Penny Lancaster Stewart chats about her dream holiday

3 months ago 07th Jul 11:30

Model and photographer Penny Lancaster Stewart has teamed up with Nectar to promote this Summer’s ‘Swipe for Sun’ holiday giveaway, which will see the UK’s leading loyalty card giving away a holiday every day throughout the month of July.

Female First caught up with Penny to chat about holidays, health and how to get that oh-so-allusive beach body.

Can you tell me a little bit about Nectar’s Swipe for Sun giveaway?

The wonderful thing about it is that everyone enjoys a holiday but not everyone can always afford it. With the Nectar card, basically the more you use your card over the month of July, the more chance you have of winning one of 31 holidays to the med, from Costa del Sol to Cyprus. The Nectar loyalty card gives you points for money you spend with their partner, like Sainsbury’s, and you can use those points on goods to treat yourself throughout the year.

During the month of July, the biggest treat of all is up for grabs, which of course is the opportunity of winning a holiday! I wouldn’t like to say that I spend most of my time on holiday, but I have done a lot of traveling and have been to a lot of places. Holidays form the basis of some of your fondest memories, so I think it’s a great opportunity for Nectar cardholders to go out and take advantage of this generous offer.

To move onto your holidaying habits, where is your favourite holiday destination and why do you like it so much?

There are so many places I have visited which are unusual, but the ones my family and I tend to always go back to are those in Europe, particularly France and Italy. We have a house in France and we love taking driving holidays through Provence, whilst the Amalfi coast of Italy is so beautiful and dramatic. The food, culture and language of these parts are beautiful, and we pretty much go back every year or so.

If you could visit anywhere in the world where would it be?

I like the idea of going to see the ice caps and the polar bears, because who knows how long they are going to be around for? Maybe when my children have children, I will be telling them stories of icebergs and polar bears, which don’t exist anymore, so I like the idea of seeing something so unique.

Where did you visit as a child, is it different to where you go now?

As a child with my family, it would usually be a resort which was geared around families and kids; a beach holiday with lots of entertainment and things for everyone. I happily went on holiday with my parents until I was 18, because we always had such a good time that I didn’t want to venture off and do my own thing. I have very fond memories of those holidays with my brother, mum and dad.

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