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"The Great Escapes RV Center is a growing business in markets with excellent RV demographics including the popular RV destinations in the Ozarks," added Ferrando. "We are excited to enter Northwest Arkansas with a 40-acre location, great brands and a large service, parts and collision operation. The Great Escapes store in Springfield, Missouri on I-44 is brand new and will give us excellent growth in that market.  The St. Louis store is also right on I-44 and marks our entry into the St. Louis market."

"Great Escapes RV Center has been operating in the region since 1999," said Raul Rodriguez , SVP Corporate Development. "We thank David Chamberlin for selecting us to acquire Great Escape RV Center. The stores will be part of RVR's regional business under the direction of Larry Hall, Region President for RVR."

"The business is well positioned with leading RV brands like Jayco, Grand Design, Keystone, Forest River , Rockwood and DRV," said Larry Hall .  "We welcome all the team members of Great Escapes RV Center to the RV Retailer family."

Great Escapes RV Centers in Mountain Home, Arkansas sits on 40 acres on the south side of US Highway 62 just east of the White River outside of Bull Shoals Lake. The St. Louis, Missouri store is located right of Interstate 44 on the west side of St Louis in Eureka.  The Springfield, Missouri store is in Strafford on the north side of Interstate 44 near the Bass Pro's Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium.

To learn more about Great Escapes RV Center and RV Retailer, please visit: https://www.greatescapesrv.com/ , https://www.rvs2buy.com/ ,  or https://www.rvretailer.com/

About RV Retailer, LLC

RV Retailer, LLC is a leading recreational vehicle retail company in the United States with a focus on providing an outstanding experience for recreational vehicle customers in new and used sales, service and parts, and customer financial services. RV Retailer has 87 RV stores in Alabama , Arizona , Arkansas , California , Colorado , Florida , Georgia , Idaho , Indiana , Iowa , Kentucky , Missouri , Montana , Nevada , New Mexico , New York , North Carolina , Ohio , Oregon , Pennsylvania , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas , Utah , Washington and Wyoming . Regional store brands include: RV One Superstores, Motor Home Specialist, ExploreUSA, Sonny's Camp-N-Travel, Cousins RV, Camper Clinic, Lifestyle RVs, Family RV Group, Northgate RV, Tom's Camperland and Blue Dog RV, which sell a wide range of new and used RV brands with thousands of RVs in inventory.

RV Retailer is led by co-founders Jon Ferrando , Chief Executive Officer and President, and John Rizzo , Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Jon Ferrando and John Rizzo were instrumental in building America's largest automotive retailer from start-up to over $20 billion in revenue. RV Retailer's leadership team has over 250 years of automotive and RV retail industry experience.

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Escape Travel is now Flight Centre

We'd like to share some exciting news!

Escape travel is now flight centre.

Our customers are at the heart of our business. We believe the strength of the two brands combined will provide even more expertise and product for you, ensuring you have no reason to go anywhere else for all your travel needs.  You’ll continue to enjoy the specialist expertise you’ve come to expect at Escape Travel, with the added bonus of new and unique product, providing you with the best  flights , cruises , tours , accommodation and much more .

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Luxury Escapes Founder’s success secrets

May 10, 2019

Founding one of the world’s fastest growing travel websites, Luxury Escapes, Adam Schwab is an award winning entrepreneur with over 15 year’s experience in business and journalism. His passion for travel combined with knowledge of business allowed him to build one of Australia’s most profitable e-commerce companies in just five years without any external funding.

With offices already established in Australia, Singapore and India, Luxury Escapes plan to continue international growth by having a larger presence in the, U.S., U.K., and U.A.E.

Dynamic Business were happy to hear first hand from Adam on how he has created such as well-known brand in the travel & tourist industry. He discusses the small beginnings of Luxury Escapes and how it has grown over the years, as well as the business secrets to learn in terms of standing out from the competition and overcoming obstacles along the way. Don’t miss his 3 top tips for success summarised in our last question and answer below.

Where did your initial idea for Luxury Escapes come from? 

Luxury Escapes has evolved over a number of years, we certainly were not an overnight success. We started by offering serviced apartments almost fifteen years ago but I wanted to create a business that could scale both nationally and internationally. Naturally, we transitioned into eCommerce and started selling experiences and travel packages.

We soon realised the travel business was a great win for customers as well as our hotel partners. Why? We were selling great value packages to outstanding properties and essentially, filling rooms that would have been empty. We now sell to customers in twenty countries around the world and offer packages to not only well-known destinations like Bali and Thailand but also to exciting new destinations like Slovenia, South Korea and Jordan.

How do you stand out from the competition as there are so many comparative holiday websites now?

We focus on a couple of really key things – and we’ve done this all along – from when we were just a team of three, to our current (much bigger) team of over two hundred people.

Firstly, we want to ensure we have the very best value packages. We do this by having a dedicated team who ensure our packages are the best ones available. Secondly, we ‘over-invest’ in customer experience. You can call a Luxury Escapes Australia-based agent 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There aren’t many agents across the world who offer that kind of service.

How long has it taken you to establish Luxury Escapes as a well-known brand and how have you done so over the years? Has your approach changed much?

We’ve taken a really considered approach to build the business and focused on customer experience. As a result, although we’ve been around for almost nine years, as a brand it’s the last few years where we have really made our mark in the industry. A huge amount of our growth came from customers referring friends and family. Our customer satisfaction ranking is very high, so we’ve really benefitted from the natural virality of travel as well as our amazing members and of course, our excellent deals.

What are the biggest obstacles you have faced and how did you overcome them?

We face lots of challenges every day, but the beauty of being a fast moving business with an amazing team is we always find a way to keep improving and growing. One of the most difficult challenges in the early days was hotels and brands hadn’t really heard of us, so winning trust was really critical. It’s a bit different now, as a business with millions of customers, a globally respected brand and almost half a billion dollars in revenue. It was very different back then when we had to prove to our partners we could deliver on what we promised.

What are the 3 key things that have been essential to Luxury Escapes’ success?

A laser like focus on customers, through value, service and innovation has driven Luxury Escapes’ success. However, we’ve still got a long way to go, and we think our customer experience in three years will be very different (and a lot better) than our current experience. We want to be selling all aspects of a holiday and doing it in a really personal way. As a team we are very focused on achieving this in the future.

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The directors, nikki tinto.

Director, Research and Content

Favourite escape : A South African road trip combining beaches, safaris and great food (with wallet-friendly prices). Top tip : Packing cubes – once you start using them, there’s no turning back. Dream destination : South Chile for the volcanoes, lakes and clear night skies. Nikki developed her flair for uncovering secrets through 10 years working as a senior consultant to the world's largest investigations firms. Here she located hidden assets of former foreign heads of state, investigated environmental and human rights issues and provided critical intelligence to some of the UK’s most significant corporate mergers and acquisitions. With her love of travel and adventure, a degree in Geography from Exeter University, and a natural thirst for discovering the special and unusual, Nikki spent her time between investigations contracts seeking out some of the world's most unspoilt locations. She has travelled in over 40 countries, including most of South America where she enjoyed two years painting surreal murals in mountain villages, sampling the local cactus juice and avoiding piranhas in the Amazon. After many years of friends using her as a source of new and interesting places to stay, the internet has finally provided the perfect channel through which she can share her discoveries. Geographical expertise : South Africa , Bali , Thailand , Brazil , Guatemala , Mexico , Costa Rica , Spain (including Mallorca ), Cornwall , Scilly Isles

Aidan Forestier-Walker

Director of Operations

Favourite escape : S’Hotel D'es Puig in Mallorca, where we were married. Top tip : Avoid getting ill on flights by pre-loading with First Defence spray. Dream destination : Iceland - a magical ‘otherworldly’ country steeped in mystery and beauty. Having been bitten as a teenager by the travel bug whilst travelling in South America, Aidan never quite escaped the draw of making the most of every holiday. With a degree in Commerce at Edinburgh University and a decade ensconced in the aerospace industry, a return flight to his passion of travel was realized when his wife Nikki Tinto asked for help in expanding i-escape. Having always wished to marry work with pleasure, what could be better. After all, even before joining the business, a good many i-escape hotels had already been savoured. With a growing team, and a deep desire to preserve the unique edge that i-escape has won, Aidan brings with him management experience from a hi-tech industry and inside knowledge to run and deliver its increasingly busy operation.

Geographical expertise : Brazil , Spain (including Mallorca ), Bali , Iceland , South Africa

Michael Cullen

Director of Hotel Partnerships

The Hotel Specialists

Kate parsons.

Favourite escape : The freedom of Greek island-hopping on a slow ferry. Top tip : If travelling with kids, pack plenty of snacks, pens and tissues. Dream destination : Bali, Mexico, Japan, Sweden - I can’t choose just one! Kate spent 5 years working in some of London’s top restaurants and felt that she would like to combine her love of travel with her appreciation of good food and where to find it across the world. Kate has had varied travel experiences from living in North Carolina and California, USA, to backpacking in India and the Greek Islands as well as many a short break exploring in Morocco, Spain, France and Italy and wherever else good food can be found. She brings with her enthusiasm and energy and will look forward to assisting with your booking enquiries, responding to feedback and advising you on where to go and what to eat. Geographical expertise : Spain , Greece , Portugal , France , Bali , Australia , India , Sri Lanka , USA

Favourite escape : Walking through a forest to watch the dawn prayers at Kobo Daishi temple in Japan. Top tip : Pack a big smile and an open mind. Dream destination : I’d love to snorkel my way around the islands of Palau. Ben's first travel experience was a year in Australia aged 21; he drove vast distances in a beat-up plumber's van and did any job available to keep going (even busking!). After this, all his daydreams and hard work focused on future adventures, and the following years were spent travelling around India, SE Asia, China and Central America, living out Indiana Jones fantasies in Angkor, Tikal and Rajasthan en route. He originally moved to Bristol to work in an account management role, then a student lettings agency. But such was his determination to work for i-escape, he kept applying for roles here - and we're delighted he persevered so hard! He now looks after bookings in Italy, Morocco, India and Sri Lanka. Geographical expertise : Italy , Guatemala , Costa Rica , Vietnam , Cambodia , Laos , Thailand , India , Morocco , Mexico

Marta Purwin

Favourite escape : Taking a four-day cruise down the Mekong, from Thailand to Laos. Top tip : Be respectful, try not to judge other people’s customs, and keep an open mind! Dream destination : Costa Rica for the wildlife, volcanoes and stunning beaches. Having grown up in Poland, Marta relocated to England at the tender age of 8 and is a Londoner at heart. But, after completing her Psychology degree in Bristol, she fell head over heels for this vibrant city and decided to stay. As a strong believer in, ‘Home is where the heart is,’ Marta has not been afraid to venture out into the unknown. She spent 6 months travelling across the USA’s East Coast and has done two major road trips across Europe (stopping over at 7 different countries). Most recently, Marta backpacked through South East Asia, finishing the trip in the Middle East. Although bilingual already, Marta is studying advanced Spanish and hopes to discover more of South and Central America soon. She is thrilled to be using her passion for travel and languages to help create unforgettable i-escape holidays.

Favourite escape : Bali, with its beautiful, varied landscape and unique culture. Top tip : Keep your friends and family updated - for safety and jealousy reasons! Dream destination : Cappadocia, Turkey, to go up in a hot air balloon. Having spent over half her life in France, Leah relocated to England at the age of 21. After a few years and a lot of city breaks and adventures abroad, her desire to experience more cultures and a new language became so strong she moved to Southern Italy and taught English. However, her love for Bristol was such a pull that she had to come back, to combine her passion for travel and languages with her dream job at i-escape. Leah continues to travel whenever she has a long weekend, exploring new cultures and places worldwide. She also visits her family back in France whenever she gets the opportunity.

The Creatives

Nadine mellor.

