Lizzy Aimée

When I first started Lizzy Aimée, it was just my husband and me traveling the world. A lot has changed since then - most notably, we added two kids to our travel crew - but the way I like to travel really hasn’t.

For me, the key to a great trip starts with a great hotel. I’m often inspired to visit a destination because I find a hotel I can’t wait to experience. Once that’s booked, I figure out the handful of things I absolutely don’t want to miss and leave the rest relatively open. I’d much rather decide what we feel like doing that day than have every hour of a vacation planned months in advance.

I also like to make the most of my time away. Most of our trips are a week or less, and I have no problem switching hotels - or even destinations along the way if it means experiencing more. I’ll happily spend three nights at one incredible hotel and three at another rather than stay in one place for the sake of unpacking once.

These days, our two kids come along for the adventure, but that doesn’t mean our vacations have become kids’ trips. I still choose destinations and hotels because they’re places I want to experience, and then figure out how to make them work for all of us. We don’t build our days around kid-focused activities, but a great pool, plenty of room to explore, and an amazing kids club certainly don’t hurt.

I especially love finding hotels that welcome families without feeling like family resorts - the kind of places I’d be just as excited to visit without my kids.

Lizzy Aimée is where I share the hotels worth planning a trip around, the places and experiences I think are actually worth your time, how we fit multiple stops into relatively short vacations, and what I’d do differently the next time around.

No jam-packed, hour-by-hour schedules. Just exceptional hotels, a few must-dos, plenty of flexibility, and a desire to experience as much of the world as we can.

Exceptional hotels. Ambitious trips. Very little roughing it.