Julie Hatfield

Freelance Travel Writer |

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05.07.2015

Scrub Island Resort & Marina is Almost Like Staying On Your Own Private Isle

“Scrub” is an awfully low-end sounding name for such a beautiful island. Named by British sailors who were ordered to clean the hulls of their ships upon arrival, the isle became ...

04.23.2015

The 2,400-Sq.-Ft. Penthouses at Steamboat Grand Hotel Are What Luxury Ski Vacations Are All About

Steamboat Springs, Colorado is known having the most Olympic athlete residents (80, to be exact) living in it than any other US state. As a ski town, there are also plenty of rustic cabins, condos ...

04.01.2015

Aquamare's Heavenly Villas Are Sprawling Virgin Gorda Residences That Might Leave You Speechless

“What is the first word that people utter when they step inside this villa?” we asked our host William Matthews at Aquamare in Virgin Gorda. We were standing in the Great Room of what was ...

03.05.2015

Moving Mountains Specializes in Catered Chalet Concept For Custom Colorado Vacations

To a skier on vacation, luxury means not having to leave your hotel to take on the snowy roads, be it to get to the slopes or to find a great restaurant at the end of a long day. We recently ...

11.26.2014

Peru for Art Lovers: 2 of The City's Best Hotels Restored From Vintage Buildings

Plenty of luxury boutique hotels around the world are filled with good art, but there are two in the city that are art galleries in themselves. In a trend of making beautiful hotels from buildings ...

09.08.2014

Go Heli-Fishing in the Middle of the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia

Have you ever been helicopter fishing? No, it doesn’t mean fishing for helicopters. It means having your own private helicopter with a pilot who is as good a fisherman and mountain guide as he ...

12.20.2013

Flying Nannies & Chefs: Why You Should Sell Your Private Jet & Fly Etihad Instead

Here's a tip for all of you private jet owners: Sell your plane! If you're looking for luxury, you don't need your own plane anymore, you can simply fly with Etihad Airways (that's &...

12.03.2013

Abu Dhabi: UAE's Booming City Quickly Becoming a Desert Oasis of Luxury

Like a lottery player who dreams of the beautiful things money could buy and finally hits the big number, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates revels in its wealth. Abu Dhabi has been on a ...

06.18.2013

The Game Lodge at The End of The World: Ngorongoro Crater Lodge in Tanzania

If you think that taking an African safari might be roughing it, you haven’t taken one with the South African company andBeyond. Sure, you may get a little dusty out in an open land cruiser on the ...

04.05.2013

Super Exclusive Useppa Island Club Is Fit For Royals

As boaters approach Useppa Island on Florida's southwest coast they may hear a warning from a loudspeaker, "This is a private, members-only club!" If you want exclusivity in a vacation, the Useppa ...

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About Julie Hatfield

Julie Hatfield, former Boston Globe fashion editor and society editor, is now freelance travel writer for the Boston Globe, Hemispheres Magazine of United Airlines, USA Today Food & Wine, Denver Post, numerous newspapers around the country including the (San Francisco) Bay Area News Group, national travel magazines and travel websites such as visualtraveltours.com and LiteraryTraveler. She is the mother of singer/songwriter Juliana Hatfield.

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