Travel

Jetstar is facing a class action lawsuit over flights cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australia
Ailish Delaney

Jetstar faces class action over cancelled flights

The airline allegedly owes hundreds of thousands of customers compensation.

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Jetstar have announced a mega sale.
Australia
Matt Shrivell

Biggest sale of the year as Aussies snap up cheap flights

Australians are feverishly checking their calendars after 375,000 heavily discounted seats for international a domestic travellers were released.

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Paper incoming passenger cards will be replaced with digital passes in a new trial involving Qantas passengers travelling from NZ.
Travel
Molly Magennis

Australia set to scrap much hated airport chore

We all have to do it, but this one task travellers loathe could soon be just a bad memory.

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Luxury superyacht Malia costs $2.1 million a week.
World
CNBC

What does $2.1 million get you on a superyacht holiday?

Featuring a spa, pool, gym, Turkish hammam bath, massage rooms, a glass-edged infinity pool, and a glass-bottomed jacuzzi, this is what a week-long holiday on a 255-foot superyacht looks like.

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Heroic security guard speaks out after London attack.
Australia
Caleb Taylor

Dramatic details emerge after security guard tackles knifeman attacking Australian girl

The security guard raced to help when he saw the knife-wielding man set upon the 11-year-old tourist.

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Wizz Air has launched an ‘all you can fly” annual pass.
Travel
CNBC

International airline launches ‘all you can fly’ $830 pass

Details on the airline’s website show passengers can book flights with ‘no limits’ to any of its international destinations up to three days before departure.

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A tourist explores the ancient city of Persepolis in south Iran.
Travel
Sarah Crawford

The ‘Do Not Travel’ countries thousands of Aussies visit

They are the countries deemed too dangerous to visit. But in the past year, Australians have made nearly 68,000 trips to places on the Government’s Do Not Travel list.

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Zara Hull and Kaylie Pitzer collapsed in the pool in a Cancun resort after a sip of spiked water that sent Hull to the ICU.
World
Hayley Taylor

Terrifying moment two women collapse in resort pool as drinks spiked

‘Within seconds, at the same time, our heads hit the pool bar.’

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Simpsons Beach in Broome. the town came in at 9th on the list.
Travel
Peta Rasdien

Australia’s 10 most Insta-beautiful towns named

The nation’s 10 most beautiful towns and villages, as deemed by social media, have been named on a list that is sure to inspire some heated debate. 

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Lily King, 18, died after she suffered anaphylaxis at a restaurant in Morocco during a family holiday in June.
Travel
Hayley Taylor

Teen girl’s last words before dying after restaurant meal

Lily King, 18, was dining during a holiday with her family in Morocco when she began to experience itchiness, nausea and breathing difficulties.

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Smartraveller has warned Australians travelling in the UK to exercise a ‘high degree of caution’.
World
Matt Shrivell

‘Threat of terrorism’: Major travel warning issued for UK

Australians planning trips to the UK are being urged to exercise a ‘high degree of caution’ as a ‘threat of terrorism’ warning is issued.

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Architectural Digest names ‘the 20 most beautiful cities in the world’ and Adelaide tops the list
Travel
Caitlin Vinci

Unexpected Aus city dubbed ‘most beautiful in the world’

Prestigious magazine Architectural Digest has released a list of ‘the 20 most beautiful cities in the world’ and an unexpected Australian city has stolen the crown.

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For 20 years, before civil war tore the city apart, Beirut was in its Golden Age.
World
Georgina Noack

How Beirut was once the Paris of the Middle East

Before it became a city synonymous with urban disasters, conflict and chaos, Beirut was a colourful, prosperous city known as the Paris of the Middle East.

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Australian travellers will soon be able to fast-track security screenings in US airports now that Australia has signed up to the US Global Entry program.
Travel
Hayley Taylor

Major change for Aussie travellers to the US from next year

Here’s what you need to know.

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Jetstar has relaunched Brisbane to Bangkok flights.
Travel
Caleb Taylor

Jetstar offers free ‘return home’ fares from popular tourist destination

Travellers could save big bucks — but you better be quick.

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