The Frequent Flier contains some of the best travel articles and essays published by Travelife Magazine, written by award-winning publisher Christine Cunanan. This signature editorial column celebrates the art of luxury travel through first-person storytelling, cultural encounters, and inspiring adventures. Each feature highlights unforgettable experiences across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, offering readers a window into refined travel that blends authenticity, curiosity, and grace.
Through vivid narrative and thoughtful reflection, Christine Cunanan captures the true spirit of discovery—whether exploring a hidden vineyard in France, staying in a centuries-old ryokan in Japan, or uncovering a secret coastal road in the Mediterranean. Her stories reveal the intimate details that turn ordinary trips into meaningful journeys and illuminate how design, history, and people shape the experience of place.
She also shares personal insights from her life as a hotelier and creative entrepreneur, including the story of La Esperanza Granada, her private villa and destination wedding venue in southern Spain. Purchased sight unseen in the middle of the pandemic, the hacienda has since become one of the best places to stay in Granada, earning international awards for its beauty, craftsmanship, and soulful hospitality.
With warmth, humor, and depth, The Frequent Flier explores how every flight, encounter, and horizon becomes part of a beautiful, ongoing travel life—and how, through each journey, we rediscover the art of being fully present in the world.
What truffle hunters eat in Spain
We drove deep into the countryside of Spain to have lunch with truffle hunters who built their own home and prepared a six-course meal.