Favourite escape : Swimming with horses in Cape Tribulation at the Top End of Australia. Top tip : Bring a toiletries bag, binoculars and the right shoes! Dream destination : South Africa, Costa Rica, Borneo - anywhere with great birding. Nadine believes that one should say yes to every invitation and possibility of adventure. This has taken her to places far and wide from Australia to Zimbabwe via SE Asia, Rajasthan, Mexico & Guatemala, Turkey, Morocco, Cyprus, Brazil & Argentina, Myanmar, the British Isles and, 5+ years in wonderful San Francisco. After a long career in film and TV, she's the point person for new hotels joining i-escape and sets up review trips. Excitingly, she also oversees i-escape's pioneering Kids Collection now she has 2 young ones of her own and isn't slowing down on the travel front! And she still does cartwheels everywhere she goes.

Ben Parkinson

Favourite escape : The spectacular train journey from Kandy to Ella in Sri Lanka. Top tip : Do plenty of desk research before you go so you're not wasting precious time when you're there. Dream destination : South America - it doesn't matter where! With a few holidays here (we won't mention the childhood Morris dancing trips), a gap year there, and friends scattered around the world, Ben's travels have been fairly eclectic. Going with the flow and letting events and get-togethers determine the next destination has often helped with the decision-making, including a heap of lovely long-haul weddings. A degree in Human Geography and an MSc in Tourism, Development & Policy from the University of Exeter meant he was destined for a career in the industry. He brings with him a wealth of experience in marketing at a destination, group and hotel level, plus, of course, a genuine love of exploring.

Lucy Richardson

Favourite escape : Watching the sunrise from Laikipia Plateau in Kenya. Top tip : Always ask locals for restaurant recommendations. Dream destination : Bhutan, to discover why it’s the world’s happiest country. Lucy inherited her parents’ love of new cultures and aimed, as an adult, to spend as much of her free time discovering the world as possible. So she backpacked through Central America, bused through Europe, and drove through Morocco, meeting fascinating people and seeing unforgettable places along the way. But each journey made her yearn for more. So she concluded that the world of travel shouldn’t just be reserved for leisure time, and began weaving her love of travel into a career. She is now thrilled to be able to spend her days writing (and daydreaming) about beautiful properties in exciting destinations across the world.

Favourite escape: Skiing in Whistler, or anywhere else for that matter! Top tip: Pop an AirTag in your luggage - you'll avoid a ruined trip due to lost baggage. Dream destination: Japan, Hawaii, Philippines, Caribbean, New Zealand just to name a few. Imogen was lucky enough to grow up in a family who loved travelling. This really fuelled the fire for her own desire to see the world (eating her way around it too!). With family, she visited Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, Canada, Oman, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa, as well as many lovely summer trips and skiing holidays around Europe. Following this, she travelled independently around India, Thailand, Bali, Fiji and the US after finishing school. Then she took a quick break to study Fashion Marketing at the University of Leeds. She has been working in Bristol since, having grown up here, sporadically escaping abroad for a weekend at any given chance! She has now joined the team to merge her love of travel and marketing, and is very much looking forward to expanding her credentials in both fields!

Favourite escape : Seeing the northern lights dance across the night sky in Iceland. Top tip : Go solo! Travelling alone is something everyone should do at least once in their lifetime. Dream destination : 'Island hopping' in weird and wonderful Japan. Alice has always had a passion for the natural world, which led her to complete a degree in Marine and Natural History Photography at Falmouth University. This is where the travel spark was ignited; after self-publishing a travel guide on the special Cornish town she called home during her university years, she embarked on her first solo trip around Australia and New Zealand, meeting amazing people and ticking off many a bucket list item along the way. Now settled in Bristol, she's keen to keep working through that list at every given opportunity.

Anna Hughes

Favourite escape : Watching Tango dancers in Buenos Aires while devouring the best steak known to man. Top tip : Keep a travel journal so you can re-live your adventures in years to come. Dream destination : Norway's Valldal valley. Anna put her career in advertising on hold for a year so she could discover what the world had to offer beyond Manchester. She adventured around South America, New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and Vietnam, writing about her discoveries along the way. Upon her return, she moved to Bristol and continued with a career in marketing - which has led her to join the lovely team at i-escape. She continues to travel when possible, only now it’s with two small children in tow, who thankfully share Anna’s enthusiasm for adventuring (with the occasional ‘ice cream’ bribe thrown in).

The Rates Experts

Katya klisarska.

Favourite escape : I’m still searching for the ONE! Top tip : Book in advance for the best deals and avoid big mainstream chain hotels. Dream destination : I want to celebrate New Year’s Eve on Rio’s Copacabana beach. Katya caught the hospitality bug during five years working in some of the most luxurious hotels in the UK. She managed to combine a full-time job with her economics education, and loves getting stuck into the complex world of hotel pricing and online distribution. Growing up in Bulgaria during the transition between communism and democracy left Katya with few opportunities for international travel, but she's now making up for lost time with recent trips to Menorca, Greece and Italy, as well as local adventures in the Brecon Beacons and Cotswolds. She's now looking forward to a new chapter of family travel.

Laura Perez

Favourite Escape : Playa de Famara, Lanzarote Top tip : Get up early: you get more holiday for your money! Dream Destination : Maldives, so I can lose myself on a deserted island Born and raised in Andalucía, Laura graduated with a tourism degree from Granada before moving to Tenerife, where she lapped up the peace of the off-season and the freedom of the sea. After adventures in Germany and Portugal, as well as travels through mainland Spain, Laura decided to jump at the chance of a new life and job in the UK, where she has been living since. Her most recent holiday was a campervan road trip in Switzerland - spectacular! She's already thinking about the next trip...

The Web Team

Leon matthews.

Favourite escape : The [Esc] button Top tip : A ‘Water-To-Go’ bottle will save you from waterborne bugs. It also saves money while reducing plastic waste. No excuses. Dream destination : Bed - most of my dreams seem to end there. In his own words, Leon's into 'pretty much everything', and isn't one for sitting still. He spends his spare time doing Capoeira, gymnastics, photography and climbing (to name a few interests), and is currently learning the guitar and Spanish. His favourite travel memories include the Atacama Desert in Chile, Easter Island's mysterious stone heads, and travelling overland from Hungary to Wolverhampton. Next on his list is Japan (where he wants to see the crazy contrasts of ancient and modern, try a sand bath, take the bullet train, watch a Manga film and take in a traditional drumming show, amongst a million other things!), after which he'd like to visit Egypt's ancient sites. Luckily for us, he still has time to squeeze in work as part of our growing web development team.

Timothy Tapley

Favourite escape: Costa Rica - spent 10 wonderful days there and can’t wait to go back. As a wildlife enthusiast and photographer, there is so much to see and enjoy. Top tip: Leave out anything you don’t really need so you can take as much photography gear as possible! Dream destination: Galapagos Islands - my wife has been there (before I met her) and has always said that it is somewhere I really have to go one day. Tim is a very proud husband, dad and grandad and a keen wildlife-watcher and photographer, specialising in macro photography of tiny bugs and other critters. Finding a miniature world of wonder to explore and learn has given him an appreciation and passion for the things that many people don’t even know exist. As an ex-golf professional, and having spent 8 years carrying out conservation work on nature reserves for a wildlife trust, Tim has enjoyed much of his working life in an outdoor environment but is now embracing the challenge of software development and putting his lifelong enjoyment of puzzle solving to practical use.

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Julie levoir.

Favourite escape : The Canadian Rockies, and Sequoia, Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks. Top travel tip : Don't forget your travel adapters! Dream destination : New Zealand. When not drowning in paperwork keeping our financial records up to scratch, Julie can be found out on her bicycle. She's just got back from a cycling holiday to Tuscany and Umbria, and is already planning her next trip. She's similarly obsessed with wildlife photography and has shot wild bears (with a camera) in the Canadian Rockies and Sequoia, Yosemite and Yellowstone National Parks. But she loves home soil, too, and spends her remaining spare time visiting art galleries and volunteering at her local Foodbank.

Helen Thorne

Favourite escape: The Seychelles - especially seeing giant tortoises on La Digue. Dream destination: Iceland - for the wild waterfalls and thermal pools Top tip: Who you travel with is as important as where you go. Helen loves wildlife and nature, and dreams of swimming with loggerhead turtles in the Ionian Islands. She is a (nearly) native Bristolian, having lived in or near the city since she was four. After working at Nat West Bank in Wills & Probate, she completed her AAT training, and has worked as an accountant and bookkeeper - alongside raising a family - for a variety of businesses, from travel to engineering. A keen runner, she is building up to a Half Marathon.

Our Contributing Writers

As a small boy growing up in a grey country, Tom Bell spent most of his time daydreaming of far-flung exotic lands. After paying off his university overdraft, he headed for Australia with a deep conviction that he would find an Australian wife, thus ensuring himself a life of idle, sun-drenched pleasure. Unfortunately for him (but not perhaps, Australia) he was deported two years after he arrived. Although he is still searching for an Australian wife, he passes his time writing the Alastair Sawday British Hotel Guide and has visited many places for i-escape in Spain , France , Portugal , Vietnam and Switzerland .

Guy Hunter Watts

Guy’s life changed when, after graduating in Spanish from Bristol, he discovered Crete and the Mediterranean. After a decade of drifting from beach to beach, he spent ten years leading tours in India, South America and Mongolia before putting down roots in Andalucia, where he combined work as a walking guide with freelance writing. His first taste of travel writing was when he set off in a battered old van to visit nearly 300 B&Bs in France for the Sawday guide. After that, he never stopped doing what he loved. Until his passing in 2023, he reviewed hotels for i-escape in Andalucia , Portugal , South Africa , France , Morocco , Tanzania and Namibia , and wrote his own walking guides to Andalucia. Guy knew his mountains as well as most shepherds, and charted a coast to coast walk, linking the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. His most valued possession: his walking boots. A traveller through and through, he's missed by us all.

Abigail Blasi

Abigail lived in Hong Kong for three years from 1997, writing and editing books for China and Vietnam. She travelled around the region frequently, from weekends in Shanghai to months in Thailand. After editing books in Lonely Planet’s London office, she worked on their India, Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra, Portugal, Wales, Tunisia, Best of Rome, Africa on a Shoestring, Britain and England guides, as well as contributing to Out to Eat – London , the Gap Year Book , Code Green and the Africa Book . Other travel journalism has appeared in The Guardian , Marie Claire , Wanderlust , the LA Times , the Denver Post , Toronto Sun , the San Francisco Chronicle , and Sawdays guides. Having once spent the night in a yard with chickens and goats in Mauretania, writing for i-escape has introduced her to a new, wonderfully comfortable realm of travel.

Jane Foster

Originating from Wensleydale in North Yorkshire, Jane graduated in Architecture from Oxford Poly, then lived 6 years in Split, Croatia, before moving to Athens, Greece. She has travelled extensively through the Balkans and has written about Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Greece for various guidebooks including Footprint, Insight and Fodor’s. She also writes occasional articles for The Observer and The Telegraph . She loves hiking, sailing, camping and drinking red wine, and has a special penchant for almost-impossible-to-get-to beaches. She speaks English, Italian, Croatian and Greek. For i-escape, Jane has reviewed hotels in Croatia and Greece .

Lesley Gillilan

While growing up in Cornwall, Lesley didn’t see much of the world beyond Daymer Bay and Bodmin Moor (her parents’ idea of long-haul was a trip to Somerset); and she didn’t board a plane until she was nearly 30. She’s been making up for it ever since, and when she meandered into a career in journalism (from art school to editing, via a succession of dead-end jobs) she decided to go freelance so she could travel whenever the mood, or the money, took her. Writing for the national press ( The Guardian , The Telegraph and the The FT , among others), her specialist subjects are property, interior design and travel - a combination which perhaps explains her love of hotels. Aside from writing reviews for i-escape, she is currently researching a new guide book - to Cornwall.

