The last 7 months has been the most wonderfully busy time of my life.  It feels like time has never moved so quickly! When we found out I was expecting way back in November I knew the year ahead was going to be interesting.  As most mama’s will tell you the first trimester I was MIA, I was grateful come the second trimester when I got my energy, appetite and groove back with work.  I’m only now finally slowing down to start preparing for our sweet bebe and lighting my workloads (something I haven’t done in years…but more on that later).

We had originally planned to go somewhere warm and tropical but with the Zika outbreak this year we decided quickly against it and to play it safe and keep local.  We honestly didn’t know what or where to go and so we are incredible grateful that our friends from Amex stepped in to help us plan this lovely mini getaway! Since I’m a Platinum Cardmember, I asked our Platinum Concierege and Travel team to recommend the perfect spot and they suggested Langdon Hall in Cambridge, which is less than 2 hours away for us.  We had heard so many wonderful things about LH, we were eager to check it out! Although the weather wasn’t the greatest we made the best of it (its hard not to in such a charming place).  We laughed, relaxed, explored and enjoyed getting away from our schedules for a few days all while indulging in some of the most delicious food I’ve ever tasted.

Excuse me while I gush for a moment…I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t easily impressed but when it comes to service it’s rare that I’m left completely satisfied or blown away.  I don’t know why, I just always feel like people don’t take the time to go that extra little mile.  While I’ve worked with Amex before, this was the first time I booked with my own Amex Platinum Card and dealt first hand with the travel team and platinum concierge.  You guys. Oh my goodness. I don’t think i’ll plan anything again without them.  It was like having my own personal assistant and travel agent all wrapped up into one!

The travel team took care of the location and booking of the hotel room and they then passed me onto the concierge team to arrange the ‘fun’.  If you have a platinum card or are planning to get one to use this service I highly recommend it! We dealt with lovely Ms. Balla who not only took care of every detail but even sent me a 4 page document on all the other things we could do while in Cambridge.  She was so gracious and sweet especially knowing I was pregnant giving amazing recommendations to accommodate us.  The only planning for this trip I did was taking that call.  Within a few hours my itinerary and confirmations were all emailed to me.  Talk about service!

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 Yay for another sweet guest who offered to snap a shot of us!

Hope you all enjoyed our little baby moon!

XO