We are flying into Rome and join a cruise in Venice a few weeks later.

Linda Herrick refuses to let an accommodation blunder hinder her much-anticipated Parisian holiday.

Victoria Bartle rounds up the best travel deals going.

An unspoilt nation with exotic experiences on tap.

We are two older adults travelling to the US in early April and hope to stretch our visit to three months.

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

Stumped by foreign languages when you're travelling? Google is working on software that translates text captured by a phone camera.

Midnight Youth's drummer Aidan Bartlett shares his travelling tips.

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

Advice on planning a mid-year trip to Thailand and nutting out an itinerary for northern Africa.

Even budget travellers in Italy can afford to factor in some luxury, writes Peter Bills.

Mountaineer and paralympic medallist Mark Inglis shares his travelling tips.

Tripadvisor.com has released its annual lists of the dirtiest hotels in the world, based on travellers' reviews.

How best to enjoy the sun: DIY or package deal?

Alanah May Eriksen travels to the island nation just a couple of months after the September tsunami which destroyed the southeast coast of Upolu and discovers the tourist industry is in full swing.

My wife and I are off to Honolulu towards the end of December for 10 days. We're interested in things to do, things perhaps that are not on the well-beaten tourist track. Any tips?

Find inspiration from classic books such as Dracula and Where the Wild Things Are.

But Kerri Jackson is forced to admit she doesn't, on a trip to the British Music Experience in London.

One of the perks of being a tech journalist living in a small country at the very ends of the earth is that I occasionally get to hop aboard a plane and travel to somewhere to write about gadgets.

Susan Buckland boards a freighter, bound for hauntingly beautiful islands where ancient man-size stone tiki guard moody, lush valleys.

Veteran mountaineer Graeme Dingle shares his travel tips.

Megan Singleton samples the gaudy magnificence of Villa Versace.

At their own pace, with many a pit stop on the way, Jim Eagles and his wife, get lost, literally, in the loveliness of southwest France.

Take the train for a Rocky Mountain high.

Treat yourself to a day in the shade, as Lonely Planet says 2010 is going to be a stellar year.

Tips on sightseeing around Mexico and Nice from the experts at Lonely Planet.

Known as the Main Street of America, on account of the myriad communities that prospered along it, Route 66 is perhaps the most famous road in the history of tarmac.