Emily McDonnell

Emily fell in love with travel at a young age when her parents took her to Paris for the day - it wasn’t the sights that did it for her, it was the strawberry ice cream. She spends all of her free time (and money) on exploring the world, and is often teased for seeking out ancient ruins to explore. She’s fallen in love with Rome, Santorini, Nice, Sardinia and many more, but a piece of her heart will always be in Portugal’s Eastern Algarve, which she visits several times a year. She decided she needed to travel more after studying English Literature and Theatre at university, and reading Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises . A year's maternity cover in the editorial department here at i-escape has only cemented her conviction.

Abi gained her first taste of travel as a toddler when her globe-trotting parents took her interrailing around Europe, followed soon afterwards by a round-the-world tour. She has been exploring ever since, with recent highlights including monkey-watching in Japan, safaris in South Africa’s Karoo, crossing salt flats in Argentina, and travelling from Toronto to Vancouver by train in the footsteps of her Canadian grandmother. She studied French and Spanish at the University of Bristol (spending a year in Paris and Barcelona) and began her career in PR before deciding to put her love of travel - and writing about it - to good use as i-escape's Deputy Editor. After 7 years she left to focus on her interior design, travel and lifestyle blog These Four Walls , but she still loves checking out new hotel gems for us whenever she can.

Liz Simpson

Ever since interrailing around Europe aged 18, Liz has spent most of her free time and money travelling: she's backpacked around 6 continents and dreams of going to Antarctica but hates the cold. Highlights were island-hopping around the Caribbean, camel-trekking in the Sahara and trying to pitch a tent on Bolivia's salt plains. Liz spent over 10 happy years at i-escape HQ, where she rose to head the editorial team, writing newsletters, blogs and hundreds of hotel reviews. She still has a few travel dreams left in her locker, including a snowmobile tour of Spitsbergen in Norway to see its polar bears.

Melissa Burfitt

Melissa's taste for travel began during a month-long expedition to Malaysia; since then she’s taken every opportunity to discover pastures new. From babysitting lion cubs on a South African reserve and adrenaline-fuelled sports in New Zealand to trekking the Atlas Mountains and foodie pursuits across Europe. Having studied English Literature, she then joined i-escape's editorial team, working her way up to Assistant Editor, before embarking on a freelance writing career.

Glenda Richards

Glenda began her eclectic career in her native country of Canada, where she worked as a radio and television journalist in a range of jobs from news presenter to reporter to documentary producer to occasional weather girl! After a stint on the stage as an actress and a sojourn in the Caribbean performing live shows for corporate retreats, Glenda moved to London and entered the new media world. For 8 years she worked here at i-escape.com, handling bookings across Europe as well as writing our monthly newsletter and making trips to review hotels in Spain , Morocco , Greece , Amsterdam and the UK . In 2010-11, she and her husband Pete travelled the length and breadth of the Americas, updating our reviews and seeking out new gems.

Anna Mullinder

Anna’s love of travel began at a young age on family holidays in Europe. Not keen on spending every day sitting on a beach, her parents combined sun, sea and sand with ancient ruins, mountain walks and city sightseeing. A field trip to New Zealand while she was studying Geography at Exeter University fuelled her desire to travel further afield: many short- and long-haul trips followed. After five years of managing projects at a content marketing agency and a sabbatical spent exploring California, New Zealand and Tokyo, Anna is combining her interest in marketing and social media with her passion for travel at i-escape.

Sarah de Vere-Drummond

Sarah has fond memories of growing up on the Caribbean island of Barbados - mostly in the sea with mask and snorkel, or on it with a board. Reluctantly, she moved to England to pursue a career in marketing - including 7 years as i-escape's own marketing manager - but always jumped at the opportunity to escape the British rain and visit hotels in more exotic climes. Highlights include trips along the Amalfi and Dalmatian coasts and, more recently, an epic trip taking in Sri Lanka, India, southeast Asia and Indonesia. It was this trip that sowed the seeds for her, in 2019, to start a new adventure living with her family in Sri Lanka, where she now works as a hotel marketing specialist.

Christabelle Dilks

Christabelle fell in love with Argentina - and an Argentine man - at 16, but had to leave true love behind when the Falklands war started. After acting at the National Theatre, making short films, and working at Channel 4 and the BBC, she returned 20 years later – and fell in love all over again. Endless overnight buses, an incident at 6,500m on Mount Llullaillaco, and even a series of unsuitable Argentine men did not dim her passion for the place. She travelled the entire country to write the Footprint guide, and of course to seek out the finest Argentine estancias for i-escape. We loved her writing so much, we then sent her to Chile , Stockholm and [pts:costarica:Costa Rica]. She now lives in Norfolk with her husband, son and their cat, and works as a scriptwriter.

After a degree in Social Policy, a gap year interrailing around Europe, a stint in a post production company, and a second gap year in Australia, Daisy finally realised that her real love has always been travel. So she got a job as a bookings consultant at a certain award-winning, Bristol-based boutique hotel website, where she spent 4 happy years helping people book their perfect hideaway, and reviewing new openings in Wales, Lisbon and France. We wish her luck with the next chapter!

Laura Dixon

Laura Dixon is a seasoned travel writer who has contributed to The Guardian , Condé Nast Traveller , National Geographic Traveller and many more. In 2012 she won editorial freelancer of the year at the Southwest Freelancer awards. For i-escape, she helped us launch our kids collection in 2011, and has reviewed hotels in Sri Lanka , Scotland , Madeira , Iceland , Venice , France , Belgium and Catalonia .

Nicola Gibbs

A born adventurer, Nic's travels have taken her to more than 80 countries across 6 continents - mostly with the help of a big orange Land Rover. In between epic overland trips from Bristol to Sydney and Bristol to Cape Town, she studied French and Spanish and worked as a travel guide editor at Footprint for 8 years. Since then, her freelance career has seen her write and edit travel content for Time Out , Google, Bradt, Telegraph Travel , Sawday's, Explore and JLA - as well as a 6-month stint in the i-escape office. Nic still loves to travel and now drags her family on adventures with her, whether it's wild camping on Dartmoor, kayaking on the Isles of Scilly or heading round Iceland in a campervan.

Jo Boissevain

Jo’s career has taken her from teaching 7-year-olds in Battersea to copywriting for Sawdays and i-escape. On the way she's written a guidebook to Cardiff, edited a listings magazines in Amsterdam, compiled the family pages for Bristol's Venue magazine, and taken time out to bring up two children and one small fluffy dog. As a child she was whisked off on train journeys to Finland, Scandinavia, Austria and France; later she lived with hippies in San Francisco and survived a heatwave in New York. Her favourite holidays are slow ones - a jaunt around Wicklow in a gypsy caravan, a week of gastropubbery in Suffolk.

Clare Hargreaves

On her tenth birthday Clare made a day trip to Boulogne, ate a cheese omelette served by a gentleman with a beret and has been hooked on France and its food ever since. She went on to study French and Spanish at Cambridge, worked in Paris as a Reuters correspondent, and wrote two guidebooks - on French Villas (Sawdays) and Normandy (Cadogan) - as well as co-authoring Lonely Planet’s Career Break Book . She has also travelled widely in South America, Spain and Greece, and is currently deputy editor of BBC Countryfile Magazine , for whom she writes hotel reviews and edits the food and book sections. She also writes for BBC Good Food , BBC History and France Magazine , and for i-escape has reviewed hotels in France and Britain .

Nicolas Buchele

Nicolas’ closest brush with the travel bug was a cold he caught, aged 6, from the air-conditioning in the Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens. Unaccountably, life has since buffeted him from Hamburg, where he grew up, to London, where he studied, to Jeddah, where he was chief sub at one of the worst newspapers in the world, and finally to Bangkok, with regional detours motivated more by necessity than any curiosity about people and culture. Yet while nothing could improve his opinion of travel, the years did sharpen his eye for aspects of short-term rental accommodation that can make the ordeal more (and, crucially, less) tolerable. He is the author of the Saudi Arabia guide in the Culture Smart series and an editor with the Chosun Ilbo of Korea, a country he has no plans to visit. For i-escape, he has reviewed hotels in Thailand and Cambodia .

Norm Longley

Having grown up in Somerset, Norm (which isn’t his real name, but that’s another story) spent time in Serbia, London and Cambridge before coming full circle and returning to his home county. It was whilst teaching English in Serbia that he fell in love with the Balkans and eastern Europe as a whole – so much so that he has since written Rough Guides to several places in the region ( Budapest , Slovenia, Romania and Montenegro). He has also contributed to UK titles, including Scotland, Ireland and Wales. When not on the road or at his desk listening to Balkan gypsy brass, he can occasionally be seen erecting marquees on The Rec in Bath.

Joyce Copeland

Joyce Copeland loves nothing better than bumping down an unpaved road to a unique hotel the rest of the world hasn’t yet discovered. She began her career as a writer and managing editor for Endless Vacation magazine, published by holiday exchange pioneer Resort Condominiums International. She veered off course during the 90s, writing marketing copy for Silicon Valley tech companies and authoring four career-related books. Today she works closely with Brand Tango, an award-winning marketing agency, writing copy on projects ranging from websites to corporate brochures and her feature articles appear in travel industry trade publications. Joyce's review trips for i-escape have included Mexico , Argentina , Chile , Uruguay , Morocco , Greece , Tuscany , Istanbul and California .

Belinda Archer

Belinda has been a passionate - if not particularly talented - skier for almost 20 years, ever since her first snowy foray to Serre Chevalier in the French Alps. Today there is barely a resort she has not visited nor a slope she has not swooshed down (speed rather than style being her forte), and she has reviewed many of her favourites in France and Switzerland for i-escape. Her love of travel has also led her to experience hot destinations, with recent adventures including a walking safari in Zambia, jet-skiing around Jamaica, a hardcore yoga retreat in Kerala, and scuba diving off the Great Barrier Reef. All of this makes her sound rather intrepid, but she remains at heart a devotee of luxury, lavish creature comforts and superb interior design.

Amy Everett

Amy Rose spent her twenties writing on all things food and culture in London, contributing to Red magazine, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, The Daily Express and The Handbook. Five years as Online Editor at Comedy Central UK led her to become Senior Social Media manager at MTV UK, living and breathing pop culture, music and travel for nearly a decade. Now freelance, Amy works remotely as a social media consultant and travel writer. Technically Amy lives in Lisbon, though her feet rarely touch the ground. Recent highlights include foraging deep in the Finnish forest, skiing across Colorado and interviewing top chefs and natural wine makers in Johannesburg, Copenhagen, Berlin and Rome. For i-escape, Amy has reviewed hotels in Cape Town, Lisbon and Madeira. She is happiest skiing or at Glastonbury festival.

Amie Marshall

While studying English Literature at the University of Bristol, Amie took her first steps in overseas travel, interrailing through 8 European countries and losing herself (literally) in the Medina in Fes, Morocco. She then embarked on a 3-month adventure through South East Asia - highlights included watching the sunrise over temples in Bagan, spotting crocodiles and orangutans in Borneo and exploring cathedral-like caves in Phong Nha, Vietnam - before returning to a variety of editorial and marketing roles, including a 2-year stint in i-escape's marketing team.

Emma Taylor

Emma has had a varied career, encompassing physical training and several years' work at i-escape, where she handled the UK portfolio and helped with reservations. Her love of travel has taken her from the vineyards of South Africa to the deserts of Namibia, and from the beaches of the Caribbean to the kitchens of Thailand. Her most recent review trips were to South Africa and Italy , two countries which she loves.

Emily Preece

It was a cruise around the Med in her early teens which made Emily realise she could get used to a life of sunshine and café culture. At the age of 15 she upped sticks and moved to Dubai with her mum, spending the next few years studying at an international school and enjoying the delights of desert living. She returned to the UK to study events management at Leeds Metropolitan University, but after graduating (having realised that the world of events would leave little room for travelling), she left again to go backpacking. Highlights of her trip included Kho Tao and Kho Phi Phi in Thailand, Queenstown in New Zealand, and snorkelling on the Great Barrier Reef. Since joining i-escape, Emily is finding it hard to choose where to go next, but her dream would be seeing polar bears in the Arctic. Geographical expertise : Croatia , Turkey , Italy , Australia , Thailand

Viv Monahan

Viv Monahan is a freelance investigator, travel consultant and writer. Her two published novels, Dangerous Games and Storm Fever , which were written under her pen name, Vivien Leyland, feature exotic destinations as characters in their own right. With Masters Degrees in Philosophy and Spanish, Viv suffers from terminal itchy feet, a condition that, over the last decade, has been partially alleviated by frequent, long trips to Bali. After several years of being used as an informal travel consultant by various internet forums (and family members), Viv has sought out a collection of eclectic hideaways on small but beautifully formed islands and in Marrakech for i-escape. Thanks to two expensive language courses, she now speaks taxi-Indonesian almost fluently.

