'No passport required' is true enough, though the overall message of Auckland's new campaign slogan seems dusty to me.

If you've made a few landings at Wellington Airport, there's a decent chance you've experienced at least one hairy approach.

Last week's discussion of bullfighting proved to be - wait for it - something of a red rag...

In Spain, they love bulls so much they torture them publicly, kill them slowly and cheer loudest when their ears are cut from their still-warm bodies.

As a junior member of Auckland Observatory in the 1980s, I was pretty much convinced that in the world of the future I'd be as likely to holiday on the moon as on the Coromandel Peninsula.

I think we'd all agree that the two biggest factors taking the romance out of flying are airport security and tight seating on the planes.

Getting on the LOTR bandwagon was smart first time around. This time it suggests a lack of inspiration.

The British Office of Fair Trade has rumbled some of the biggest online travel companies and hotel chains for price fixing.

Women are breaking the glass ceiling in the business sector, but it's still the suited men who are hogging the business trips.

Dunedin writer Neville Peat warns Olympic Games visitors to always keep a close eye on their valuables. It's sound advice for any traveller anywhere.

London loves a grand event - and grand sporting events take pride of place in the city's calendar.

Last week's 'tales from the flying vomitorium' generated a bagful of stories of inflight tummy trouble and one handy tip.

Pregnant women should check their travel insurance policy before embarking on a babymoon.

The in-flight puker is surely a greater menace than smelly fellow passengers or arm-rest hogs, writes Winston Aldworth.

Safety is only one factor in hitchhiking's decline, writes Winston Aldworth.

Would we have been as accommodating of the annual throng as the Turkish people have been?

Winston Aldworth goes in to bat for some of New Zealand's much-maligned regional centres.

When it comes to transtasman carriers, Dita De Boni has a firm favourite.

Last week was a special one for jet lovers. The arrival of Boeing's Dreamliner in the skies above New Zealand set planespotters' hearts racing.

It's the plane the world has been talking about for years... and now it's almost here.

Herald Travel Editor Jim Eagles signs off after eight years in the job and recalls some of his favourite travel memories.