Excellent DoC and council-approved camping sites and well-priced holiday parks may still be found across the country, Paul Charman discovers.

Paddle your way and around the City of Sails.

I'm from the States and want to show my Kiwi partner the real USA - an off-the-beaten-track-style road trip from coast to coast.

We're getting married in October and my fiance and I need help in choosing a honeymoon destination.

When I was 16, I spent four weeks in Sydney with a mate living in Bondi Junction and doing dishes at his sister's restaurant.

Graham Reid flies SQ425 from India to Singapore.

I'm a little fussy about the music I listen to.

Each week, Lonely Planet's Sarah Bennett and Lee Slater answer your questions.

Winston Aldworth flies takes a flight across Nepal.

The Pacific Coast sand stretches 5.6km between Venice Beach and Malibu and the well-heeled town of Santa Monica sits in the middle facing the best sunsets in California, writes Megan Singleton.

It's bad news for Wogistani knife-wielding loons and non-Wogistani knife-wielding loons alike.

If you can't make it to the major tracks, consider these small charmers closer to home.

Sometimes wildlife is a bit too wild, so we appreciate sculptures of animals instead, embedded in concrete, as nature could have intended.

Yvonne Tahana flies from Hawaii to Auckland.

With Dean Barker taking his feud with Russell Coutts to San Francisco Bay later this year, plenty of kiwis will be heading over to support him. But outside of the wealthy boys and their toys, here are five very cool things to do in San Francisco.

I knew it. A knockabout unscientific survey from Britain's Stansted Airport has reiterated what many male travellers who fly with their female partners have long suspected: We're losing luggage space for girlie things.

Never shy of sticking her oar in, Elisabeth Easther shares some ideas for nautical adventures you can embark on - if you sea fit.

Figuring out how much to tip at a restaurant in the US can be a tricky endeavour, fraught with a good share of mathematics and emotions. Here are some tipping tips.

Movie lovers are flocking to the south of France for the Cannes Film Festival, but here are five other pilgrimages any self-respecting film buff would salivate over.