Cat began writing about travel and design for UK and Australian magazines over 15 years ago, whilst working as an architect in Sydney. It was a six month sabbatical from Richard Rogers that first gave her the travel bug, taking Cat through Asia, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Japan, after which she settled in Australia for a few years. Now back in the UK, Cat continues to mix her two favourite things - architecture and travel: she runs her own private practice and freelances for i-escape, reviewing hotels in Jamaica , Mexico and the UK .

Caroline Sylger-Jones

Caroline Sylger Jones has been a travel journalist and author for over 30 years. She is the founder of site Queen of Retreats, and the retreat editor of Psychologies magazine. Caroline is also a published poet.

Emma is a freelance writer specialising in travel, who ended up in Sri Lanka in 2003 after a year spent writing her way around the world. She has penned pieces on subjects as diverse as Honduran politics, the Bolivian pampas, scaling Mount Kilimanjaro, Sri Lankan ballooning and London’s Theatreland, and her work has been featured in Get Lost , High Life , The Sunday Times and Oryx . Emma is also the author of Culture Smart! Sri Lanka and co-author of The Asia Villa Guide , and regularly travels overseas on updating missions for Rough Guides ; recent trips have included Australia, India, Hong Kong, Borneo and Cambodia. Emma frequently luxuriates in boutique hotels across Asia (all in the name of work) and has reviewed i-escape properties in India and her adopted home of Sri Lanka .

Cathy Teesdale

An award-winning photographer specialising in travel, reportage, portraits and weddings, Cathy gained an early appreciation of beauty growing up with artist parents in a Gloucestershire mansion. While reading English at Exeter University her maverick spirit led to a near-fatal Devon cliff fall, but she survived to forge a career as a freelance feature writer, editor and photographer, and in late 2013 set up Humans of London, celebrating the capital's diversity and humanity. Now blissfully Hastings-based, she has so far reviewed and photographed hidden oases in India , Sri Lanka and Italy for i-escape. You can view her portfolio here .

Rachael Oakes-Ash

Rachael is a globe-trotter with a writing addiction. Her work as a travel journalist is published in newspapers, glossy magazines, inflight literature and travel guides internationally. Her byline appears regularly in the The Sydney Morning Herald , The Age in Melbourne, DestinAsian , Emirates / Etihad / Jetstar / Virgin inflights mags and more. She's also a corporate speaker, a media trainer, an author of two books and a contributor to three anthologies. Oh, and a prolific ski journalist. In fact, there's not much in the world of travel writing she doesn't do. For i-escape she has visited hotels in Australia and Cambodia .

Ben Feetham

Ben’s always had travel in his blood, thanks to mixed French-English parentage, as well as frequent (and fascinating) childhood holidays. He was only 12 when he first visited Kenya, and was fascinated by the wildlife. This led, via an overland trip from Nairobi to Cape Town in his gap year, to a Zoology degree, then a job at STA travel, followed by several happy years as Rates Manager in our own head office. He now lives in southern Spain with his partner, where he runs a boutique guesthouse - using all the expertise gathered from his trips and his i-escape insights.

Sophie Potter

When she was just 19, Sophie kick-started her passion for travel with a 6-month adventure around Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and USA. Highlights included island hopping in Fiji and snorkelling with (non-biting!) sharks. This convinced her to study Tourism and Hospitality at Plymouth University, during which she travelled whenever possible - everything from a month inter-railing around Europe to a luxury fam trip in the Maldives! After several years based in Bristol and working in our head office, Sophie moved to Devon, where she lives with her husband and their sausage dog, Seb.

Charlotte Bonsey

After spending her teenage years in Prague, Charlotte spent two years living and working in Mexico and South Korea as an English teacher. She finally ended up at Bristol University and graduated in French and Spanish, having spent a year of her degree in Bordeaux and Mendoza (Argentina) getting to grips with the languages and the local wines. She spent several happy years in the i-escape office, putting her language skills to use and assisting with booking enquiries, before embarking on new adventures in Latin America and Bristol.

Clair O'Neill

Clair's passion for travel goes back to age 19, when she worked her way around Australia, before journeying across Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia and her all-time favourite destination, Laos. A decade of adventures later, Clair moved to Bristol where she honed her skills as a marketer and fundraiser in the charity sector, followed by a busy year in i-escape's head office sharing and sharpening her digital marketing know-how. She spends most of her spare time practising yoga, exploring South Wales, walking in the Brecon Beacons and visiting Newquay to spot dolphins.

Joe Cawley is a freelance travel writer and author based in the Canary Islands, published in The Sunday Times , Daily Express , New York Post and others. He's medically compelled to travel to alleviate sporadic bouts of island fever that leave him with a nasty rash and an uncontrollable urge to scream obscenities at the top of his voice. His first book More Ketchup than Salsa , about swapping life as a fishmonger in Bolton to be a British bar owner abroad, was voted 'Best Travel Narrative 2007' by the British Guild of Travel Writers. He likes the British Guild of Travel Writers. A lot. Joe is also the owner of local destination site My Tenerife Info .

Emma Stanfield

As a young girl growing up in South East Asia, Emma soaked up as much information as she could about the many cultures that surrounded her. However, this thirst for knowledge simply kindled her curiosity about the seemingly infinite amount of the world she has yet to discover. So she diligently set about rectifying that. While studying journalism and public relations at university in Bristol, Emma did a stint in i-escape head office, as well as trips to Singapore and Italy, before moving to Berlin for adventures new.

Antonia Short

An award-winning travel writer, content strategist and journalist, Antonia has contributed to (among others) The Guardian , The Times , Frommers, Sawdays guides and whatsonwhen.com, as well as helping launch The Observer travel supplement, 'Escape'. Her travels have taken her to Australia (where she didn't sleep inside for a month), France, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, Brazil (where she rose to the challenge of reporting on the Carnival) and the US, wher she now lives. For i-escape she has reviewed hotels in and around New York .

Mary-Anne Denison-Pender

Mary-Anne first travelled to India over 25 years ago, and fell in love with it immediately. Dozens more trips followed, then specialist roles at prestigious UK travel companies, before setting up her own Indian hotel representation business - MAhout - in 2000. Now considered one of the UK’s leading experts on India, she continues to root out the best new hotel openings and act as their ambassador in the UK. Needless to say, we (and you) hear about them first.

Yasmin Boland

Yasmin Boland has been a full-time writer since she was 20 and is one of those Australians who lives by the maxim "have laptop, will travel". You'll find her either in Sydney or in Paris; or somewhere between the two. Besides staying at some of the best hotels in Sri Lanka and southern India on behalf of i-escape, she has written two books - a fun non-fiction called Cosmic Love and a novel titled Carole King Is An Alien - and contributed to She , Playboy , Elle , the Sydney Morning Herald and the London Evening Standard .

Maia Tarrant

With a kaleidoscope of corporate gigs spanning over two decades, Maia has called Singapore, London, NYC, Toronto, Cape Town and San Francisco home and has travelled to 60+ countries. Moonlighting for i-escape, she loves meeting up with friends in far flung places to unravel quaint boutique gems, preferably those with a resident pooch and a mean cocktail list. Favourite destinations: NYC, Iceland and her friend's beach hut in Churchhaven, South Africa. Still on the wishlist: Slovenia, Bhutan, Madagascar.

Emma Whiteacre

Since studying in Togo and France, Emma has always been a bit restless. She has worked at the European Parliament and World Bank in Brussels, for the UN in Kenya, and for a London charity, before settling down for five years of economic and political analysis of Latin America and Asia. But aside from the occasional work trip to Mexico, China and Hong Kong the longed-for jet-set lifestyle eluded her so, after marrying her like-minded travel buddy Duncan, she jacked it all in to bum around Latin America, Australasia and South East Asia. With the notable exceptions of a stomach bug on the Inca trail and floods in Australia, they have loved every minute.

Helen Pickles

Living in the north of England, Helen appreciates the merest flicker of sunshine and doesn’t mind travelling big distances to find it. While she likes exploring a city’s nooks and crannies, she can also do lazy very well: hiking across hills or testing the softness of sand are both fine with her. She has written travel and hotel features for The Telegraph, Times, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, Guardian, Condé Nast Traveller and Sawdays guides.

Emilie Witham

Emilie has built a playground in Chile with Raleigh International, backpacked around Bolivia and Argentina, learned Spanish in Barcelona, interrailed through western Europe and taught tourism in Weston College near Bristol. In 2009, after 2 years handling i-escape enquiries in those regions, she travelled around Central and South America to visit charity projects, before settling on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, from where she creates amazing tailormade tours for i-escape guests.

Holly Rubenstein

Holly is a London-based travel and entertainment journalist and podcaster, whose weekly podcast The Travel Diaries has included such legendary guests as Sir Michael Palin, Rick Stein and Yotam Ottoloneghi. She is also a contributing editor of Country & Town House Magazine, including their annual Great British Hotels guide, and of Luxury Explorer. Her written work has appeared in The Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Condé Nast Traveller, Evening Standard, The Independent, Metro, The Week, Tatler, Brides, The Spectator and more; while her reporting has been aired on the BBC and on ITV’ (Good Morning Britain).

Sarah Breaux

Sarah is from Austin, Texas - for her, "the greatest city in the greatest state in the USA"! But she also loves all things Hispanic, having lived in Madrid for 2 years, and travelled extensively throughout Spain, as well as Western Europe, Japan, Greece, Turkey, India and Mexico. She has an MA in Spanish from Bristol Uni, the city where she now lives. To escape the British weather, she's always looking for sunny places to kick back and relax. Favourite travel moment: watching the sunrise from the summit of Mt Fuji after an all-night climb.

Charlotte Sinclair

At just 22, Charlotte won Vogue 's Talent Contest for writing and traded in a round-the-world ticket for a full time job at the magazine. She moved to Harper’s Bazaar as Arts and Entertainment Editor, making the occasional trip to New York and LA to interview Hollywood stars (which was not, she admits, a hardship). In the meantime she continued to explore the world – Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Hong Kong, Australia, India - and somewhere along the way became an unofficial tour operator for her friends. After writing for The Sunday Times Travel Magazine and Conde Nast Traveller , Charlotte re-joined Vogue in 2006 as a contributing editor, where she remains today. But she’s a gaiters and rucksack girl at heart - give her a tent under a desert sky over a five star resort any day.

Diana von Cranach

Diana calls herself an "Egyptologist, interior designer, hotelier and rawfully good chef", which pretty much sums up her multitudinous and quirky talents. To which we'd add "an occasional reviewer for i-escape in Asia" - she's checked out hotels in Singapore and Malaysia for us. And she could hardly be better qualified: Diana owns one of our all-time favourite hideaways, Puri Ganesha in Bali, and runs amazing raw food workshops and spice tours too. On that note, she's Cordon-Bleu trained and speaks 5 languages, including Indonesian (her husband is from Bali).

Kate Darnton

Kate must have caught the travel bug as a kid; though thoroughly American, she spent five of her childhood years living in various western European countries. She is now subjecting her own three children to the same fate. They lived five years in India - where Kate reviewed some knock-out properties for i-escape - and are now settled in Amsterdam. When she isn’t freelancing or making peanut butter sandwiches, Kate writes novels for young adults.

