For many, shopping is an integral part of travel. Who doesn’t love to find that perfect gift or memento of their trip? For discerning shoppers, that doesn’t mean kitschy souvenirs, but revered designer brands that would make any fashionista proud. And if those famous brands are found with a significantly reduced price tag, it’s a like a fantasy come true. Well, here’s a Travel Maestro tip for shrewd shoppers: 

Chic Outlet Shopping® is the premier luxury outlet shopping experience in Europe.

Chic Outlet Shopping® operates nine boutique outlet Villages near the most exciting cities of Europe. Each open-air village consists of 100 or more authentic designer shops that offer five-star service and price reductions of 60% or more on luxury brands. The shops are open year round and offer seasonally appropriate items from the previous year’s collections, so you don’t have to search through off-season left-overs to find a bargain. The Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages include hundreds of international luxury brands, as well as upscale local and national favorites of clothing and accessories for women, men and children; home and lifestyle goods; food and drink; beauty products and jewelry.

 

 To enhance the shopping experience to a truly luxury level, the individual Chic Outlet Shopping® Villages offer bespoke services like valet parking and VIP personal shoppers on request to guide you through your shopping and explore styles and looks to suit you. A Shop & Drop service makes shopping hands-free so you don’t have to juggle purchases during the day. Most of the Villages have a children’s play area for young shoppers who haven’t yet developed the shopping stamina that their parents have. Shoppers can also relax and sample the local cuisine in the many cafés and restaurants in each village.

 

The outdoor shopping villages are in the countryside within an hour from the “must-visit” attractions of the major cities of London, Dublin, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Milan/Bologna, Brussels/Antwerp/Cologne, Frankfurt and Munich. Each village has a Shopping Express luxury coach service that runs daily with frequent departures from the city center and/or airport to the Village. There are also Shopping Day Experience packages that include the round trip luxury transportation to the village, a meal in one of the restaurants, a VIP Day Card for additional shopping savings and a gift card to use at any of the village stores. Prices for the Shopping Day Experience vary by city, but with the value of the meals and gift cards, the transportation is essentially free. Bonus tip: Book your visit with Covington Travel and get an extra 10% savings on your Village shopping and don’t forget to enjoy even greater value from your retail experience by claiming back tax paid on purchases!

A day at a Chic Outlet Shopping® Village is the perfect shopping diversion for a European vacation. Contact a Covington vacation advisor to arrange a Chic Outlet Shopping Day Experience or to purchase a gift card for a shopping friend.