It was a time for firsts: my first five-star executive suite, my first massage, my first Michelin dining experience, and my first visit to a casino.

Books can take you places, but Steve Braunias wants to go for real to the exact place he's been reading about.

Plan yourself a tropical break before the winter arrives.

It wasn't what I'd imagined a tsunami shelter would look like.

Fausto Mottalini, 65, is out to tell the world that a human being can live with a few simple things: food, shelter and above all, uncontaminated nature.

The divide between Melbourne and Sydney is a bit like that of Wellington and Auckland.

Queensland's party island has a new lease on life and now provides a back-to-basics outdoors experience, finds Eli Orzessek.

The final resting place of England's greatest king is somewhere under the asphalt of the car park of a leisure centre in his capital, Winchester.

What's a Downton Abbey fan to do now that the series is over? Consider a trip to soothe your sorrows.

New Zealanders are being urged not to travel to Belgium - but Kiwis say they won't be put off going there long-term.

Eat and drink your way around Vancouver, writes Alison Godfrey, and don't forget to check out the ice hockey.

A train dedicated to Japan's most famous feline has taken to the tracks in Taiwan.

Private jet firms have revealed the most bizarre or amusing requests they've ever had from their wealthy clientele.

The best thing Kiwi travellers can do? Put Belgium on the list for your next European visit.

Following terror attacks in Brussels that killed at least 31 and injured hundreds, Belgium has raised its terror alert to the highest level.

Move over New York, Paris and Rome - London has been named the best destination on the planet by TripAdvisor

Located about 45 minutes outside Tasmania's capital of Hobart, Bonorong is the anti-zoo.

It being midday and the sun being out, the mayor of Volvic was on the beer. Not the famous local water.

Erme says the locals' united stand has gone some way to alleviate the climate of fear that once existed, and the violence once demonstrated so publicly by the mob.

Perched high up in Singapore's vertigo-inducing Supertrees, I'm struck by the scale of the island's ambitions.

It's understandable to feel a bit panicked over the Zika virus - it's all over the news right now.

On a girls' week in Fiji, Shandelle Battersby goes on a cultural safari in Sigatoka, via jetboat.

Travellers on an expedition ship have out-of-ordinary cruise experiences, encountering wild animals and pristine nature

With the help of Contiki, New Zealand's most popular bloggers have shared their dream destinations and wanderlust inspiration for 2016.

If you've ever been teased for your fiery locks, this is the event for you.

I'm sitting at the bar where George Washington and his fellow American revolutionaries doubtless plotted military strategy over an ale or two.

A hotel firm has given customers the option to swap hotels if Donald Trump is staying there.

Once known as the 'Pearl of Asia', Phnom Penh is filled with French colonial buildings and has a picturesque riverside promenade.

It's a little after 10pm, and I'm standing somewhere in the middle of the Andean cloud forest in the Choco region of northern Ecuador, with six others.