Want to snag a real deal? Book those vacays early. While this winter’s ski season is still awhile away, now is the time to snap up some of the hot early booking offers that are available. We give you the best insider recommendations on our top chalets, hotels, restos, and destinations for every type of [...]
Lightfoot Travel has just come back from a truly eye-opening trip through southwest China’s Yunnan Province, and we can’t wait to share our experiences, excursions and wonderful hotel finds! First stop on any Yunnan tour is the historic old town of Lijiang, filled with cobbled streets, shingled roofs, sizzling street food, and stalls overflowing with [...]
We are about to let a big secret out…,We have secured an exclusive offer from the barefoot luxury resort of Nihiwatu on Indonesia’s Sumba Island. Just an hour’s flight from Bali this is one of the most stunning undiscovered corners of the earth, with an amazing surf break. Steeped in culture, and one of the [...]
Beijing: a mega city of 28 million permanent residents and migrant workers; China’s political and cultural center for much of the past 700 years; site of some of the most beautiful temples, palaces, gardens and tombs in the world; and as the song goes, it could very well be home to nine million bicycles, but [...]
The following post was done for the Asia-based family website Little Steps, and can be found here. Its name means “a cliff jutting over a riverbank deep in the mountains”, and the d90 town of Niseko is exactly that. A little haven of hotels, chalets, amazing restaurants and quirky little shops overlooking Hokkaido’s enchanting Mount [...]
Lightfoot’s Managing Director Simon Cameron was interviewed live on Singapore-based Channel News Asia’s new program, Asia Connect. He discussed Myanmar’s recent opening up to tourism, the country’s infrastructure, and how to manage expectations when venturing into this fascinating country. SL: Steve Lai – Presenter, Channel News Asia SC: Simon Cameron – Managing Director, Lightfoot Travel [...]
The following piece was done for the Singapore-based lifestyle website Honeycombers, and the original article can be found here. Tired of being relentlessly hounded by travel sites on which destinations you should include on your bucket list but don’t know how and when you should start planning? We got our go-to travel guys, Lightfoot Travel, to [...]
Chinese New Year – February 11-13 With five consecutive days off in Hong Kong, and most schools giving those lucky kids at least a full week, opportunities abound to go a little further than the typical weekend getaway. We definitely have a soft spot for the Laotian cultural hub of Luang Prabang. While the town [...]
A travel buff by both nature and profession, Lightfoot Travel Director Lucy Jackson ventured into the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan earlier this year. Known as the Land of the Thunder Dragon, Bhutan has until recently kept itself shrouded in mystery, strictly regulating the number of foreigners into the country. In recent years however, control has [...]