Are these the wackiest hotel rooms in America? Inside the property with incredible fantasy bedrooms, from a Cinderella room with a pumpkin bathroom to a coffin bed in Dracula’s castle

by David Hibbins | May 6, 2024 | Latest Travel News

It’s as if ‘Alice in Wonderland married Willy Wonka and set up residence in Oz’.That’s how the owners of The Roxbury, a boutique hotel based in the Catskill Mountains of New York State, describe their wacky, themed hotel.The Roxbury is...

I got stuck at one of the world’s northernmost hotels – where stays cost more than $350 per person per night and one of the most popular tourist activities is POLAR BEAR HUNTING

by David Hibbins | May 5, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Free food 24 hours a day, no alcohol and the threat of polar bears on the doorstep – welcome to one of the northernmost hotels in the world. South Camp Inn is located in Resolute, which is an extremely remote pint-sized settlement around 500 miles north of...

You’ve been eating in restaurants all wrong! Etiquette guru reveals dining out do’s and don’ts, from how to wipe your mouth like royalty to the clever trick for letting friends know you want to split the bill (without saying a word)

by David Hibbins | May 5, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Nowhere exposes a lack of etiquette knowledge quite like a restaurant.After all, there are so many opportunities to slip-up – at the entrance, while sitting down, while eating and when summoning waiting staff.It’s a minefield even for the well-mannered...

Stonehenge is ‘pointless’, Sydney Harbour Bridge is ‘unimpressive’ and Mount Rushmore is ‘obnoxious’: Fifteen popular tourist attractions that for some just didn’t live up to the hype

by David Hibbins | May 5, 2024 | Latest Travel News

There’s no pleasing some people.As scathing reviews for some of the world’s most iconic and popular tourist attractions reveal.The world’s tallest tower? ‘Underwhelming views’. Sydney Harbour Bridge? ‘Unimpressive’. Mount...

Trainsquatting! Meet the 17-year-old who LIVES on trains, using an £8,500-a-year season ticket to hop from one service to another

by David Hibbins | May 5, 2024 | Latest Travel News

He’s taken trainspotting to another level.Meet Lasse Stolley – a 17-year-old who lives on trains using a 10,000-euro- (£8,500/$10,670) a-year season ticket to hop from one service to another.This trainsquatter travels 600 miles a day throughout Germany...

I am a Brit living in Australia… here is why I DON’T want other Brits moving here

by David Hibbins | May 5, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A British woman who has ventured to the other side of the globe for a new life is on a bid to ‘de-influence’ others from going to Australia.Hannah, who now lives in Perth, migrated across the globe in February of this year.But unlike the gorgeous sunsets...