Travel news
Traveller Letters: Please stop whingeing about business class
“Constant letters to Traveller whingeing and whining about the various failures of business class are decidedly irksome. We all seem to have become rather soft.”
Opinion
Tripologist
Spineless government is preventing cheaper flights for Australians
- by Michael Gebicki
Ugly duckling bargain hotel adds some interior pizazz
This much-loved hotel in Spain’s capital has had a welcome revamp.
- by Julietta Jameson
Tasmanian farm stay making waves for its clever, high-spec design
Iron Creek Bay Farm Stay, a little-heard-of budget accommodation in Tasmania, has just been shortlisted for an important international architecture award.
- by Julietta Jameson
The Melbourne hotel where you can now book the entire top floor
Pullman on the Park, Melbourne, is offering a whole floor - sleeping up to 36 people across 18 rooms - for a getaway with a difference.
- by Julietta Jameson
Striking new gallery finally opens after almost 100 years
Madrid’s new Royal Collections Gallery began construction in 2006, but was first conceptualised in the 1930s.
- by Julietta Jameson
‘Attenzione, pickpocket!’ TikTok star protects tourists from thieves
Venice resident Monica Poli has become prominent on social media for patrolling the streets of Venice, calling out would-be pickpockets to tourists.
- by Madison Malone Kircher
Opinion
Holidays
I dipped my toes into resort life and found a microcosm of excess
There was a day spa, a beach-adjacent infinity pool, a swim-up bar and a buffet service. But something bigger was missing.
- by Shona Hendley
Traveller Letters: Crikey! Bonza left me high and dry
“Fair shake of the sauce bottle, Bonza. This type of behaviour isn’t going to get you far.”
Passengers warned not to fly with fully charged devices over fire risk
America’s aviation regulator has warned passengers not to fly with a device charged to 100 per cent despite many cabins featuring charging ports.
- by Katherine Scott
Major revamp puts the groove back into heritage Melbourne hotel
In reimagining this city property, designers look to have taken the 1970s ball and run with it.
- by Julietta Jameson
Australian passports just became more powerful: Here are the countries you can now enter visa-free
According to the latest Henley Passport Index, Japan is no longer the world’s most powerful passport holder, and Australia’s has ascended two places.
- by Low De Wei