Ski tips
Equity Total Ski launches an online operation, how to combine days on the slopes with evenings at the card table, mixing glacier skiing with hiking and horse riding, and how to organise a do-it-yourself holiday to America.
Tourism is bad for our health
Travellers looking for guilt-free trips should be aware that there's no easy solution, argues Guardian Unlimited's Environment Editor, Joanna Griffiths
I can see clearly now the rain has come
New Zealand This has been a week of firsts. My first time in a sea kayak, first time camping solo, first ride in a helicopter, and my first time ice climbing on a glacier.' But Sam also has time to reflect on life back in London
US skiing prices go on climbing
British skiers may be attracted to North America by ever cheaper package holidays but they could be shocked by the cost of living in the resorts.
And when you’re not skiing…
Anna Rockall forsakes the planks to climb, float and skid about the mountainside.
The full treatments
From Baden-Baden to Budapest, and Henlow to Hua Hin, Joanna Israelsohn picks 20 of the best places to pamper yourself around the world.
Book early for a yellow fever jab
Joanne O'Connor on how vaccine shortages are hitting travellers.
Health check
Over the summer months, 151 cases of West Nile fever including 12 deaths, have been reported in Jerusalem, Golan and Tel Aviv in Israel.
Budgeting for a round-the-world cycling trip
I'm planning to take a year off and cycle round the world on the cheap, and I was wondering how much I should budget for on a daily basis? Andrea Crisp