordinary thing you will experience. Japanese women have beautiful skin. It is one of the first things I noticed, and it is all […]
- Introducing Jean’s Featured Expeditions I am thrilled to now offer an even more interactive way to join me on these exciting expeditions. You’ll be able to easily navigate through my blog posts, photos and more details associated with each adventure by visiting http://www.jeannewmanglock.com/featured-expeditions. You can be sure that my opinions and findings are all my own and always… unedited. […]
- Working Around the World Means Being Connected When I travel for work I need data coverage that is strong and often in very remote places. When I am on vacation, I can wait for wifi coverage at a hotel or try to load pictures on London’s cloud, but when traveling for work, I need constant, predictable coverage. Why would I pay for global […]
- The Travel & Leisure 2014 A-List of Travel Agents The A-List has been released, and for the second consecutive year, Jean Newman Glock has made the list. The Travel & Leisure team works each year to pull together the travel industry all-stars who have the “knowledge and connections to make any dream trip a reality.” Travel + Leisure® editors evaluated hundreds of travel advisors […]
- Luxury Travel Consultant — The Best Job in the World? We have all seen the headlines and read about the demise of the travel consultant (aka travel agent). Online booking agencies, booking online directly with suppliers and now with Google entering the market big time, all appear to have replaced the need for the travel advisor. Was this death notice posted prematurely? Or is the […]
- Extraordinary Travel: A Private Dinner on the Royal Yacht Britannia Did you know that you can tour H.M. Queen Elizabeth’s Royal Yacht Britannia? Exciting enough, but add a private dinner onboard and dinner companions including authors and historians Alison Weir and Sarah Gristwood, well the whole evening takes on magical proportions. This is why I travel. This summer, I joined Alison on a Mary Queen […]
