Shandelle Battersby checks into The Heritage Collection Waterfront Suites, Paihia.

How to make the rental website a useful tool in your travel arsenal.

New Zealand's spending on infrastructure needs to increase and it isn't realistic to expect ratepayers to foot the bill, leaders say.

Stephanie Holmes checks into Christchurch's newest sleeping experience - Jucy Snooze

The government has welcomed a report from New Zealand's key tourism leaders who have called for a nationwide bed levy and a boost to departure taxes to fund small centre infrastrucuture.

Imagine living like the one per cent . . . if only for a night.

Andrew Alderson settles in at the Shreemaya Hotel, in Indore, India.

Discovering a little too much about guests is just part of the job for hotel workers - and the more glitzy and luxurious the hotel is, the weirder the situations seem to get.

Stephanie Holmes checks into the Maison Noosa, Noosa Heads, Queensland.

Shandelle Battersby checks into a boutique hotel in the heart of the city.

Jesse Mulligan checks into a beautiful property in the heart of Wellington.

Southeast Asia offers great Christmas choices, says online guru Eli Orzessek.

Rod Emmerson endures a night in a bygone era.

After a US$125 million renovation, you can sleep in a burglar's room with a Potomac view at this Washington DC landmark, writes Molly Sinclair McCartney.

There's nothing like a treehouse to reawaken your childlike sense of wonder.

Tail-wagging walks icecream and room service, pooch-perfect, says Eli Orzessek.

Some of New Zealand's most luxurious stays have received accolades at the Luxury Hotel Awards this weekend.

Michael Brown checks into Mantaray Island Resort, in the Yasawa Islands, Fiji.

Tristram Clayton checks into the Park Hyatt Saigon.

Tennessy Weir checks into a sophisticated boutique hotel in Queenstown.

Shandelle Battersby checks in to SpringHill Suites in Anaheim, California.

Sam Aldred checks into the Holiday Inn, Vanuatu.

Shandelle Battersby checks into a beautiful property with an exceptional restaurant.

Andrew Parsons beds down in the only hotel on the Argentinian side of the famous Iguazu Falls.

Air New Zealand has been named one of the best airlines in the world by readers of luxury travel magazine Conde Nast Traveler.

Leila George checks in at the Westin, Sydney.

Pamela Wade checks into the Peninsula Chicago.

Many filming locations from hit films have become tourist attractions by association.

A boutique lodge on the fringe of Northland's Waipoua Forest has been named New Zealand's best hospitality business.

Shandelle Battersby checks in to Ibis Styles, Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, and is very impressed.