LIVE: our fat bloke at fit camp in Devon

Daily updates from Mark Barber on his quest to shed stones at a boot camp on Exmoor

• Reclaim Your Self, Marrakesh

Grand Hotel Excelsior, Malta

A lacklustre stay at a big-scale hotel where the spa has a huge menu but crowded rooms

• The Fortina Spa in Malta

Cruise passengers say: ‘We’ll tip when we want to’

Regulars increasingly hostile to a system that is more mandatory than discretionary

• 'Cunard wanted £600 in tips'

Chalet Chef 2010: The final shortlist

We name the six chalet companies that will go through to a cook-off in mid-November

We discover Italy's secret ski resort

Is it impossible to find epic pistes without epic crowds? Yes — and it’s called Moena, says Sunday Times ski editor Sean Newsom

Escape to Vietnam's secret coast

Off the beaten track there's a stretch of beachy coastline as gorgeous and undiscovered as the best of Bali 20 years ago

• The sexiest beach in Thailand

A Scottish monastery retreat

After renouncing the pleasures (and stresses) of modern life, a week of silent contemplation cured our man

The best UK-Denmark ferry

Trevor Adams wants advice on which service to take with his car from Harwich

Visit Berlin’s brave new world

Two decades after the fall of the Wall, Berlin’s streets are buzzing with confidence – but clues to a divided past are never far away

Profile: Toptable's Karen Hanton

An upgrade to first class? No thanks. The restaurant booking website founder explains why

Business travellers of the world unite! Well Britain anyway...

Travel agency body launches survey as it seeks to influence political parties in the run-up to the General Election

10 cosy British inns

Roaring fires, first-rate food, fine ales — here are some favourite pubs and inns for a countryside escape

A female going solo in Tajikistan

Intrepid reporter Caroline Eden negotiates the 'Roof of the World' – Tajikistan and the High Pamirs in Central Asia