Which capital city is the world’s coolest? Of course, it depends what you’re looking for. But if your dream urban escape is a mid-sized city bursting with tasty yet unpretentious cafes, bars and restaurants, classic cinema, eye-opening museums and galleries, gorgeous botanic gardens and natural scenery, and a cutting edge film industry, Wellington might just […]
Author: Christian Baines
The Six Hidden Skills of Your Group Tour Director
Travelling with a small group can offer the best of both worlds when it comes to globetrotting. Most small group tours allow a fair degree of autonomy. At the same time however, your tour director is there to take care of the little details and get you where you need to go, making sure you […]
10 Ways to Save Without Compromising Your Islands of Tahiti Vacation
With 118 islands and atolls, just over half of which are inhabited, The Islands of Tahiti offers a wide variety of options for a South Pacific escape. Choosing where to go and what to do in French Polynesia can be overwhelming, and to be honest, so can the bill if you don’t know what you’re […]
Uncovering Lonely Planet’s Top Destinations of 2020
Guide book giant Lonely Planet has unveiled its picks for the top destinations of 2020. Each year, the anticipated top 10 showcases outstanding destinations having their moment, including countries, cities, and regions of travel. While we’d love to explore them all in detail, here’s our take on Lonely Planet’s #1 city, country, and region for […]
The World’s Most Liveable Cities As Travel Destinations – 2019
Each year, a number of publications including The Economist, EIU, and Mercer announce “The World’s Most Liveable Cities,” inspiring a flurry of social media sharing and a few inevitable raised eyebrows. One of our favourite lists is the annual Monocle Top 25, partly because it also takes into account just how much fun a city […]
Stranded? What to Do When Your Airline Collapses
2019 has been a rough year for the air travel industry. Iceland’s WOW air and Britain’s Thomas Cook Airlines abruptly ceased operations after failing to reach last minute agreements to stem their financial woes. Both collapses stranded thousands of passengers in destination, forcing many of them to make alternative and often expensive arrangements. While these […]
5 Colombia Travel Highlights You’ll Want to Visit
South America’s land of magical realism has undergone an almost magical reinvention in the past decade. Colombia’s days as a travel “no go zone” are long past. In its place has risen one of the most colourful, diverse, welcoming, and just plain enjoyable destinations South America has to offer. Uniquely positioned on both the Caribbean […]
Finding Europe’s Most Romantic Holiday Markets
There’s something magical about Europe in the lead-up to the holidays. They don’t call a certain road in Germany “the Romantic Road” for nothing, and the cities in this region will warm the heart of even the Grinch-iest globetrotter come Christmas time. Even those who don’t celebrate Christmas can enjoy the atmosphere and unique holiday […]
Say G’Day to Australia’s Best Cities (that aren’t Sydney or Melbourne!)
If you’re planning a trip Downunder, chances are you’ll fly in via Sydney or Melbourne. There’s also a fair chance you’ll spend a few days enjoying Sydney’s glistening harbour vistas or bar hopping through Melbourne’s ever-growing culture and culinary scenes. Having lived in both cities, I can say the appeal never wears off. But while […]
Four Perfect Days in Shanghai (and Beyond) on China Tours
On China tours, many of the star attractions speak for themselves. If you’re planning a trip to China, the grandeur of the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven, the Forbidden City, and the Terracotta Army are already etched on your imagination, probably alongside the space-age skyline of Shanghai’s Pudong district. But what else is there […]
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