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Cheap travel for the masses may no longer exist in the short term as overseas holidays become more of a luxury item.

The era of cheap travel for the masses is over

In the post-COVID world, travel won't be for everyone anymore. It will be for those with plenty of cash.

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Can't go hiking in South America? There are plenty of spectacular hiking trails in Australia, such as the Larapinta walk ...

Podcast: How to live your international travel dreams in the bubble

We may have had to ditch our overseas travel plans this year but here's how you can recreate your dream travel at home.

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You'll have to book a timeslot to visit the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre in Paris.

Experts predict 11 ways the pandemic will change travel

Will we get over virus fears and return to travel joys, such as eating street food in Bangkok, dancing in crowded Tel Aviv nightclubs or staying in a South African hostel with bunk beds?

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Time out in Bali.

My post-pandemic travel dreams

Sunday Life's columnists tell where they want to be when the world is safe once more.

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We're looking for somewhere to go, somewhere new, somewhere different.

Sorry regional Australia: We're coming for you, and we're going to be a bit of a nightmare

We're coming to drink at your pubs and eat at your cafes and stay in your B&Bs and peruse your shops and wander your streets. And we're going to be a bit of a nightmare.

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Rick Steves, in Bruges, Belgium.

The future of post-pandemic travel, according this travel expert

Travel has changed considerably since European travel expert Rick Steves published his first guidebook in 1979.

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The return of the wanderer.

The 20 biggest questions about the future of travel, answered

Travel, as we knew it, is making its first tentative steps out of enforced hibernation.

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Many of us won't be seeing a credit or a refund for a non-stay, and it's likely down to us.

Can't get a refund on a hotel booking? Sorry, but it's probably your fault

Painful though it might be, missing out on a refund from a hotel booking could be down to us.

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A flight attendant wears both a face mask and shield.

New 'air curtain' could protect plane passengers from coronavirus

New technology on planes could create "air curtains" around passengers to reduce the risk of contracting Covid-19.

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Ben Groundwater in Esfahan, Iran.

'Stick to writing about holidays'? Congratulations, you're privileged

If the ugly parts of a country don't affect you, you don't have to worry about them. What a luxury.

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A tree house at Diamond Beach in Nusa Penida, Bali.

Why COVID-19 will make travel better, not worse

If you had asked me, before the pandemic, which aspect of travel I could most do without, here's what I would have answered.

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The Three Sisters seen from the Echo Point lookout near Katoomba in the Blue Mountains, NSW.

Podcast: Regional travel in Australia - the best places to visit

The regional communities and isolated attractions that you might have heard of, but have probably never visited.

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