Five Things To Do in Sydney on a Rainy Day

10/30/2017 By

Having a Priscilla moment at Sydney's Madame Tussauds

Sydney is at its sparkly best when the sun is shining, but of course not every day can be filled with blue skies. So what can you do when the grey clouds set in and the rain starts to fall?  Here are five ideas to help snap you out of a rainy day funk andRead More

Why you’ll want to get out of Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort

10/29/2017 By

Bure frontyard and hammock with a view at Outrigger Fiji Beach Resort

The stamp in my passport may have said that I had been to Fiji before, but as far as I was concerned this was my first trip. The official first time had involved flying into Fiji to join a Holland America Cruise around the South Pacific, when I had spent one night in a resortRead 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