
Top Model Fiji Travel Tips
“Mention Fiji and images of azure waters, swaying palm trees and smiling faces appear. Fiji holds a place in my heart – my childhood home
A curated selection of the Guidebooks I use and trust for my favourite destinations for A Grown Up’s Gap Year. They work hard for a spot on my ‘recommended list’; off the beaten path gems, slow travel ideas, chic locals recommending hidden gems.

“Mention Fiji and images of azure waters, swaying palm trees and smiling faces appear. Fiji holds a place in my heart – my childhood home

“It’s so green”, murmurs the gentleman seated next to me, as our plane descends into the regional airport of Akita in Northern Japan. It is just

With the Queen’s 90th birthday imminent, holiday accommodation experts – Stayz – flew the ‘Royal Butler’, Grant Harrold (former royal household butler to the Queen,

Its Winter in the Southern Hemisphere, a time when I tend to gravitate to the lounge with remote in hand to watch Netflix. I’ve managed to

It is magic arriving in Shanghai at dusk. Cast in a golden glow, high rises soften against the horizon. As the day fades, city lights flicker on –

Best Exotic Udaipur Strange as it may seem, I arrive in Udaipur having made less than zero attempt to research the destination… Planning is thorough for Delhi

Years of travelling for business and pleasure should have taught me a thing or three about packing. Each trip I take begins with such promise; all

My parents are my style inspiration. Arriving in New Zealand in the 1950’s from Belgium and Holland, my father’s family brought their European knitwear business with

The bustling lanes of Shanghai are quiet on this mid-winter Saturday morning. Our taxi weaves past low-rise stone buildings before taking a sweeping arc of driveway, depositing us at

There are some places I visit that don’t live up to the hype. Thankfully they tend to be in the minority. I seem to find

6 Essential Pieces Deciding what to wear on the aircraft takes up an extraordinary amount of my packing time, essentially because I want my airplane outfit to work

As a city dweller I find nothing comes close to locations that combine a little luxury with stunning natural environments. Dreaming of getting off the

The Urban Mum is honoured to be listed as a Top Travel Blog, Australia – for Hotel Club. Keeping company with a group of illustrious

Finding ‘uber’ fabulous holiday destinations, travel less than a day from East Coast Australia. In Australia we are blessed with stunning coastline – from the azure

My favourite fragrance (Chanel les exclusives Sycamore – if you were wondering) does not come in a handy travel size. It needs to remain at home while

In my opinion the saying ‘youth is wasted on the young’ should be rewritten as ‘sleeping in is wasted on the young’… One of life’s

To Relax: Rest from work or engage in an enjoyable activity… My dream form of a Luxury Escape is lying by a hotel swimming pool,

Hotel General Managers are the quintessential hosts. Indeed they have made a career of welcoming people into – what is in essence – their

“Why do we ski”? asks my youngest child as we sit on a chairlift, snowflakes coating the landscape infinite white. Silence fills the air, our

I confess it has been too long since I last dined at the InterContinental Hotel Sydney. When I receive an invitation to experience a ‘voyage of

Hoi An – a tiny UNESCO World Heritage listed ‘Ancient Town’ on the South Central Coast of Vietnam – historically a major Port, now a riverside window

Before I had kids I travelled a lot – it was my job. When I was pregnant, friends with children said (regularly); “It will change

My love of staying in hotels is well documented, as is the joy I find in waking in a new destination – an exhilarating buzz

When it comes to Cruising Holidays I used to believe you fell into one of two camps; those who love to Cruise and those who