Natalie Akoorie checks into the Quality Hotel Oceans Tutukaka.

Fancy treating your love to a five-star stay but not sure how to play the part of the fabulously wealthy? Anthony Peregrine explains how to act like you belong.

Gayle Dickson stays at The Chedi Muscat, Oman.

Superstars and royalty have laid their heads in Sydney hotel with a tragic story, writes Lauren Quaintance.

Graham Reid enjoys snapping the harbourside views at this New South Wales property.

Danielle Wright discovers a family-friendly Melbourne hotel close to all the action.

Open up your driveway and earn money.

Bed and breakfast under those famously dreaming spires allows a glimpse into how the other half thinks, writes Steve Braunias.

Shandelle Battersby checks into a remote Central Otago lodge that's worth the journey.

Even the rain has a five-star edge at Te Waonui Forest Retreat, finds Bronwyn Sell.

Justine Tyerman laps up life at one of Sydney's most prestigious residences, but misses the cut for a celebrity soirée ...

This luxurious property on Sydney's waterfront is a favourite haunt of the rich and famous.

For further information see luxehouses.com.au.

The adults-only Palm Island Resort has holiday relaxation down to a silent art, writes Tori Mayo.

Bronwyn Sell stays at a family-friendly place with dramatic ocean views near Greymouth.

Justine Tyerman narrowly avoids being taken in by a holiday accommodation scammer.

Tristram Clayton makes like a megastar at a top Auckland address.

Andrew Alderson stays at a classic Kiwi cottage on the Coromandel Peninsula.

Winston Aldworth stays at New York's Quin, where style meets Central Park.

Treat yourself to the best of the best this summer.

Eveline Harvey and her family check into a well-appointed apartment in Central Otago.

Winston Aldworth stays at a slick waterfront hotel in Canada's capital of cool.

Shandelle Battersby enjoys a luxurious stay at the Millbrook Resort, Arrowtown.

Andrew Louis lives like a king in a deluxe suite.

A city break in this centrally-located hotel leaves Courtney Whitaker impressed.

Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene penned works here, writes Wynne Gray.

Patrick McKendry stayed in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, to watch the boxing bouts of Kiwis Joseph Parker and Robert Berridge.

Leading travel guide places two NZ hotels in top 100 out of 4000 global entries.

Josh Burgess checks into a 'bohemian chic' studio apartment in Hollywood.

Belinda Henley visits a property that offers opportunities for physical exertion and relaxation in equal measure.

This property, less than half an hour's drive from Rotorua, is modelled on the game reserves which are big business in South Africa.

For further information see treetops.co.nz.