New Zealand's most expensive new residential lodge will open its doors to guests from the start of next month.

Helen van Berkel finds staying with a local family in Nepal one of the most enriching travel experiences of her life.

Sandy Kilgour checks in at the Nautilus Resort, Muri Beach, Rarotonga.

Much as I hate to wash my dirty linen in public I'm afraid the hotels of the world leave me no choice.

Xenia Taliotis checks into an elegant Tuscan hotel and decides to never leave.

Corazon Miller checks into the Kingfisher Bay Resort on Queensland's Fraser Island.

Airbnb gained market share in France despite a string of terror attacks that depressed bookings at traditional hotels.

Helen van Berkel stays at a Hawke's Bay cottage that offers both sunrise and sunset views.

Five Airport hotels worth missing your flight for.

Undercover guests stayed in nine upmarket hotels in New York and allegedly found some hadn't changed or washed their bedding before new customers arrived.

On arrival, we were greeted by one of the "directors of chaos".

Former resident Marilyn Monroe lived for two years in one of the poolside cabanas, which has been named and designed in her honour with 1950s-inspired decor.

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On Pennsylvania Avenue, Trump is opening a monument to himself.

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In the treetops of Vancouver Island, one man has created a Tolkienesque spot for travellers to rest their heads.

If you know where to look, the Waldorf Astoria has many fascinating secrets ready to discover.

Frisky and Mannish had a whale of a time meeting lots of colourful men, although we got in a spot of bother near the Grand Canyon.

Coming home to a ransacked flat, abandoned crack pipes, or strangers having sex in your bed. How likely are you to have an Airbnb disaster?

Your hotel may be willing to grant your minor requests, but balk at the major ones.

Courtney Whitaker stays at a luxurious hotel within Marrakesh's 13th-century kasbah walls.

Greg Fleming finds a great base from which to explore the East Cape.

The latest innovations include voice-activated rooms and robotic butlers.

Kevin McIntyre checks in to a new hotel just off the main west coast road in Phuket.

A Japanese hotel fit for Marilyn Monroe is seeing signs of spending from foreign tourists starting to wane.

Xenia Taliotis stays at a Jacobean beauty in the southwest of England.

Victoria Clark stays at Sofitel Wellington, the capital city's first brand new hotel in 15 years, where the surrounds are luxuriously, romantically French.

Tess Nichol checks into grand digs at one of Canada's most famous ski resorts.

Tennessy Weir checks into a lakefront hotel with a beautiful garden.

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