Travel editor Winston Aldworth explains why next time he does a campervan trip, he'll choose a van with no toilet and no shower.

Freedom campers have once again been catching the eye - and the ire - of locals.

It's a pretty common news story in the summer months: Young backpackers, a beautiful spot by the water, an unguarded vehicle and some local hoods.

It seems our country looks as beautiful from space as it does from the ground.

Do you know your Swedes from your Swiss?

As a kid, I had posters of two heroes on my wall. Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant faced off against the great All Black winger, John Kirwan.

Travel Editor Winston Aldworth looks at why NZ topping the Telegraph's readers' poll of travel destinations is so important to this country.

Beauty spot's locals must have seen it all when it comes to unusual tourist behaviour.

Where once a traveller would reach for their guidebook and camera, now the smartphone reigns supreme.

Madrid has suffered a slump in visitor numbers because someone forgot to put out the welcome mat.

The travel trade in general has done pretty well in recent tough times and, within the industry, cruising shows remarkable growth.

Last week's discussion on reclining seats aboard passenger planes hit a nerve, writes Travel Editor Winston Aldworth.

An unscientific poll of 1000 fliers found that nine out of 10 respondents want reclining seats on planes banned, writes Winston Aldworth. The problem isn't that your seat reclines, it's that the seat of the ignorant b*****d in front of you reclines.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary wants to take his budget carrier to the long-haul market.

Researchers at Oxford University are developing a pill that will alleviate the effects of jetlag.

It's a rare day that you find yourself in Stockholm and wish you were in Pukekohe.

Last week, I wrote about Scoot airline's plans for kid-free seating.

According to my (child-free) colleague, budget airline Scoot, a subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, are on to a good thing.

Winston Aldworth writes: More than half of us men are telling fibs at airport check-in counters. "Did you pack your bag yourself?" Of course (cough, cough) ...

Last week's cover story, "The Secret Stewardess", laid bare some of the happenings at 30,000 ft of which passengers might have been unaware.

Tourism New Zealand's 100% marketing campaign got another bagging in the press over the weekend.

Last week's editorial on inflight advertisements on the screens that show Air New Zealand's clever quiz for domestic flights brought some interesting responses.

There's been a big change in the air. The screens displaying quiz questions on Air New Zealand domestic flights are now playing full-blown advertisements.

It seems we Kiwis are not as sunsmart as we'd like to think, and when it comes to loafing about on the beach we're more tight-fisted than our Aussie cousins.

They say travel broadens the mind, but sometimes it can sharpen your prejudices, writes Linda Herrick.

Who really believes that listening to a song on your MP3 player at takeoff could cause a crash?

I'm a little fussy about the music I listen to.

It's bad news for Wogistani knife-wielding loons and non-Wogistani knife-wielding loons alike.

Ewan McDonald writes from Istanbul, where tourists sought pleasure while the locals openly defied their leaders.