Jake Hamilton

Jake spent over 13 years working in media in SE Asia, first as Editor of FHM Asia, then as Chief Copy Editor for China Daily newspaper in Shanghai, and finally as Editor-in-Chief of Time Out in Hong Kong, where he was awarded SOPA’s ‘Scoop of the Year’ for his interview with dissident Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei. Jake loves exploring far-flung islands and has worked as a news reporter in the Cook Islands, a travel writer in Tonga’s Vava’u islands, and a proofer in Fiji. His dream is to one day sail across the South Pacific – just as soon as he gets his seamanship sorted!

Davina Mackail

Back in 1992, Davina left the corporate world to embark on an adventure that began with smuggling a fax machine into Moscow and ended with a trek through the Andaman Islands dodging spears. On the way she helped Mongolian contraband dealers, hitched to Tibet courtesy of a lecherous Chinese truck driver, was wined and dined by the Minister of Tourism in India, met Bertolucci on the film set of Little Buddha and nearly died of altitude sickness. To get her breath back, she reviewed hideaways in [pts:SouthAfrica:South Africa] and the Caribbean for i-escape. Davina now makes a living as a spiritual healer and writer.

Melinda McDougall

Melinda finally got her first passport as a 20-year-old journalism graduate and left the shores of her native Australia on a working holiday taking in Fiji, Mexico, the USA, Germany, Austria and much of Eastern Europe. After more than a year on the road, she washed up in the UK with a tattered backpack and not a penny to her name - and has been based there ever since. Over the last two decades, she’s built a career in television, directing and producing high-quality factual programmes for Channel 4 and the BBC, and lapping up the travel that goes along with it. She is currently working on an MSc and planning her next international adventure.

Samantha Coomber

Since leaving her native UK in 1998, Samantha has lived in 7 countries and travelled to over 30 - from solo backpacking adventures to top-end travel agent familiarization and media trips. Her speciality is southeast Asia, including Vietnam (where she lived and worked for nearly 10 years) and Bali (where she now calls home). As a full-time travel writer and consultant, her titles include Vietnam (for Rough Guides), Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (for Insight and Luxe), Bali (Frommers) and southeast Asia (Rough Guides).

Meg's degree in English Literature and her love of surfing, combined with her work as an intelligence risk analyst and a screenplay script advisor, served her well when she and her photographer husband left the Middle East to scout the entire length of Brazil, checking out fabulous hideaways for us at i-escape on the way. Meg now owns a vintage poster gallery in the UNESCO world heritage-lauded Fort in Galle, from where she keeps us up to date on new openings across Sri Lanka.

Emma Love has been a freelance travel and lifestyle journalist for over 7 years, but the travelling bug struck long before that. Favourite countries she has visited include India, Brazil and Costa Rica; but on a summer's day, she is just as happy on a beach in Cornwall. She is a Contributing Editor at Conde Nast Traveller magazine and, for i-escape, has reviewed hotels in France, Vietnam and Jamaica.

Jenny Piening

Jenny has never found it easy to stay in one place for long. She grew up in Luxembourg and the UK, moved to New York for two years after university, before living briefly in Madrid and then London. After several years working there for Condé Nast Traveller and Time Out Guides, she packed her bags again and moved to Germany: first to Hamburg, and then Berlin, where since 2007 she has worked as a freelance translator, editor and writer. She loves nothing more than exploring new cities and going for long rambles in the English countryside.

Leon Beckenham

After an extended stint in various corners of Latin America, Leon returned to London and to editorial jobs on various travel websites. His writing career was put on hold due to accidentally becoming a musician after joining a band. After the best part of a decade touring, he returned to the world of travel writing and – having stayed in more than he could remember – honed in on hotels. He has since reviewed over a thousand to date for all manner of online publications, and having upped sticks to Mallorca, he has also writes extensively about the island.

Rachel Everett

As a hotel insider for i-escape, Rachel likes unveiling the new and unique. After working as an editor for magazines and newspapers in Europe, she quit her desk job and set off to Asia and Australia, where she travelled - and was a general dogsbody - around Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam and elsewhere. She edited and wrote about those countries for Time Out magazines and guides, CNNGo and Associated Newspapers, before returning to the UK to set up her own writing, PR and branding consultancy.

Lucy Gillmore

Lucy got the travel bug at university and spent a year at Berkeley in California as part of an exchange programme. It was a year of new experiences; her first camping trip in Yosemite and surviving an earthquake. After a few years working in London she got itchy feet again and quit her job to go backpacking round South America for a year. When she returned she landed her dream job on the travel desk of the Independent, but after eight years decided to go freelance, moving up to the Scottish Highlands. She now writes for newspapers such as the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and the Times, magazines from Conde Nast Traveller to Olive and has contributed to guidebooks on Scotland (Frommer's) as well as writing the last three Wallpaper* city guides to Edinburgh – her favourite city.

Shelley Seale

Shelley is a freelance journalist and author in Austin who has written for National Geographic, USA Today, The Guardian and Texas Monthly, among others. She loves yoga, indie movies, wine, and books, though not necessarily in that order. Shelley has performed a catch on the flying trapeze, boarded down a live volcano and was once robbed by a monkey in Nepal. But she doesn’t know how to whistle.

After finishing university with a Masters in wanderlust (and, more officially, a degree in English), Kate spent years funding trips through soul-destroying jobs - until she realised that if she lived abroad, it would feel like a holiday every day. So she upped sticks to France, and is now settled in Paris, fluent in French and married to a Frenchman. Her travels have taken her across South and North America, the Middle East and Asia; but shamefully she has never been to Australia, despite the fact that her sister has been living there for over 10 years (it's next on the list!). For i-escape she contributes to the entente cordiale , reviewing hotels in France .

Michael Franco

When Michael got his first credit card in college, he bought a plane ticket from New York to Mexico - and he’s hardly stopped since. After a stint as a copywriter at Reader’s Digest , Michael suffered a case of temporary insanity and bought a B&B in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country, before jumping ship to the Caribbean to manage an eco-resort (and pen a guidebook to the tiny island of Vieques on the side). Next stop was Singapore, where he mixed exploratory weekends around Southeast Asia (and hotel reviews for i-escape) with a directorship at a publishing company. He now writes and blogs from his home in Philadelphia, PA.

Jo is utterly fascinated by countries, cultures and food. She’d return to Rajasthan, Positano or Cairo, or travel solo around the world again, in a heartbeat. Current goal: travelling with carry-on baggage only. Jo worked in marketing agencies in London before setting up her own consultancy in Cape Town. A corporate comms strategist and writer, she’s also a travel and fine art photographer and has been published on National Geographic’s Intelligent Traveler website and several blogs.

Heidi Fuller-Love

Bilingual in French, and proficient in Spanish, German and Greek, Heidi has been living in and between these countries since 1988. She contributes regularly to magazines ranging from Real Travel and Easyjet Traveller , to the LA Times and Delta Sky . Recent trips have seen her blowing dust out of her brassiere in Dubai, having tea with Moroccan Bedouins, getting hopelessly lost in Montenegro, being pummelled by beefy masseurs in Istanbul and ending up, relatively unscathed, on Crete and Rhodes - where she has reviewed hotels for i-escape. Proud owner of a motorcaravan, she travels for six months of the year researching material for her features.

Harriet Whiting

At the tender age of 18, during a tough 8-month challenge in Africa, Harriet caught not only the travel bug but also malaria. Undeterred, she has since backpacked the globe (Southeast Asia, Central America, Indonesia, Australia and Sri Lanka) with occasional stops at boutique hotels, courtesy of The Times , Time Out and i-escape.com, to satisfy her luxury cravings. Following their recent wedding, she and her husband embarked on a year-long trip around the world, encompassing the Americas, the Pacific islands, Australia, Singapore, Thailand, India and finally her favourite: Sri Lanka.

Rhiannon Batten

Rhiannon is a freelance journalist writing mostly on travel - with a penchant for community / green/ outdoor travel, plus anything with a hint of tartan! She is the author of "Higher Ground: How to Travel Responsibly Without Roughing It", which examines the impact of our obsession with travel, the up- and downsides of carbon offsetting and other schemes, and how best to make decisions about the regions you visit, the transport you take and the places you stay. For i-escape she has reviewed hotels in Scotland and northern England.

Rachel Howard

Rachel is a freelance writer and editor who divides her time between London and Athens. A regular contributor to Conde Nast Traveller , National Geographic Traveler , High Life , How To Spend It and Time Out guides, she has also written documentaries, screenplays, and comics. Her latest book, Secret London – An Unusual Guide , explores the hidden face of her home city.

Clemmy Manzo

Being half-Italian and having grown up in Indonesia, Italy, Brazil and England, Clemmy was always a bit of a nomad. But if home is where the heart is, then home is the whole of the South American continent. She has recently spent a year travelling around Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, updating guidebooks for Footprint and Rough Guides. She’s also worked as a content editor for Frommer’s Unlimited, and freelanced for magazines such as Food and Travel and Sunday Times Travel . She speaks five languages and loves to discover a destination through food. She’s currently pondering where life will take her next, but as she specialises in eco and nature travel, she’s hoping it will be the Galapagos Islands.

Claire Boobbyer

Claire is a travel writer, editor and photographer. She is a Cuba travel expert but, when not sampling mojitos and salsa-dancing around the island, she can be found exploring Guatemala, Vietnam, Laos and parts of Morocco. She has reviewed properties in Laos, Vietnam and Guatemala for i-escape.

Sarah Gilbert

Sarah cut her travelling teeth on InterRail, spending summers in France, Spain, Italy and Greece. Bitten by the travel bug, her trips gradually grew longer and more exotic, from two months exploring Turkey, to a year travelling from Mexico to Chile stopping off at most points in between. Now a freelance travel writer for Wanderlust , The Guardian and The Independent among other publications, her work has taken her from luxury beach lodges in the Indian Ocean to wooden huts in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Kate is a specialist in Asia and Africa. She studied in Indonesia before living in India and then Laos, working for Audley Travel and Exotissimo along the way. She’s witnessed the great migration in Northern Tanzania, eaten with thousands of pilgrims at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, come face to face with a Komodo Dragon, trekked through the Himalayas, and seen blue whales off the coast of Sri Lanka. When she has a free minute, she loves nothing more than taking photos, cooking, country walks and a trip to the pub.

Lara Dunston

A perpetual globetrotter in some 70 countries, Australian travel writer Lara Dunston and photographer-husband Terence Carter have authored over 50 guidebooks, including Dorling Kindersley, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Footprint, AA and Fodor's. As if that's not enough, they also shoot photos and films; their work has appeared in National Geographic Traveler , Wanderlust , The Independent , USA Today , the Sydney Morning Herald and BBC History . After a 2-year 'Grand Tour' of HomeAway properties, they finally settled in Cambodia, where they write their travel blog 'Grantourismo' as well as occasional guide- and cook books.

Emily Hirschberg

Having grown up in southern California, Emylou has fond memories of hot, dusty roadtrips to Mexico in the back of the ancient family campervan, bartering in Spanish from a young age and eating the local chilaquiles as soon as she could walk. Her lust for travel has continued to grow, and she's since completed 4 solo round-the-world trips (and countless mini-adventures), filling her passport completely by the age of 24. Highlights have included climbing temples in Myanmar, watching a solar eclipse from a raft on the Ganges, and narrowly escaping landslides in Guatemala.

Rupert Eden

Rupert is a British photojournalist and film maker with a passion for travel and a knack for hotel PR. After a decade working as a financial news reporter, covering energy, oil and mining in Latin America for FT Business and Platt’s, he moved to full time travel journalism and filmmaking. His work has featured in leading lifestyle magazines, travel guides, architectural journals, and articles on gastronomy and ecotourism in Spain, Portugal and Latin America. Over the past ten years he has worked out of Lima, Buenos Aires, Rome, London, Madrid, Barcelona and Seville. He is currently based in Lisbon.

Christianne Davies

Christianne lives and works in London where she is a communication coach and speechwriter. In a parallel world, however, she lives in beautiful hotels and travels the world, which is why working with I-escape is such a natural fit. Over the past 20 years she has visited Central and South America, Cuba, India, Sri Lanka, Africa, Vietnam and Australia; and lived for a while in Italy, which still makes her go funny in the head whenever she goes there. For i-escape, she has been to Rome, Vietnam and Sri Lanka and is currently plotting how to continue exploring with an opinionated young daughter in tow.

