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Room Check: Waitomo Top 10 Holiday Park

The entrance could be better signposted: I tried to enter via the exit and ended up dithering dangerously on a high-speed road.

Ask Away: Travelling to Brisbane?

As far as activities, the Botanic Gardens are a must and free guided tours are available twice a day.

Airbnb sees fastest growth, best reviews for senior hosts

Airbnb's fastest-growing and most-beloved demographic are those aged 60 and older.

Hotels: From Cuba to Foxton

Following the relaxing of travel and trade relations with the United States, the accommodation game is starting to heat up in Cuba.

Room Check: Mangawhai Heads Holiday Park

Mangawhai is a great place to get away to for the weekend and also fantastic for fishing.

Room Check: The Heritage, Queenstown

Queenstown is well served by flights from Australia and all around New Zealand although you can't beat driving in, the landscape will blow your mind.

Hotel group QT coming to NZ

QT is expanding into New Zealand, bringing its quirky, hip accommodation first to Wellington, then Queenstown.

Room Check: Waitui Beach Club, Sofitel Fiji Resort & Spa

The Waitui Beach Club is a recent adults-only addition to the Sofitel Fiji Resort and Spa.

Room Check: Paradise Resort, Gold Coast

This is very much a family-focused resort, slap-bang in the middle of a family-focused destination.

Airbnb to let neighbours give feedback

Airbnb will soon give landlords a better way to find out how the strangers showing up at their properties are behaving.

Room Check: Novotel, New Plymouth

The interior design is a questionable combination of pea soup green and floral. And don't expect to be able to lounge around in a robe, because there aren't any.

Room Check: Hilton LA Universal City, Southern California

This Hilton was built in the 80s to service the crowds visiting Universal Studios and sits within Universal City.

Finding room at the inn

One of my best mates is a total pro when it comes to finding memorable, well-priced accommodation anywhere in the world, from New York to Invercargill.

Room Check: The Great Keppel Island Holiday Village

Food options are limited on the island, so it's best to come prepared. The nearby Great Keppel Island Hideaway has a bar and bistro, but it's fairly basic.

Room Check: Vanira Lodge, Teahupo'o, Tahiti

Vanira is exactly how you imagine the jungley tropical seaside should be, and the two hectares of grounds really would take a lot of beating.

Room Check: The Novotel Ningaloo Resort

Learmonth Airport is a two-hour flight from Perth and from there Exmouth Bus Charters operates a shuttle bus service to and from the town - a distance of 36km.

Room Check: Commodore Hotel in Christchurch

A three-minute free shuttle from the airport, and 10-minute drive to the central city. Set in seven acres, with award-winning native gardens.

Room Check: Wyndham Anaheim Garden Grove, California

Just 3.5km from Disneyland, one of the many accommodation options that line Harbor Boulevard.