Field note · January 2025 · London, England

72 hours in London

Planned in five days, flown in six and a half hours – a long weekend built around a sister studying abroad.

PLANNED IN 5 DAYS72 HOURSFAMILY ABROAD

Some trips get months of planning. This one got five days: a sister studying abroad in London, a few colleagues in for the same weekend, and a direct flight that made the maths easy. Seventy-two hours is a real trip if you treat it like one.

The weekend ran on the city's own energy – long walks between neighbourhoods, the hardest workout class anyone in the group had ever taken, and the kind of itinerary that fits on a napkin because every stop earns its place.

London is one of the most-booked cities in the client book – the short trip done properly is something of a house specialty. The formula is the same whether the notice is five months or five days: the right neighbourhood, a hotel that makes the trip feel bigger than the day count, and no time lost to figuring things out on arrival.

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