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Top tips: What to do when your flight gets cancelled
There is often a lot of stress associated with travelling abroad. Waking up early, beating peak hour traffic to the airport, shuffling through security and passport control with tired and excited children before you finally reach the boarding gate. But…
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Intrepid Travel successfully launches ‘travel confessions’ campaign for World Elephant Day 2019
Yesterday Intrepid launched a travel confessions campaign urging agents to admit their ‘responsible travel mistakes’ in aid of World Elephant Day 2019. 2019 marks five years since Intrepid became the first travel company to scrap elephant rides from its trips,…
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Tahitian cargo cruise line Aranui Cruises has added three itineraries to its 2021 program
Tahitian cargo cruise line Aranui Cruises has added three itineraries to its 2021 program, taking guests to 11 new island destinations including the cruise line’s maiden voyage to the Cook Islands, an expanded Pitcairn itinerary and the first dedicated Society…
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World Expeditions Launches new trip to Belize – Central America
Adventure travel specialist World Expeditions is expanding its Latin America programme with the addition of a brand new destination to its portfolio: Belize. Launching in December, Belize Jungle and Reef visits the pristine Lighthouse Reef Atoll, the most remote…
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The Weirdest Places in the World That You Just Have to Visit
When many think of travelling, they just want to go to the closest place that they know. Others want to go to the farthest place that they know, that way they get to be away from people. Today, on the…
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Let it snow!
To perfect timing from Mother Nature Whakapapa and Tūroa lower ski fields are in full swing for the school holidays. Thousands have already headed up the mountain to ski, snowboard, toboggan and sightsee. The holidays kicked off with a great…
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EXPLORE WANAKA was launched on May 1st 2018.
My wife Abby and I were both finishing up our career’s as professional Snowboarders and had just stepped into the very real world of becoming parents with our oldest daughter Lilian gracing our lives . At this point we…
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Greenland Dreams
I watched, a little confused and not really registering what I was seeing, as one of our huskies was swimming in a pool of ice and water while our dog sled sped past. Our driver carefully yanked on the rope…
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Tourism businesses can encourage sustainable behaviour among travellers
New research offers more incentive for tourism businesses to become more sustainable and share their efforts with international visitors, Tourism Industry Aotearoa says. The research was carried out by the University of Canterbury and ChristchurchNZ, and funded by the Tourism Industry New Zealand…
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Bed tax could encourage freedom camping
A bed tax on New Zealand’s holiday parks risks incentivising more people to freedom camp, Holiday Parks New Zealand is warning. HPNZ’s 300 member parks oppose the Productivity Commission’s suggested Accommodation Levy, which it has put forward as a way…
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