
Big Brother host Will Best reveals why it was a mistake proposing to his long-term girlfriend on holiday
The Big Brother host got down on one knee in Tuscany in July last year.
In an exclusive interview with MailOnline Travel, he says: 'It was lovely. It was really nice.
'The only problem is now my fiancé is like, 'oh, let's get married in Tuscany too'.
'But that just sounds expensive.'
To stop her badgering him to set a date, Will goes on to confesses he 'told Tobi' about a segment he did on his Hits Radio show, in which many couples who'd been engaged for a long time called in, including one who had been for 32 years.
But Will and stylist Tobi have always taken things so slow, he admits.
They didn't even go on their first week-long holiday together until 2022, 11 years after they'd started dating.
Will explains: 'We'd done a decade without a proper holiday, because we're both freelancers, and every time I booked a holiday, work would come up, or every time something would happen which meant I couldn't do it.
'So we would holiday sporadically and briefly - lots of city breaks, lots of weekends away, which is still great, but your long, fully unplugged holiday, that took us a long time.
'Also, because I travel a lot with work, it kind of always felt like my my travel itch was being scratched all the time, and she travels a lot with work as well, like she goes on shoots abroad for weeks at a time.
'But now, my aim with a holiday is to try and unplug as profoundly as possible.'
For Will, the best holiday he and Tobi have been on was to Morocco.
He says: 'We stayed in this lovely hotel, which didn't really feel like a hotel – the Jnane Tamsna.
'There's no bar or concierge desk, and if you want a drink, you just WhatsApp this dude and he'll bring you a beer.
'Also, obviously Marrakesh is nothing like London, and I like trying to go to places that feel totally unlike home, so I can get into a destressed environment and mind state as quickly as possible.'
While Marrakesh was lovely for Will and Tobi, the same can't be said for their trip to Jamaica.
He recalls: 'I'd always wanted to go, and I got loads of amazing recommendations from a friend of mine, who's got Jamaican family and goes out there all the time.
'She gave us all these recommendations, and we were super excited.
'Then we got there, and it rained for the entire week, and me and my partner were both really ill.
'We arrived feeling a bit under the weather, and then spent a week just in our hotel room feeling ill while it rained. It was a long way to go to just stare at the same four walls.
'We watched a lot of Netflix. It was really depressing. We'd force ourselves to get up, we'd go to a restaurant, and then immediately, just be like, 'We can't. We've got to get back to the Netflix.''
This summer, Will, along with his Big Brother co-host AJ Odudu, is planning to go to festivals around the UK – and 'hopefully sneak into an Oasis gig'.
And while he does that, he'll be taking full advantage of Holiday Inn Express' Fresh package, while AJ will be getting a Fried box, filled with a Stanley cup, eye gels and hydration tablets.
He says: 'The boxes each contain different things based on how you like to either prepare to sleep after a gig or recover, from maybe not enough sleep, the next day.
'When I was looking at the different care packages, I realised that I am very much falling into the Fresh camp, and it's not because I'm old, all right?
'It's because I now do breakfast radio on Hits Radio with Fleur East and James Barr, and I now have to get up stupidly early every single day, even if I have gone to a gig the night before, so my whole life now revolves around my sleep routine, and I need to maintain that even if I'm going out to a gig.
'In the Fresh box, you're getting really good, reusable ear plugs, mouth tape, which helps you get into an REM sleep quickly, lavender aromatherapy and essential oils.
'Then, for breakfast, you've got your fruit, your granolas, your fresh yogurt and I can go straight to the radio and not feel like I'm I'm going to keel over, which is a constant struggle.'
Holiday Inn Express' Fresh or Fried campaign is running from 24th July - 24th September 2025, with boxes available at select properties across the UK and Ireland and online at hiexfreshfried.com, while stocks last. Find out more at ihg.com.

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