Set-Jetting and Beyond:
The Top Luxury Travel Trends in 2025
Each year, the world of luxury travel keeps evolving. ‘Trendy’ vacations are becoming more personal and visually driven. As we head towards the summer vacation season, the Top Luxury Travel Trends for 2025 are starting to reveal themselves. One trend is clearly stealing the spotlight this summer: Set-jetting – a new wave of luxury travel inspired by the filming locations we see on our screens. But, Set-Jetting isn’t the only trend defining travel in the coming warmer months. From Calmcations to Nostalgia Travel, luxury travel this summer is all about that emotional connection and gorgeous visual storytelling.
Whether you’re planning a surprise engagement, wedding, family getaway or merely an indulgent escape, understanding the Top Luxury Travel Trends for 2025 can help you create unforgettable moments with your loved ones.
At DreamArt Photography, we specialise in luxury photography across the most stunning vacation destinations in the world, including: Cancun, Los Cabos, Jamaica and Costa Rica. Our expert DreamArt photographers are stationed in our partner hotels and are ready to help capture your summer story.
Set-Jetting: Action!
Welcome to the golden age of Set-Jetting. Thanks to streaming platforms, our TV screens have become the ultimate travel guides. The concept of Set-jetting – choosing your vacation based on viral film or TV locations – is taking off in 2025. With rumours circling that the next season of The White Lotus will be filmed in Cancun, summer 2025 is the perfect time to get ahead of the trend, channel your main character energy and head to the Mexican Caribbean.
We believe Set-Jetting is more than a trend. It’s about transforming your vacation into your own cinematic masterpiece. Our expert DreamArt Photographers know the trending shows and how to craft photoshoots inspired by cinematic scenes. In fact with our Lifestyle Reels, you're not just visiting the set, but also becoming the star!
Calmcations: The Quieter Side of Luxury
While Set-Jetting takes the lead in the list of Top Luxury Travel Trends 2025, Calmcations are also rising to fame. In 2025, serenity is the new status symbol. Calmcations are all about unplugging, slowing life down and soaking up the peace. This summer is about connecting with nature, enjoying the outdoors, and ignoring your Teams notifications for a blissful couple of days. This is the best time to finally prioritise peace over productivity.
These quiet, hard to come by moments of serenity make for the most soul-filled photographs. A DreamArt Photography photoshoot whilst on your Calmcation captures this tranquillity and will make you want to revisit Summer 2025 again and again.
Noctourism: Discover the Dark
Another craze making an appearance among the other Top Luxury Travel Trends 2025, is Noctourism. Noctourism is the art of exploring a destination by night, sounds exciting, right? This summer, expect to see spaces like museums, gardens and cultural sites opening their doors after dark. At DreamArt Photography, our partner hotels have added stargazing, open-air evening concerts and late-night culinary classes to the itinerary to keep up with these trends.
With an action-packed night ahead, sunset is your golden window for a luxury photoshoot. Make sure you schedule a sunset photoshoot just before your nocturnal escapades and bask in the soft, cinematic light. Capture the glow! It’s the perfect way to elevate your night – oh, and your Instagram feed of course.
The Bigger the Bag, the Better the Photos
Recent data shows that vacationers are packing larger suitcases to accommodate for all their holiday outfit changes. At DreamArt Photography, we believe bigger bags are better, they mean more fashion-focused luxury travel content, which we love. Let’s face it: if you’re bringing seven outfits, why not show them off?
Your wardrobe is part of what makes you you. From sunrise shots to sunset lavishness, DreamArt Photography luxury photographers is ready to show you off in every look in the most photogenic settings.
Nostalgia Travel: Rewind in Style
As ‘90s music icons like Oasis and Eminem announce reunion tours in Summer 2025, the world is loving all things retro. Nostalgia travel is about returning to the vacation destinations of your youth – or those your family once loved. Destinations on the Mexican Caribbean, like Cancun, which first boomed in the ‘70s and ‘80s, are now back again in high demand.
Nothing in life is more nostalgic than a photograph. If you’ve been looking through old family picture albums and found some beloved family beach pics from the past, book a Lifestyle Photoshoot with DreamArt Photography to recreate them this summer!
Ready to star in your own summer series?
Whether you’re drawn in to the adventure of Set-Jetting, or the blissfulness of a Calmcation, the Top Luxury Travel Trends 2025 show that this summer is all about intentional, beautiful travel. At DreamArt Photography, we believe in the art of emotion and that luxury photography is more than a vacation souvenir – it’s about remembering those summer memories forever.
Reserve your DreamArt Lifestyle Experience now and elevate your 2025 summer vacation with trendy, luxury photography designed to capture all your summer fun!