The part of the trip that happens before the trip
Everything around the travelling rather than the destination itself: what to pack and what to leave, the things worth owning, and how to arrive somewhere well.
Are we tired of beige, or of rooms that could be anywhere
Colour is coming back to hotel interiors, and the trade press has decided this is a design story. It is closer to a complaint, made by guests, about rooms that could be anywhere.
Against the itinerary, or why the best days away were the ones you did not plan
A weekend at home has to be planned, or the week will plan it for you. Away is the opposite. Everything you were trying to build arrives on its own, and the surest way to lose it is to fill the days up.
Sunday as a ritual, or how to check in without leaving the house
The feeling of being away is mostly a change of pace and attention. Which means it can be built at home, on a Sunday, by anyone willing to be deliberate about two days.