Danielle Berclouw

Here’s what you probably know about Amsterdam: beautiful canals boast lights that twinkle at night. The city is home to an abundance of “coffee shops” with names like Smoke Palace and Grey Area. And, no matter which way you look, you can spot residents whizzing around on bikes, living on houseboats, and munching on raw […]

As magnets for superyacht owners and the glitterati, you might be fooled into thinking that jet-setting hubs like St Tropez and Portofino have little more to offer than high-end shopping and star-studded night clubs. Au contraire, travel seeker!  Here’s our list of five of Europe’s glitziest and most stunning seaside towns, complete with tips on […]

Bare feet on the dash, hair whipping around your face, and singing along to the B-52’s Love Shack at the top of your lungs. Nothing beats a summertime road trip. But there is something that would make your liberating escape even better, and that’s being able to look up and see your dog’s happy, panting […]

Throughout my ten years as a superyacht stewardess, people have been intrigued by the job and what they imagine it entails. Admittedly, I have worked for celebrities and visited places I doubt I would’ve seen if it weren’t for the job. However, being repeatedly woken by the steward’s buzzer and requests to “make the engines less noisy” is infuriating, even […]

After a long and harsh winter, Midsummer, or Juhannes, marks the start of warm sunny weather in Europe’s most unlikely summer holiday destination: Finnish Lapland. Midsummer kicks off at midnight on June 22nd (Midsummer Eve), aka, the brightest day of the year near the Arctic Circle. Nights are almost nonexistent, and both locals and tourists […]

It might be easier to find an après–ski bar on sun-soaked Antigua than it is to narrow down Amsterdam’s best spots to let your hair down. After all, the city is known just as much for its photogenic canals as it is for its high-octane clubbing landscape. And, due to the city’s diminutive size, there’s […]

If you dream of discovering multiple islands on one holiday, each with its own unique identity, then chartering a yacht and island hopping are definitely for you. A yacht charter enables you to enjoy golden beaches and lazy, balmy swims one day and rugged peaks and hair-raising hikes the next. What’s more, you can choose […]