Travel Planning

Travel quiz: Which Australian airport has the code OOL?

Are you an expert traveller? Test your knowledge with our travel quiz.

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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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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 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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One Qantas frequent flyer's codeshare flight with China Eastern resulted in a scary transit experience.

Letters: 'Frightening' transit through China on Qantas codeshare flight

Expecting to transit, these travellers found themselves on the wrong side of the terminal and without the visa they needed...

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A Residence suite on board an Etihad Airbus A380 superjumbo..

Travel quiz: How many 'Residence' class seats are on board an Etihad A380?

Are you an expert traveller? Test your knowledge with our travel quiz.

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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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'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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Letters: Where's my hotel room refund?

Holiday Inn Melbourne Airport has wiped their hands of my problem and refuse to communicate with me.

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