As self-imposed exiles go, this one is exquisite, sexy, opulent and indulgent. My wife, Kerry, and I are holed up in one of the new, sumptuous over-the-water bungalow at Sandals South Coast Resort in Jamaica, and, we don't want to leave. So, we don't. We sequester ourselves in a four-day cocoon of over-water coupledom to celebrate our 25th wedding ...

​ There's no reason you can't stay in luxury while being a mangrove rehabilitation voluntourist in Miami. Feeling virtuous, my wife and I tuck into the elaborate tasting menu at KYU. The wine-and-dine extravaganza at the Asian-inspired barbecue hotspot in Miami's warehouse-turned-hipster Wynwood neighbourhood is justified after our stint of volunto...

Staying on a classic houseboat while in Amsterdam is the very Dutch thing to do. Channelling my inner Amsterdammer, I sleep in a canal boat and then cycle in the rain. It's all part of making my visit to the Dutch capital as authentic, and unique, as possible. I've been to Amsterdam before and stayed at DoubleTree, which is a very nice chain hotel ...

The Happiest Place on Earth goes all out for Halloween, and then Christmas. Shortly after we're startled by the Headless Horseman galloping by, we enter The Haunted Mansion. Then we hurl ourselves through a mostly-dark galaxy, get in an elevator with dodgy wiring, perilously hang upside down and ride a railway with sketchy tracks. But, it's all goo...

The light isn't hitting the polished aluminum of the airplane just right. So, everyone who turned up at this Air Canada news conference a little early, myself included, is asked to put a shoulder into the wing and push the aircraft. When the 38-foot-long and 6,454-pound 1937 Lockheed L-10A plane reaches the middle of the Air Canada hangar at Vancou...

​The Japanese may have coined the term, but one of the best places to forest bathe is on the West Coast's Salt Spring Island. In the mood for a little forest bathing, my wife, Kerry, and I make a beeline for Mount Erskine Provincial Park. Truth be told, we really didn't even know what forest bathing was until five minutes earlier. That's when Janet...