1 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:06,120 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Fear and Green Summer series, brought to 2 00:00:06,160 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: you by Luxury Escapes. I'm sure, Alma. We're here at 3 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 1: the new Luxury Escapes boutique at Bondi Junction in Sydney, 4 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:16,960 Speaker 1: and today we're talking about romantic getaways with Matt McNeil. 5 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:19,119 Speaker 2: Hello, Matt, Hello, how's it going? Well? 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:22,080 Speaker 1: He's part Mett is part of the Luxury Escapes team. 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:25,640 Speaker 1: What do people want when they're looking for a romantic getaway? 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 3: That that's a big question. I think there's kind of 9 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 3: two different parts, two different types of people when it 10 00:00:32,920 --> 00:00:35,080 Speaker 3: comes to romance. I think kind of half of it 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 3: is looking for that more traditional kind of big splurge 12 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 3: once in a lifetime getaway. We might be looking at 13 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,080 Speaker 3: somewhere like the mold Eaves and then kind of the 14 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:46,159 Speaker 3: new and up and coming one will be like a 15 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:49,199 Speaker 3: couples and romance in that more like adventure sense of 16 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 3: the word. 17 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:51,080 Speaker 2: Ah. 18 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: So what I find in just romance, it's not just 19 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 1: the twenty five year olds, it's the fifty five year 20 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 1: olds like myself, Jackie and I. Our kids are finishing school, 21 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 1: so we're kind of at that point where we can 22 00:01:01,200 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: do this. 23 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:01,959 Speaker 2: Sort of thing. 24 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,360 Speaker 1: Twenty five year olds can do it. The forty year olds, 25 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 1: like Michael Thompson, my co host, he's kind of in 26 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:08,720 Speaker 1: the midst of the kid thing. But you know, getting 27 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:11,399 Speaker 1: away for a weekend. So let's go through those if 28 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 1: you want to get away for a weekend, so you're 29 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 1: probably a bit more price sensitive whereabouts you're thinking. 30 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:18,039 Speaker 2: Sure, I mean we do. 31 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:20,320 Speaker 3: We find a lot of people staying kind of within 32 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: Australia to do kind of shorter weekend getaways and that. 33 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 3: So that might be anything from little city getaways to 34 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 3: more like rural like Hunter Valleys and that kind of 35 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 3: thing where you're going for wine and that kind of 36 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 3: more traditional romantic experience. 37 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,759 Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, and then what about the big hit, shall 38 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:41,319 Speaker 1: we say, which is kind of more my age group, 39 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 1: which we have disposable income and you don't have to 40 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,160 Speaker 1: worry We have to worry about animals, but not so 41 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 1: much kids. 42 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:50,640 Speaker 3: Sure, so we'll be looking at more that big getaway. 43 00:01:50,640 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 3: We're looking at more like the mold Eaves where you 44 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 3: might be kind of splurging out a little bit more money, 45 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 3: going for a little bit longer. And that's very much 46 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 3: about that barefoot luxury kind of travel. 47 00:02:01,240 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 1: Is a malde as good. I mean it looks spectacular. 48 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: Everyone wants to stay in one of those HUDs over 49 00:02:06,720 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: the water. 50 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:08,359 Speaker 2: Is it as good as that? 51 00:02:08,960 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 3: Absolutely? And I think with the moldis it's kind of 52 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 3: hard to go wrong as well. Kind of a lot 53 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,520 Speaker 3: of these resorts, they all have that beautiful beach, that 54 00:02:15,600 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 3: kind of scenic sunset, kind of coctiftisip in cocktails in 55 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 3: your over water villa with your private pool and everything. 56 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:24,400 Speaker 3: And I think yes, it's very much that image that 57 00:02:24,440 --> 00:02:25,079 Speaker 3: people have in their. 58 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 2: Head is very much what you get. 59 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:29,840 Speaker 1: Okay, So outside the Moldies and outside somewhere locals they 60 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: you know, might be one of the wineries in South 61 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 1: Australia or Victoria in New South Wales. What else In 62 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,160 Speaker 1: terms of a many getaways, it sort of I'm thinking, 63 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: I suppose Asia region. So people are probably thinking of Fiji, Barley. 64 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 1: There's sorts of place. 65 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, No, of course, I mean definitely Pacific Islands, Fiji, 66 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 3: We're looking at Cook Islands, that kind of place. Barley 67 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,560 Speaker 3: and a lot of Southeast Asia are definitely quite popular destinations, 68 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,239 Speaker 3: especially places like Vietnam. 69 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:58,079 Speaker 2: We're seeing a lot of that recently. There's areas like. 70 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 3: Hoyan and Vietnam, which kind of has that split of 71 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 3: that kind of beach romance stay, and then they also 72 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 3: have the old town, which is all very like cobbled 73 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:09,639 Speaker 3: streets and that kind of step back into time kind 74 00:03:09,639 --> 00:03:11,880 Speaker 3: of cycling through the rice paddies and that kind of thing. 75 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:12,800 Speaker 1: Pretty cool. 76 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 2: Now. 77 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:15,960 Speaker 1: The other type you mentioned was the adventure romanic getaway. 78 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:19,079 Speaker 1: Maybe not quite my style, but I appreciate others may 79 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 1: like that. 80 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 2: What is it? 81 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 1: I mean we're talking hiking and riding and that type 82 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:23,680 Speaker 1: of thing. 83 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's where we were probably looking at. 84 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 3: Somewhere like Vietnam, where it's way more activity focused, so 85 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:29,919 Speaker 3: you might be like, yeah, like I said, cycling through 86 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 3: rice paddies, maybe doing river boat cruisers, cooking classes, that 87 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:34,079 Speaker 3: kind of thing. 88 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: Okay, so at lacks of scapes, right, So romantic getaways, 89 00:03:38,360 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: you know, value for money, glamping kind of beach holidays. 90 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: Where does romanic get away? Is that kind of one 91 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:47,240 Speaker 1: of your big sellers romantic getaways? 92 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, No, absolutely, I think we probably get about maybe 93 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:53,000 Speaker 3: fifty percent of my customers are going to be couples, 94 00:03:53,080 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 3: either looking for honeymoons or just general romantic getaways celebrating anniversaries, 95 00:03:56,880 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 3: that kind of thing. 96 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 2: So it definitely fits a big part of. 97 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: The would you recommend Aram and You're not lad? I said, 98 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:05,840 Speaker 1: muld dives right, So park that one. If you were 99 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,400 Speaker 1: talking to me and saying, Sean, you and Jackie you 100 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 1: need to get away and here's the perfect spot for 101 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: you for five six days. Where would you tell us 102 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: to go? 103 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:16,159 Speaker 3: I told you to give give the adventure of things, 104 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 3: I try, Go, Go Try somewhere in Southeast Asia, maybe Vietnam, Thailand, 105 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 3: something that you can get a mix of that classic 106 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 3: luxury but also the adventure side of things. 107 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: Fantastic, Matt, Thank you very much for talking to Fear 108 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: and Green Cheers. 109 00:04:28,880 --> 00:04:29,200 Speaker 2: Thank you. 110 00:04:29,640 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: That was Mac McNeil here at the Bondai Junction store 111 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,600 Speaker 1: of Luxury Escapes. 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