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Best advice for family holidays
Not sure about travelling with toddlers in tow? Nervous about holidaying with temperamental teenagers? It’s all about choosing the right sort of trip. What makes for a happy holiday with a...
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Trendwatch: digital detox holidays
You might be sick of your mobile phone interrupting your holidays, but are you ready to part with it? ”Digital detox” holidays are being touted as the next big thing in travel, as we become...
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A genuine escape
I promised to tell you about the accommodation at Freestyle Escape, which can be booked independently of the cooking school or any other activities there. It’s about 90 minutes from Brisbane, tucked...
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The name to watch in five-star hotels
Many will not have heard of it, but this once-obscure hotel brand has become a heavy-hitter in Australia. Pullman has become the largest five-star hotel brand in the country, snatching the title from...
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Spas are for little people, too
Do our children lead stressful lives? Or is pampering just part of the holiday experience for everyone these days? I have a bit of trouble comprehending that children need relaxing body scrubs or...
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High adventure on the cheap
Wish you could go travelling next year, but think you can’t afford it? That’s rubbish, says an expert budget traveller. Matthew Kepnes has been travelling the world for six years now, and has little...
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No crappy hotels, thanks
We Aussies have our standards when it comes to choosing overseas hotels. Australian travellers are the second highest spenders in the world when it comes to overseas hotel bookings, according to the...
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Hottest new hotels for 2013
Want to be in the hip crowd? Here are 10 of the smartest and sexiest hotels due to open around the world in 2013. Shangri-La, The Shard, London The Refinery, New York Parkroyal on Pickering, Singapore...
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Recommended travel websites
There are so many websites for travel information and bookings, it can be hard to know where to start. Here are some of the sites I will be using in 2013. Flight bookings Skyscanner has become my go-to...
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Do hotel star ratings still count?
Do you differentiate between stars and dots when you’re on the internet looking for a hotel? Does it bother you if a hotel is “self-rated” rather than having an official star rating? Or perhaps you...
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