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(@carmensluxurytravel)Here to help us reexamine these practices is luxury travel influencer Carmen Edelson. Specializing in luxury and family travel, Edelson aims to help others explore the world at ease. A Cuban American originally from New Jersey, growing up Edelson didn’t have the means to travel. In fact, it was only in her early thirties when she got bit by the travel bug, after visiting her family in Spain.
Having launched her blog, Carmen’s Luxury Travel, in 2013, Edelson uses her platform to document her personal trip experiences, whether with her husband, family, or girlfriends. These include exclusive beach hotels to small luxury hotels, weekend spa escapes, cruises, gourmet restaurants, top-notch hotels, tour attractions, and anything that boasts a degree of exclusivity and a dash of luxury.
But her blog will also inspire you to add a dash of luxury to even the most trivial of experiences. A recent blog post, for instance, includes recommendations to unique locations for a picnic, which Edelson describes as a classic summer activity
“The best kind of beach picnic is where you can venture away from the crowds and find your own little cove or bay,” writes the seasoned traveler. “Plan the afternoon for some water activities and catching the sun, and pack some strawberries and spritz. Don’t forget for a beach picnic use a cool box as an alternative to the woven picnic basket to keep things cold and chilled. And if you’re celebrating a special occasion, nowadays you can hire a company to set up a luxury picnic for you on the beach so all you need to do is show up and enjoy this classic summer activity!”
Another relatively cheap option is to take your picnic to a local forest. “Venture out into your local forest to enjoy the atmosphere of birdsongs and nature and burn off some energy exploring,” says Edelson. “After a long day hiking, search to find the perfect clearing in the woods to settle down in. The ideal picnic here would be with a little campfire and basket full of marshmallows and telling old tales.”
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]]>A visual storyteller, Rardon considers herself an unofficial cultural anthropologist, noting that the driving force behind her work has always been connection. “Across the world, I’ve found art is an incredible vehicle for creating deeper connections—with the places we visit and the people who call each place home,” she explains on her website.
“A sketch is a very tangible interpretation of a place,” she further explained in an interview with Off Assignment. “With a writer’s notes, people have to take time to read them, but with art, they can literally look at the picture and react. There’s a possibility of live and direct comparison: They can see my interpretation as it unfolds, find the connection between what’s moving me to create, and what I’m creating.”
Originally from the state of Virginia, Rardon has spent more than a decade traveling and living abroad, in cultures as diverse as India, New Zealand, and Uruguay—where she’s now based in Montevideo. Having earned her Master’s in Travel Writing (yes, apparently that’s a thing), from London’s Kingston University, her love of writing, illustrating, and travel has led her to some interesting collaborations. Over the years, she’s worked with National Geographic, created large-scale murals for global brands in Thailand and Singapore, and was even featured as a sketch artist and niche travel blogger in the New York Times.
“When I’m doing a sketch, I’m writing about that place through lines and shapes,” explains the visual storyteller. “I’m paying just as much attention as if I was sitting there taking notes. Every sketch is a series of decisions, granting importance to certain elements in the scene. And yet it also results in a visual record, as photography does.”
And while the end result is very much inspiring, Rardon acknowledges that capturing the experience rather than beautifying it is what lies at the heart of her work. “Maybe it’s not so much about beauty,” she notes. “My sketch is never going to live up to reality. Later, I’ll wish I could’ve captured the light better, the details better. But it’s just my way of chiseling the foreignness away, getting to the heart of what was so alien when I sat down and opened my sketchbook.”
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