Changi Airport Singapore: Ten Top Things to Do

10/26/2017 By

Butterfly Garden, Changi Airport

Of all of the “I love Changi airport” stories I’ve heard in the past week my favourite comes from my friend Gary. Despite the fact that he lives in Singapore, he confessed “I love Changi so much I checked into the Crowne Plaza when I landed once because I didn’t want to leave the airport.”Read More

Best Hotels for Sydney New Year’s Eve Fireworks

10/11/2017 By

Sydney NYE fireworks as seen from Shangri-La Hotel, image credit by Paul Reiffer

They’re the fireworks that are seen around the world and mark the start of so many New Year’s Eve celebrations. Australia’s biggest public event, Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks bring more than one and a half million people to the harbour foreshore and are watched by more than a billion people around the world. WhenRead More

How to Tell if Your Hotel Room is Clean: a Former Hotel Manager tells all

10/11/2017 By

If you have a hotel room concern, talk to the staff

Did you ever get into a hotel or hostel room and you felt like need a black light before you even lay down your backpack? For nine out of ten travelers, the answer to the question will be YES, especially if you are traveling on a budget.

Seven Over the Top Luxury Ideas for Glamping Romance

09/27/2017 By

Twinkling rope lights are on our romantic ideas for glamping list

… This is a guest post by Paul Turner of Take Outdoors … There’s camping, and then there’s glamping. In a nutshell, glamping stands for ‘glamorous camping’. There’s nothing do-it-yourself about glamping – no tent to set up or fire pit to dig, and definitely no sleeping on the cold, hard ground in a sleepingRead More

Lower Saxony’s Seaside Spa Town and the Wadden Sea

09/20/2017 By

Sea Baskets at Wadden Sea Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony Germany

It takes a little while to get used to the gooey feeling of mud squishing between my toes. I realise I must have been a child the last time I’ve enjoyed rather than recoiled from it but my adult brain is soothed by the knowledge that there’s nothing in this mud that can hurt me.Read More

Lovely Ljubljana: Top things to do in Slovenia’s capital

09/13/2017 By

Ljubljana Castle, Slovenia

… This is a Guest Post by Anna Kay from Med Cruise Guide … Imagine living three hours from Venice, one hour from the Adriatic Sea, one hour from spectacular skiing in Austrian Alps and half an hour from one of the most beautiful lakes in the Slovenian Alps. Well, Ljubljana, the tiny capital ofRead More

The Road Trip Health and Beauty Tip You Need to Know

09/06/2017 By

Road trips need sunscreen even when you're in the car

While we all know that sun damage can lead to skin cancer and is one of the leading causes of ageing what many don’t realise is that sun damage can happen when you’re in a car. And I don’t just mean when the top is down. I remember seeing a documentary years ago that lookedRead More

Wandering Worpswede, the artist community in Germany’s Lower Saxony

08/30/2017 By

The 'Barkenhoff' in Worpswede is next door to the Buchenhof Hotel

Some places have a special energy that draws a certain kind of person to them. Worpswede in Germany’s Lower Saxony is one such place, and in this case the people it draws in are artists. When I told friends in Berlin I was going to Worpswede most of them admitted they had never been, despiteRead More