Laura Collacott

Laura is a freelance lifestyle and travel journalist who has been curiously exploring the world since she was caught trying to crawl out of cat flap at 9-months old. She spent several years in the Middle East, editing Business Traveller Middle East and contributing to in-flight magazines and Time Out guides, before moving back to Blighty. For i-escape, she has reviewed properties in Spain and Slovenia.

Rosanna Spence

Rosanna took a break from her career as a food and drink editor to spend a year travelling around Asia and Europe. Highlights included Japan in the koyo season for the autumnal colours (and the karaoke); and climbing Iceland’s Kerið volcano, which felt like being on another planet. She then worked for a while in i-escape's editorial team, before moving to a new role editing B2B publications. Alongside her obsession with words and photos, her search for the next amazing adventure remains as strong as ever. Rosanna is most content when watching sunrise from a mountain-top temple, or sunset from the beach with a beer; or anywhere far from tourist crowds and selfie sticks.

Saskia Walker

Born in Hong Kong and raised across five continents, Saskia has long felt the pull of places new. Reading History at Cambridge, she revelled in exploring interests piqued by childhood memories of Asia. Food-filled Southeast Asian adventures and an extended European road trip preceded a serendipitous move to Sri Lanka in 2017. Falling for an island which conjured echoes of lychees gobbled on Mauritian family holidays and dances in steaming Vietnamese monsoon downpours, Saskia has now made her home on Sri Lanka’s palm-fringed south coast. When she’s not hyphenating adjectives to capture her latest travels, Saskia divides her time between sourcing antiques for her next interiors project and growing a sustainably focused T-shirt brand with friends.

Lucia Appleby

Lucia is a communications manager, editor and NUJ-accredited photojournalist with over 20 years' experience of the media. With her comms hat on, she has worked with BBC Radio, the Environment Agency and the Department of Education, while her writing clients include the Financial Times, Guardian and Rough Guides. For i-escape, she kickstarted our Mexico portfolio back in 2002, before settling in Chichester.

Rachel Hamada

Rachel is a Scottish freelance journalist who covers travel, society and culture for a variety of publications, with a particular interest in ethical and rights issues. She has strong connections with East Africa and was based in Zanzibar for several years, where she got a taste for taarab music, the smell of fresh cloves and snorkelling with squid.

Gemma Pitcher

Gemma has been crazy about Africa since she was old enough to play with her first cuddly lion toy. She took off for the Dark Continent at the age of 17, and spent the best part of the next ten years vagabonding through Eastern and Southern Africa, writing Lonely Planet guidebooks and coffee table books to Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Mozambique and Madagascar - plus a few reviews of safari lodges for i-escape. These days she's a freelance travel writer/photographer based in Sydney.

Robyn Hodson

Robyn used to be an adventure guide before she lost a member of her tour in a jungle in Costa Rica for 24 hours. She also walked an entire herd of hapless tourists into the middle of a gun-toting drug cartel on the border of Guatemala and Mexico. She’s tried to get a Botswanan elephant drunk on marula fruit, experienced three natural disasters in one week in Nicaragua and driven a NASCAR in Tennessee. These days she’s a freelance travel writer and likes things a little slower, with a slice of lemon... things like Tuscan villas, Parisienne pied-à-terres and South African wine farms, for example!

Sue Carpenter

Sue’s yearning for travel began with the Ladybird books to India and Australia (she still remembers how to escape a bush fire). She went round the world in her gap year and has been travelling, writing and photographing ever since. She wrote the biennial Courvoisier’s Book of the Best, a global guide to superlative hotels and restaurants, and has written travel articles for The Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Conde Nast Traveller and BA Highlife. An Indian sojourn led her to found the charity Jaisalmer in Jeopardy, to save the fortress city in Rajasthan, while travels in Nepal led her to co-found the charity Asha Nepal, adopt her daughter, and embark on a documentary film, I Am Belmaya .

Emmanuela Bond

Emmanuela grew up in Greece - her mother is Greek, her father English - before moving to the UK to study Events Management at Plymouth University. After an inter-railing trip around Europe (in which she visited 10 countries!), and a stint in corporate travel management, she joined the team at i-escape to work in the Rates & Distribution team - a perfect role for a methodical, number-crunching perfectionist like herself. She now works in the fast-moving world of recruitment, which she loves. At the weekends Emmanuela is a budding mixologist and enjoys concocting new cocktails - with "mixed success", to borrow her own pun. She’s also a keen music fan, and loves attending live gigs in her hometown Bristol. She still loves to explore the Greek islands and mainland.

Elizabeth Delliere

Liz attributes her inherent wanderlust to an enviable childhood spent in South East Asia, South America and the Caribbean. After a stint at the BBC she worked for a while as Promotions Editor for Conde Nast Traveller , which took her to some of the finest hotels around the world. This led her to a round-the-world trip from Patagonia to Mongolia, and then on to teaching. For i-escape she has reviewed island hideaways in the Maldives and magnificent haciendas in Chile .

Ros Belford

Ros divides her time between Sicily and Cornwall and is the author of several guidebooks to Italy and Mediterranean Europe, including the Rough Guide to Italy. She has made TV and radio programmes for the BBC – highlights were eating snake in Shanghai, sharing snails with the founder of Slow Food and climbing a live volcano. Fascinated by landscape and mythology, Ros is currently investigating the theory that Homer was a Sicilian woman, in between teaching creative writing to university students.

Michelle McDermott

Michelle has lived a nomadic lifestyle ever since leaving Scotland for London at the age of 19. During her degree course in Spanish and Latin American Studies, she taught English to Spanish students in Murcia and travelled by bus from Mexico City to Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatán. A career with British Airways followed, the highlight of which was the opportunity to fly as a courier on board Concorde. With her husband’s job taking the family stateside, Michelle then lived in Orlando and Phoenix, before returning to Scotland for an MA in Television Fiction Writing.

Gail Simmons

Gail is a travel writer and journalist specialising in ethical travel and the Middle East. She has written for The Observer, Telegraph, Guardian, Sunday Times, Independent, Wanderlust and CNN Traveller. After a Masters degree in Medieval Studies, Gail lived in a medieval Cumbrian castle, listed historic buildings for English Heritage and led walking trips in Europe & the Middle East. She's now studying for a PhD in Creative Writing, and tutoring Cambridge University's online writing course.

James Alexander

James' impressive CV covers editorial directorships at both Time Out and the travel start-up Secret Earth, as well as content production at tech giant Moravia, and copy editing at Cadogan Guides and Minerva Press. But of course we like to think it all started when he visited Amsterdam and Prague for i-escape, way back in 2004-5. Our portfolios in those cities have evolved somewhat, but his writing and insights remain spot on.

Abi embarked on her first big travel adventure at the age of 19, when she backpacked around Southeast Asia, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and South America. Even whilst studying history at Cardiff University, she managed to fit in a hitchhiking trip all the way to Morocco. After 6 years working for food and drink clients at communications agencies in London, Abi joined our marketing team, helping with our newsletters and social media coverage, as well as reviewing hotels for us in UK, South Africa and Morocco.

Sam first fell in love with travel while road-hopping on both coasts of the USA. He's since gone on to explore 17 countries across 3 continents. Whether living with a family in Tanzania, hiking the Cinque Terre or paragliding in Nepal, it's all about finding a unique experience. One of those led him to i-escape HQ, where as Head of Marketing he found new and inventive ways to create a travel buzz - even in the midst of a pandemic. He is now bringing his marketing expertise to the recruitment sector.

Meg Lambert

Born in Cape Town, Meg has always answered the ocean’s call, swapping the UK for Australia, where she trained for her Divemaster. Later, driving New Zealand's North and South islands, she developed a passion for “The Road Trip” and ended up crossing Europe and Central Asia all the way to Mongolia. On her first trip to India, her life changed course again and, in 2013, she moved to New Delhi, from where she runs her own hotel blog and consultancy service.

Olivia Allen

Olivia’s love of travel stems from family holidays in Europe as a child, and a trip to Japan at the age of 18. This was cemented during her university degree in French and German, when she spent a winter visiting as many Christmas markets as possible in northern Germany, and a summer in Bordeaux working in a wine museum. A stint in i-escape's Rates Department made the most of her combined skills in languages and maths, before moving on to become Global Sales Manager at a software company.

Emma Howarth

Yorkshire-born Emma has made a career out of hunting down amazing places to stay, eat, drink and sleep. She wrote and edited numerous travel and lifestyle guides during five cocktail-fuelled years at Time Out, before leaving to freelance and argue about broccoli with two small children. Finishing her first novel remains at the top of her To Do List while she’s busy writing for publications including Smallish, Metropolitan, This is Your Kingdom and the Guardian. For i-escape she has revealed all sorts of top secret information about Skiathos, much to the annoyance of her Greek mother-in-law.

Lyndon Ashmore

Lyndon has a passion for language, landscapes and good food, and the list of places he hopes to explore gets longer by the day. After completing his master's degree in English Literature at York University, Lyndon worked as a marketing assistant at i-escape HQ for a while, before moving to senior marketing roles at Triodos Bank and Together for Short Lives. To keep his wanderlust whetted, he helps edit the lifestyle, culture and adventure magazine Another Escape

Lisa is a London-based freelance photographer and travel writer who was a founding member of i-escape, visiting and photographing many of the 300 places with which we launched back in 2001. She specialises in adventure travel, as well as skiing, luxury travel and aid projects. Lisa produces photos, videos and articles for a variety of companies and media outlets, including The Times , The Sunday Telegraph , The Guardian , American Express Centurion and Tourism Australia. She has visited over 65 countries, and covered subjects as diverse as searching for Jaguar on horseback in Brazil, big cats of Namibia, the Australia Way route (Broome to Darwin), Land Rover G4 Challenge Mongolia, becoming a stockwoman in Australia and heli-skiing in Canada. She was recently featured in the book Modern Muse , a project that reaches out to young women inspiring them to look at business careers as a way to achieve their dreams - see her website .

Stuart and Britt Pearce

Stuart is a photographer and global nomad who moved from the UK to Mallorca with his parents when he was just 8 years old. He lived for a while in London and Los Angeles before returning to the island to pursue his photographer career with his wife Britt Rohde. Over the last 20+ years they have built up a highly successful business , ranging from travel photography to yachts, interiors and lifestyle shoots. He has absolutely no connection with the footballer of the same name who infamously missed a penalty in the 1990 World Cup.

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KZ RV Review: 4.0 Out Of 5.0 Stars

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KZ RVs may not be a household name outside of the recreational vehicle (RV) world like some of the industry’s best RV brands . But for plugged-in RVers, the company is a well-known entity. Over the last five decades, the company has developed a reputation for quality campers, as evidenced both by industry awards and glittering KZ RV reviews.

We wanted to put that reputation to the test. This KZ RV review takes an in-depth look at the company’s costs, quality, customer support, and owner reviews. You can use what you learn to help you decide if KZ is the right RV manufacturer for your new RV.

Between KZ’s well-earned reputation for quality, its large selection of models, and its better-than-average warranty program, the brand is a solid choice for a camper manufacturer at multiple price points. Although there are some of the same complaints you’ll find with any RV brand about quality and service, its strengths earned the company a strong 4.0 out of 5.0 stars in this KZ RV review.

KZ got its start in the RV world making truck campers, operating out of a gas station in Middlebury, Indiana, in 1972. Since then, the company has relocated to nearby Shipshewana where it now produces full lines of travel trailers, fifth wheels, and toy haulers.

While the company–like many–now falls under the Thor Industries umbrella, it has maintained a reputation for producing high-quality towable RVs. KZ makes travel trailers, fifth-wheels , and toy hauler RVs. It doesn’t make motorhomes like Class A , Class B , or Class C RVs. You can find those from brands like Jayco and Forest River .

