The Jetsetters Journal

Pick a month

When to go: 17 places, month by monthThe whole year at a glance

At their best in November

Europe

Asia

Indian Ocean and Africa

Middle East and the Americas

Every hotel we shortlist170 hotels, one listFilter by place, by what each hotel is best for, and by the judges behind it.Browse all hotels

How the Shortlists work · How we choose

Worth it once

The splurges worth it once, priced.

What each really costs, split per person where that is how people pay, and how to try it first.

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Stay

Fly

Go further

Be there

Celebrate

Watches

Winter

Journeys

When to go: 17 places, month by monthThe Shortlists

The dining car of the Orient Express

Rail · 5 trains

Luxury train journeys

Five great trains, from the Orient Express to the Andes.

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The Colosseum lit up at night

Cities · 1 perfect day

One day in Rome

Sunrise to midnight: the walk, the tasting menus and a view of St Peter's.

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Overwater villas on a Maldives lagoon

Islands · 12 months

The Maldives, month by month

When the sea is glass, when the mantas come, and when the price halves.

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Wildebeest crossing the Mara River

Wild · Jul to Oct

The Great Migration

Where two million animals will be, and where you should be waiting.

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The Grand Canal in Venice at the end of the line

Rail · London to Venice

The Orient Express

When it runs, what each cabin costs, and the best month to board.

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An aircraft wing against a dusk sky

Flights · Door to door

Emirates business class

From the car at your door in London to the lights of Dubai, in ten moments.

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The northern lights over snow-covered pines

Winter · 5 nights

Lapland holidays

Huskies, reindeer, glass igloos and the fox fires, told as five Arctic nights.

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Travellers silhouetted against a sunset at an airport departure gate

Fly there in style · Dubai

Business class to Dubai, non-stop

Dubai is non-stop from London, so the question is whose seat you want for seven hours. Two airlines fly it from the UK this winter.

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Short answerEmirates for the most UK airports and the A380's bar; British Airways if you collect Avios, once its Heathrow flights restart on 3 November 2026.

For Avios

British Airways

Club Suite, where fitted

LONDONDUBAI

The one for points, non-stop from Heathrow.

  • SeatClub Suite with a door, where fitted
  • RouteNon-stop from Heathrow
  • Restarts3 November 2026
Visit British Airways ba.com Our British Airways guide: coming soon

Cathay Pacific has paused its Dubai flights until 31 January 2027, and Singapore Airlines until 1 December 2026.

How we chose. Cabins we would pay for ourselves, from the UK, with no more than one change. Routes, seats and suspensions are from the airlines' own published details, checked 24 October 2026. Emirates also has our full door-to-door guide.

Prices. Fares change daily, so we don't quote them here. Our What it costs page has dated fares by cabin.

Links. Airline links go to each airline's own UK website. We count the clicks so we know what's useful. They are not affiliate links today; if an airline's partner programme approves us, we will say so here. It never changes the order.