There's something about introducing a 'safe fee' that smacks of racketeering.

Joanna Hunkin stays at The Royal Horseguards in London.

Kim Knight stays at Rowley Estate in Grovetown, Blenheim.

The hotel is fed up with so-called "influencers" asking for freebies.

The first of April is littered with deals that seem too good – or odd – to be true.

Shandelle Battersby checks into Mekong Charm Riverside, Luang Prabang, Laos.

Anne-Marie de Bruin checks into Spicers Guesthouse, Hunter Valley.

Eli Orzessek checks into the Heritage Auckland.

Tracey Bond checks into Tropica Island Resort, Fiji.

Stephanie Holmes checks into Arenal Manoa Hotel, in La Fortuna, Costa Rica.

The Las Vegas casino is flush with excitement after unveiling the $147000 suite.

The hotel has but one birthday wish, it wants guests to return all the stuff they stole.

Shoba Pillai checks into Hotel Shiragiku, Beppu, Oita Prefecture, Japan.

A secret policy issued inferior rooms to Indigenous guests, with stained hospital linen.

Justine Tyerman finds an amazing home base in the lead up to a wedding.

Shandelle Battersby checks in to one of Bangkok's oldest hotels — The Atlanta Hotel.

Greg Fleming checks into East Hotel, Miami.

Evidence of the forces of nature are countered by the restoration efforts of man.

Winston Aldworth checks into Treetops lodge, Rotorua.

These hotel rooms clean themselves each morning without housekeeping lifting a finger.

Natalie Akoorie checks into Hyatt Place Las Vegas

Belinda Henley checks into the Nam Hai, The Four Seasons, Hoi An.

Simon Wilson checks into the Kempinski Hotel Corvinus, Budapest.

Toby Woollaston checks into the Maui Palms, in Fiji.

Joanna Hunkin checks in to the Adina Apartment Hotel Melbourne.

Sadie Beckman checks into The Boulcott Suites, Wellington.

Ben O'Brien checks into the W Guangzhou, China.

Jesse Mulligan checks into the Lodge at Craggy Range, Hawke's Bay.

Stephanie Holmes checks into Barefoot Manta in Fiji's Yasawa Islands.

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