While it tends to be a little more expensive than some of its competitors, RV buyers can find campers from KZ across the price spectrum. The brand has multiple options in the entry-level category under $30,000 , like the KZ Connect and KZ Sportsmen lines. But the brand also offers a few luxury campers that sell for more than $100,000 brand new.

As with almost every RV manufacturer, you have many options when it comes to features and amenities that you can have built into your KZ RV. These options can easily push an entry-level model into mid-range territory or even higher.

KZ produces 14 lines of RVs, each with its own range of models and floor plans. While some of these lines only feature models in one category, several have models in multiple categories. Different lines offer different sizes and amenities and, as a result, come with different price points.

KZ RVs have a long-held reputation for build quality. When company founder Daryl Zook sold the company to Thor Industries in 2014, many KZ fans were understandably concerned that the company wouldn’t be able to maintain its quality standards. However, so far, that doesn’t seem to be the case.

As a testament to that quality, KZ has won the Dealer’s Satisfaction Index (DSI) Quality Circle award an impressive 18 out of the 25 times it has been issued. Five of those awards were won from 2014 until now.

The DSI Quality Circle award is issued every year by the RV Dealers Association to the top 10 manufacturers in the RV industry, rated on dealer satisfaction. Reliability and quality are some of the primary considerations in this survey. Clearly, RV dealers think very highly of the brand’s quality and have for some time.

In addition to its reputation for build quality, KZ has also built a reputation for providing helpful after sales service. Its customer service phone number is easy to find on the website, although the company does not make it clear when representatives are available. 

But much of this reputation likely has to do with the abundance of resources the company makes available to its customers. On its website, KZ offers links to helpful resources like:

• Owner’s manuals
• Towing guide
• Self-service support
• Vacation planner

Like most RV companies, KZ also has an owners forum where people can share information and ask questions. However, this forum is not as active as those of some other brands, so it may not be as helpful as some. Still, it’s a good place to connect with other KZ owners who might have insight into your particular model.

KZ touts its warranty heavily on its website. Branded as “KZ True 2,” the company’s warranty is a two-year “hitch-to-bumper” warranty. This is an extra year of protection compared to many other big names in the RV industry.

It’s important to note the KZ True 2 warranty doesn’t come with every model. Most models come with a one-year warranty. However, you’ll get the company’s two-year warranty on these products:

• Durango half-ton fifth wheels
• Durango fifth wheels
• Durango Gold fifth wheels
• Connect SE travel trailers
• Connect travel trailers
• Sportsmen fifth wheels
• Sportsmen destination trailers
• Sportster toy haulers
• Venom V-Series toy haulers
• Venom toy haulers

As with all warranties, it’s important to read the fine print carefully. Companies often include terms and exclusions to warranties that make them cover less than most people would assume. Despite the company’s strong reputation, you should always make sure you know exactly what is and isn’t covered by your warranty.

Based on the company’s reputation for quality and service, it should come as no surprise that it holds an A+ rating and accreditation from the Better Business Bureau (BBB). This top rating from the organization indicates that it handles complaints from customers well.

Reviews from customers do vary a bit online. KZ has an overall 3.6 out of 5.0-star rating on RVInsider , which is above average for the site. Customers gave KZ three or more stars for the Livability, Overall Quality, Floorplan, and Driveability/Towing categories. Curiously, however, they only gave it 2.7 stars in the Warranty category.

Positive KZ RV Reviews

Customers mention just about everything when they leave favorable KZ RV reviews. But the overall build quality and amenities are frequent topics of these reviews.

“Has lots of great options. I love the pullout tubs that go under the u-shaped dinette for easy pull out storage. It had a huge pantry. It has USB charging ports at every bed.” – Jonathan, 2021 KZ Connect

“Very good quality and the fit and finish–the best we have had and this is our fourth RV. It is built with full-time RVers in mind. The rear kitchen and lots of counter space is the best we have seen in any brand.” – Bert, 2017 KZ Durango Gold

Negative KZ RV Reviews

KZ has its share of negative reviews online as well. Most of the people who leave these unfavorable reviews describe quality issues and problems with their dealership.

“It has been at the dealership twice for more than four weeks each time being repaired. The main AC went out, the awning had to be replaced, the pipes are leading in the bathroom, [and] the molding has come loose on the ceiling.” – Troy, 2016 KZ Spree

“Within one month the silicon around the kitchen sink failed and the countertop [delaminated]. The bulb seal along the slide out is dry rotting and cracking. The slide out also leaks into the main cabin if you get caught driving in the rain.” –Tim, 2019 KZ Connect

Despite some reports of quality issues, it’s clear that KZ continues to earn its reputation as a manufacturer of high-quality RVs. You only need to look as far as the fact that it consistently earns a spot among the top RV manufacturers in the DSI Quality Circle awards to confirm.

KZ offers towables at multiple price points, making it an accessible brand for a wide range of people. The company’s two-year “hitch-to-bumper” warranty is also a strong selling point–although it is a little disappointing that this warranty doesn’t come with all models.

Overall, there’s a lot to like about KZ RVs and not much to dislike about the company. For people looking for a dependable RV in the towable category, KZ would be an excellent place to start.

Who manufactures KZ RVs?

KZ RV is one of the many RV brands owned and operated by Thor Industries . Thor also owns a number of other popular RV brands including Airstream, Dutchmen, Jayco , Heartland RV, Keystone RV, and Thor Motor Coach.

Where are KZ travel trailers made?

KZ manufactures its travel trailers in Shipshewana , Indiana . It has manufactured its RVs since the company was founded in 1972.

What is the KZ climate package?

KZ RV offers a climate package option that adds insulation to your camper . This option can improve heating and cooling efficiency by up to 40 percent, according to the manufacturer.

When did KZ sell to Thor?

After just over four decades in business, KZ sold its outstanding shares to Thor Industries in 2014.

*Data accurate at time of publication.

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About Insure & Escape

We are an online travel insurance specialist. We were created using some of the best people, skills and products in the travel insurance industry. Our aim is simple - to provide a high quality travel insurance product. How did we do this? Simple, we looked at the industry from the customers perspective - what are people concerned about, what do people actually need from the product and what has caused customer dissatisfaction in the past.

Importantly we have also priced our product in a way as to question the competition and hopefully make us an obvious choice.

We hope you find the products, explanation of cover and customer journey the best in the market - if you do not, then please let us know how we can improve. We want your feedback.

So why should you choose Insure & Escape?

• We aim to offer some of the best value products in the UK by remembering that value is a balance between price and benefit
• We offer a wide range of products and levels of cover
• You can customise your policy to fit your needs
• You can purchase your policy on-line in a matter of minutes
• Dedicated, friendly and helpful customer service representatives are at hand to take your call
• There is free cover for up to nine of your children, grandchildren, or friends of your children on all family policies
• Over 100 sports and activities are covered free on all policies
• We provide a 24-hour emergency medical helpline should you need assistance
• Scheduled Airline Failure cover comes as standard on all polices

But mainly, because we care about travel insurance and we have worked hard to provide a product that we believe will provide the perfect Insure & Escape.

Our History

Established in 1974, we pioneered the concept of luxury travel in the UK. Over 45 years later we remain privately owned and our unrivalled experience and close relationships with the world's finest hotels mean the Inspiring Travel company can tailor trips across the world to suit your unique needs. Additionally, we now offer a whole world of travel experiences as well as our luxury offerings, so should you wish to explore the most fascinating and culturally rich destinations on an unforgettable tour or adventure, we’re experts in that, too.

Our business began in Chester, where our HQ remains to this day. Founder Drew Foster fell in love with the 'Platinum Coast' of Barbados and this was where he began sending discerning clients. Things blossomed from there, and the business expanded under the name ‘Caribbean Connection’. Always a pioneering force in the travel industry, we were even one of the first UK tour operators to charter Concorde flights to Barbados. Twenty years later, Drew Foster himself piloted innovative sports tours, taking cricket fans to watch West Indies Test matches, coupled with luxury accommodation and sensational hosting. Today that bright idea has become a company of its own - Spectate Travel (formerly Inspiring Travel Sports Travel).

While our unerring commitment to quality and the highest levels of service has never wavered, plenty more has changed over four decades in the business. Inspiring Travel Sports Travel was joined by Horse Racing Abroad, and Chester travel agents Deva Travel became part of our prestigious travel group. Then 2015 saw the acquisition of an entirely new travel group, bringing Western & Oriental, Regent Holidays, Rainbow Tours and Villa Select under the ITC Travel group banner.

Over the years there have been a few ‘reinventions’ of our brand. ‘Caribbean Connection’ evolved to become Classic Connection, then Inspiring Travel Classics and after that Inspiring Travel Luxury Travel. As the global market develops we continue to move forward and innovate and so in 2017 we took on our new name: the Inspiring Travel company. In 2018, we took sister company Western & Oriental’s experiential and tailor-made portfolio under our wing, expanding our collection to include even more amazing destinations and fantastic places to stay.

With Western & Oriental came a wealth of first-hand experience and expert insight on countries and cultures around the world. We’re proud to offer a huge range of diverse and exciting holiday types, with something to suit every traveller. In 2006 Western & Oriental took Ranch America, Ski the American Dream and Hawaiian Dream into their portfolio; further acquisitions included Harlequin Worldwide Travel, a luxury Caribbean Specialist; South American Experience, an expert in South and Central America group travel; and Made to Measure, providers of luxury tailor-made ski, lake and mountain holidays to Europe and Canada. This truly diverse portfolio is something Inspiring Travel company is proud to have, and was the master plan of then Chairman Jennifer Atkinson. 

Jennifer became Chief Operating Officer of the then ‘Inspiring Travel group’ in 2009, and was quickly promoted to CEO following the sad and sudden death of our founder Drew Foster, a figure whose passion for travel lives on in the company today. At a difficult time for the company, financially and otherwise, Jennifer’s passion and drive began to turn things around, building the Inspiring Travel company and wider International Travel Connections Ltd that you see today. In 2018 Jennifer became Chairman of the International Travel Connections Ltd.

Following the acquisition of the Western & Oriental Travel Group, there were plenty more exciting developments to come. In the summer of 2016 the Inspiring Travel company starred in the BBC Two documentary, ' The Millionaires' Holiday Club' , showcasing the world’s more exclusive and decadent luxury holidays. The same year, NorthEdge Capital gave its backing by investing in a majority stake to support the business to deliver on planned investment in IT, management, staff, product, and customer service. In January 2020 Phil Aird-Mash joined our company as CEO, bringing years of experience across the world of travel with him, and plenty of big ideas for the future.

The amalgamation of so many travel brands has created the Inspiring Travel company of today, which offers its clients a rich, varied and truly global selection of travel experiences and holidays. Meanwhile, Regent Holidays and Rainbow Tours have remained stand-alone brands to offer a specialist travel service in their distinct remits. Equally, Spectate Travel has gone from strength to strength, specialising in truly personalised sporting holidays to the world's most famous and sought-after events. 

With over 40 years of history and experience behind us we still believe that this is just the beginning for the Inspiring Travel company and the International Travel Connections Ltd as a whole. Why not be a part of our continuing journey?

The Inspiring Difference

Personal to you.

• We get to know you personally
• Tailor-made holidays that are unique to you
• Enhancing your escape with personal touches

Experts in luxury

• Expert Travel Specialists with first-hand knowledge
• Only the best premium travel experiences
• Handpicked selection of world-class luxury resorts

Always here

• Speak to us any time with 24-hour support
• Premium concierge service
• Personal relationships with our passionate team

Extensive experience

• Nearly 50 years of bespoke luxury travel
• Strong Relationships with industry partners
• Diverse portfolio and exclusive experiences

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Who Owns the Island Escape Cruise Ship?

By Michael Ferguson

The Island Escape Cruise Ship is one of the most popular cruise ships in the world. It has been sailing since 2019 and has become a favorite among both seasoned and novice travelers. With its expansive deck area, luxurious accommodations, and sumptuous cuisine, it’s easy to see why this cruise ship is so popular. But who owns this magnificent vessel?

