Carry On: Check out these luxury travel services for your next trip

Elite concierge services, lounges, inflight bites and more travel luxuries are on offer

If you’re jetting between global conferences, linking up business trips and family vacations and spending upward of $200,000 a year on travel, luxury membership-based concierge services might just be for you. Founded last year by U.K. luxury travel services veteran Stefan Di-Finizio, The Prelude assigns you a lifestyle manager (each overseeing only a handful of clients) for fast service, seamless booking and perks like ticket and event access—all supported by an app and online platform, providing at-a-glance itineraries for convenience.

Stefan Di Finizio of the Prelude

U.S. airport lounge perks keep getting more luxe, with new-generation credit card-sponsored lounges. Sign up for your bespoke business-travel card of choice to experience lounges by Chase Sapphire (pre-flight caviar experience bookings), Amex Centurion (whisky bars, massages, celebrity chef food plus wine tastings) and Capital One Venture X (Peloton fitness room, nap pods, shower suites).

Airlines have long reflected their national culinary styles, and new Lufthansa business class service delivers the bread and butter of German cuisine. A German former World Baker of the Year has created bespoke, fresh-baked and additive-free breads (the variety changes quarterly), served with homemade butter and quality olive oil. Exclusive Lufthansa-designed Lindt chocolates round out the meal.

Jet Setter

James Roberts

James Roberts knows a thing or two about keeping his wardrobe looking sharp on the road. The founder of the planet-friendly, chemical-free Nellie’s Clean brand travels carry-on only, of course, and hangs all clothing up immediately on arrival; for any persistent wrinkles, a quick spritz of Nellie’s Wrinkle-B-Gone “saves having to lug out the hotel iron,” he says. Plus, the North Vancouver-based company’s nice-smelling spritz “can also be used as a room and bathroom spray.”

For the spill-prone traveller, two other secret weapons have the packing advantage of being solids. A quick swipe of Nellie’s Wow Stick stain remover, a rinse and an air-dry does the trick on most stains. Persistent stains can be pre-treated for washing later at home, or Nellie’s Laundry Nuggets, dissolved in your hotel sink or bathtub, can handle small washing jobs with aplomb.

“Not wasting time ironing, waiting on [hotel] laundry service or shopping for replacement clothing leaves more room for work and vacation time with my daughter,” Roberts says. That’s great advice for creating a clean holiday break.

Swing a Retreat

Ned Bell

Ranked the best course in B.C.  by ScoreGolf, the links-style Sagebrush Golf Club near Nicola Lake is a tastier corporate retreat option now that renowned chef Ned Bell has overhauled the culinary landscape with a focus on local B.C. ingredients. Trout fished from the lake adjacent to the 13th-hole Hideout, perhaps?