Lawrence Acket enjoys the luxury of the Catalina Flying Boat.

Going travelling for a while? Then put a pack of Tebe skincare products in the bag as a treat.

Greek island-hopping passes are priced from $615 each.

Advice on visiting Barcelona, Valencia and Santiago de Compostela.

What is comedian Dai Henwood's favourite souvenir? A kangaroo skull.

Being a large man taking up a space usually occupied by three Vietnamese, writer Walter Mason was obviously an easily noticed foreign visitor in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon).

Queenstown's new Ziptrek is an ecological adventure with views of Lake Wakatipu as you zip through the forest canopy on flying foxes.

Advice from a travel expert on travelling between Greece and Croatia.

Victoria Bartle rounds up some of the best travel deals going.

The old spirit of New Zealand ingenuity, of being able to build anything from a Large Hadron Collider to a small vacuum cleaner with No.8 fencing wire, lives on in the imaginative Kiwi traveller.

I am planning a trip to Italy next January, travelling north from Rome, and have always wanted to visit Assisi...

Stay two nights at the four-star Novotel Queenstown Lakeside and get full buffet breakfasts.

One of the special joys of touring New Zealand these days is the number of places you find that sell great food.

Scribe says there's not always time to do washing when travelling on the tour.

United Travel has Cook Islands packages including return airfares with Pacific Blue from Auckland, and five nights at the five-star Te Vakaroa Villas from $1999 each.

The Bay of Islands Country Rock Festival will be held May 7-9 in venues around Paihia, Waitangi, Russell and Haruru Falls.

Lonely Planet experts share their tips for travel to China, France and Italy.

International chef and author Tom Kime shares his travel tips.

A colleague who has never been to Europe has the chance to attend conferences in Vienna and Zurich, and she's keen to combine an extra two weeks' travel before or after each.

Travellers have voted Auckland International Airport one of the world's best in the annual Skytrax World Airport awards.

Julie Woods never thought she would be able to tour places like the temples at Luxor.

The Lonely Planet experts respond to a reader's request for help planning a Beijing travel itinerary.

Jim Eagles says it's a pity we we don't make more use of the marvellous recreational potential offered by the Hauraki Gulf.

We're travelling to a family wedding in San Francisco next April with our two children (aged 1 and 3).

An annoyed Irishman on a working holiday in NZ discovers it's always best to shop around for the cheapest airfare.

We round up the hottest travel deals going.

Las Vegas is where a bride's theme will come true, writes Maria Slade.

Michael Brown has the heads-up on the best South African side-trips and booking your World Cup tickets.

They're calling it the "bunny good idea" package at The Heritage Hotel in Auckland this Easter.