The Island Escape Cruise Ship is owned by the Carnival Corporation & plc. This massive corporation has its roots in the United States, but it now operates all over the world. In addition to owning and operating many of the world’s largest cruise lines, Carnival Corporation & plc also owns several other companies within the travel industry such as Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Cunard Line, P&O Cruises Australia, and Seabourn Cruise Line. In addition to owning these companies, Carnival also owns a diverse portfolio of businesses related to hospitality and leisure.

Carnival Corporation & plc is led by CEO Arnold Donald and Chairman Micky Arison. The company was founded in 1972 by Ted Arison who started the business with just one ship—the TSS Mardi Gras—which he purchased from Norwegian Cruise Lines for $6 million. Since then Carnival Corporation & plc has grown exponentially into one of the most successful companies in the travel industry.

Carnival Corporation & plc is committed to providing an enjoyable and memorable experience for all passengers on board their vessels. The company invests heavily into research and development initiatives that seek to improve safety standards while also enhancing customer satisfaction. In addition, they have implemented a number of environmental initiatives such as reducing fuel consumption as well as reducing waste produced on board their ships.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, Carnival Corporation & plc are the proud owners of The Island Escape Cruise Ship. The company was founded in 1972 by Ted Arison who purchased just one vessel—the TSS Mardi Gras—for $6 million dollars from Norwegian Cruise Lines which has since grown into one of the most successful companies in the travel industry today.

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Escape Trailer - Ownership and Business Overview

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Escape Trailer is owned by KV Capital . It was acquired on July 1, 2018.

Is Escape Trailer PE-backed?

Yes. Escape Trailer is owned by private equity investor KV Capital.

Escape Trailer Business Overview

Where is escape trailer headquartered.

Escape Trailer is headquartered in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

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Escape Trailer is a manufacturer of fiberglass travel trailers for customers in North America. The Escape allows people from diverse lifestyles to travel using their existing vehicles. The aerodynamic and lightweight design eliminates the need to invest in the large tow vehicle required by a conventional RV trailer. Escape Trailer was founded in 2002 and is based in Chilliwack, British Columbia.

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100-Year-Old Woman Mistakenly Identified as Unaccompanied Minor on Flights Due to Glitch with Birth Year, 1923

"I’m going through my second childhood," jokes the centenarian in an Instagram video

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At 100 years old, Mildred Kirschenbaum still enjoys traveling — but since reaching her milestone birthday last August, she’s had an unusual experience flying.

The centenarian, who once owned a travel agency in New York and is still a registered agent,  says she now shows up as an “unescorted minor” due to a glitch in the airlines’ computer systems.

“The code is two digits for the month, two digits for the day, and two digits for the year. I was born in 1923. So I put in 23,” Mildred explains in a video posted on the Instagram account of her daughter, Gayle.

“Soon as I check in, I’m an unescorted minor,” she continues. “The supervisor has to come. And they have to see me right through security. No one seems to know how to correct it.”

Mildred, who’s previously gone viral on social media for sharing advice on life and longevity, adds with her trademark humor, “I’m going through my second childhood.”

While the birth year error requires extra time to sort out at the airport before boarding, she tries not to stress too much over it.

“I allow myself a half hour at the counter,” she tells PEOPLE. “I'm not going to get myself worked up with it.”

The Florida resident shared the video ahead of a May trip to New York, where Gayle lives. But she’s taken multiple flights since turning 100, including traveling to London in September for a transatlantic cruise. And a quick jaunt to New York for an appearance on Sherri, hosted by Sherri Shepherd , just last week.

While the mother-daughter duo often fly Delta, they say the problem isn’t limited to one airline — nor was it caused by a booking mistake on Mildred's part.

“I was busy blaming her, saying, ‘Let me see what you did. You probably put it in incorrectly,’” Gayle tells PEOPLE. 

However, Gayle then called a travel agency her mom is connected to and was told, “That's how it is. It's two digits in the system." 

She adds that it now happens “every time" Mildred flies, no matter how they book the flight.

Delta confirmed to PEOPLE that because of how several legacy, industry-wide back-end booking and ticketing systems are built, the fields for customers' birth years only have the capacity for two digits instead of four.

"While it’s clear this customer is young at heart, she’ll simply have to check in with a friendly Delta agent at the airport to get her boarding pass," a representative for the airline told PEOPLE in a statement. "We appreciate her understanding and we’d love to hear her points on longevity and why she likes to travel as Delta marks our own 100th birthday next year.”

Gayle says she thinks the video she posted of her mom "has woken up the industry,” noting, “I'm hearing from people in the aviation IT area saying, ‘We're working on this.’”

Gayle has also heard from other relatives of centenarians who’ve had similar experiences.

“This happened to my mom too,” one commenter, who said her own mother was born in 1913, wrote on Gayle’s Instagram post.

Gayle says her social media followers also appreciated her mom’s playful take on the frustrating situation.

“They all love her attitude,” she says. “She makes light of everything.”

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Gayle describes Mildred — with whom she recently collaborated on a book, Mildred's Mindset: Wisdom from a Woman Centenarian — as “incredibly resilient and fearless” and “absolutely not her age.”

“Travel is in our blood, I have to tell you,” says Gayle, a photographer, writer and filmmaker, who made the 2015 documentary Look at Us Now, Mother! “We have had great adventures all over the world.”

“When you don't have this fear, you get to enjoy a lot of things in life and have a lot of adventures,” she adds.

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Why a Buc-ee's near Memphis is a big deal: What the travel center is known for and how it could impact West Tennessee

Tennessee set to have the third most Buc-ee's locations in the U.S. with the newest addition planned for the western part of the state.

Senator Page Walley, R-Savannah, announced the store's plans to hit West Tennessee with their newest rest center on Wednesday. In his announcement, there was a memo detailing the 74,000 square foot travel center that will come to West Tennessee in the future, but why is this such a big deal?

For those unfamiliar with Buc-ee's and all it has to offer, we have listed a few reasons as to why this is a big deal for West Tennessee, and it's not just because of the beaver nuggets.

What makes Buc-ee's so famous?

For starters, this new location will be the closest one to Memphis. As of right now, if someone from Memphis wanted to visit a Buc-ee's, they would have to travel to Leeds, Alabama which is a three-and-a-half hour drive. The closest Buc-ee's in Tennessee is in Crossville which is five hours from Memphis.

Buc-ee's only started branching outside of Texas in 2019 , so this will be an addition to the 14 stores that have opened in the last four years.

Even if you haven't heard of Buc-ee's, someone you know has. This is likely because of the cult-like following the chain has amassed over the last 40 years of business. In Instagram, #bucees has over 174,000 posts. Tiktok has over 64,000 videos that use #bucees. Facebook has numerous groups dedicated to the chain with one of the largest having more than 237,000 members.

For Fayette County, this Buc-ee's means a lot. Based on the memo from Senator Walley's post, Gallaway could expect to see a lot of revenue come through from travelers. It is estimated that 5.2 million people will come through the store annually with 80% of them coming from outside of the county. The starting pay for jobs at Buc-ee's is $17 to $19 an hour with benefits. This could draw people in from neighboring areas to come work at this new location.

And did we mention the giant beaver mascot walking around the store?

What is the most famous food at Buc-ee's?

Buc-ee's is most known for its beaver nuggets which come in a wide variety of flavors. If you don't know what a beaver nugget is, you're not alone. In the simplest terms, it is a puffed corn nugget that is seasoned or covered in different toppings. Some toppings include caramel, cinnamon, sea salt caramel, milk chocolate or white fudge. Seasonings can include savory flavors like white cheddar, spicy or habanero.

Along with the nuggets, Buc-ee's is well known for its barbecue brisket. With the company being based in Texas, you can expect to get some authentic brisket no matter the location. Each location offers prepared sandwiches including sliced or chopped brisket, turkey and sausage, after starting each day with an array of breakfast offerings including breakfast tacos that also contain their signature brisket.

Jerky is another of Buc-ee's more famous treats it offers. Stores offer both fresh and prepackaged jerky with flavors like peppered, teriyaki, sweet and spicy, garlic, Korean barbecue and ghost-pepper spicy.

Where is the new Buc-ee's location going to be?

The new location is going to be at exit 28 on Interstate 40 in Gallaway, Tennessee. This is about 20 minutes down the road from Ford's new BlueOval City that will be opening in in 2025.

It is a bit longer of a drive for those from Jackson or Memphis. The drive from Downtown Memphis will be about 35 to 40 minutes, and the drive from Jackson will be about an hour. These times will more than likely be extended during the first few months after opening.

Which Buc-ee's store is the largest?

According to Buc-ee's , the largest convenience store is right here in the Volunteer State. The Sevierville location holds the world record for largest convenience store at 74,707 square feet.

What should I get my first time at Buc-ee's?

While you can get any number of snacks and sweet treats for the road, did you know there is an entire half of the store dedicated to non-edible items? The store offers beaver shaped cups, t-shirts, barbecue rub and farmhouse décor to name a few items. From souvenir cups to Buc-ee hats to a surfboard named the Buc-ee Board, there is a lot to take in, or take home, when you first visit the store.

Why are truckers not allowed at Buc-ee's?

Essentially, the travel centers are not built for semi-trucks to come through. The rest stop only has pumps for passenger vehicles, and parking lots were not built with semi-trucks in mind.

Who owns Buc-ee's?

The superstore-gas station was started and is currently owned by Arch "Beaver" Aplin III. The store's name came from Aplin's childhood nickname of "Beaver" and the name of his Labrador Retriever, Buck.

What is the reaction to Buc-ee's coming to West Tennessee?

Reactions to Senator Walley's post were all relatively positive. Most users were excited for the business to come to Fayette County and give the area an economic boost. Some users were weary of all the traffic that will inevitably come to exit 28 on Interstate 40 when it first opens.

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Kim Zolciak is hitting back at criticism of her clickbait post.

The “Real Housewives of Atlanta” alum wrote via Warped Speed Thursday that she did not “claim” or “allude to” her estranged husband Kroy Biermann’s death by posting a black-and-white photo of them captioned, “R.I.P.”

Although the since-deleted social media upload gave her daughter Ariana, 22, a “damn near … heart attack” on Tuesday, Zolciak told her followers she has “more tact and class and compassion than that.”

The Bravolebrity, 45, defended herself by posting another black-and-white snap with Biermann, 38.

“I am TIRED OF ALL THE LIES and ACCUSATIONS,” she wrote. “EVERY DAY it’s always something new. I’m tired of so much BS being thrown my way. So you want to know ‘what died?’ Here’s the truth.”

The lengthy post Zolciak linked to explained, “I used a picture of BOTH of us and said #RIP — and, frankly, the end of my relationship was like a death of sorts so #RIP to that.

“The story was a tribute to many we’ve lost this past year ,” she continued. “And yes my relationship was lost too so it seemed fitting.”

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She told haters offended by the upload to “get serious” and not “jump to conclusions.”

The former reality star asked, “Do you actually think if Kroy died — even with all of the issues we’ve had — my first instinct would be to go to my Instagram and post #LinkInBio with his pic and #RIP attached?

“To reiterate — Kroy is alive and well and did NOT DIE nor did I ever say he has died,” she concluded. “And that’s that.”

Zolciak did not directly address Ariana’s TikTok reaction .

On Tuesday, the influencer asked her followers what “the f–k” they would do in her “situation,” saying, “I physically don’t have any f–king words.”

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She appeared near tears in the video while telling her mom, “I love you, but I just, like. … My heart, like, tugging. Like, no.”

The clickbait post was not Zolciak’s first, as she previously implied daughter Brielle, 27, was pregnant in November 2023.

The “Don’t Be Tardy” alum, who is also the mother of KJ, 12, Kash, 11, and twins Kaia and Kane, 10, has been battling mounting debt and multiple lawsuits in the last year while navigating her rocky relationship with Biermann.

The duo filed for divorce in May 2023, only to reconcile two months later — and then file again in August of that same year.

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