Trivia

On 31st October 2022, BBC Studios announced that Barrister and broadcaster Rob Rinder will be the new co-presenter of the fifth series of the programme alongside chef Monica Galetti. The 8-episode fifth series began filming in October 2022 and will air in 2023. Rinder replaces Giles Coren who announced that he was stepping down from his role as he is working on another forthcoming television series. Coren stated that "I have a day job writing and podcasting for The Times and I have only ever been able to make one TV series a year. Each time a new opportunity comes along I have to dump the one I'm on." However, there has been much speculation that Coren's position had become untenable following outrage over comments made by Coren following the death of journalist Dawn Foster.

In keeping with his rather mischievous role on the show, Giles Coren tweeted a series of images taken during filming of the second series in late 2017. These appear to give clues to which hotels will feature in series 2 and are thought to include Ashford Castle in Ireland, The Brando in French Polynesia, Schauenstein Schloss in the Swiss Alps and Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort in Oman's Hajar Mountains.