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Top 10 travel insurance tips

FROM medical loopholes to animal theft, here's some insider advice on what to look for  - and what to avoid - when it comes to travel insurance.

Travel Too lazy to learn a foreign language?

Lost

I’VE always been ambivalent about learning foreign languages for my travels: What was the point?

Emerging The hottest destinations for 2011

Boracay

IF you're a traveller with a keen eye for emerging destinations, take a look at Flight Centre's hot spots list for 2011.

Warning Aussie travellers' carefree attitude 'risky'

Carefree

AUSTRALIANS holidaying overseas risk incurring significant expenses due to their carefree attitude about travel insurance, survey finds.

Guide 48 hours in Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

WHETHER you're planning a holiday in Malaysia or just stopping over, here are some tips to help you get the most out of the capital in just 48 hours.

Tips How to be comfortable in cattle-class

cattle class

TOP tips to make life in cattle class as enjoyable as it can be - including scoring bulk-head seats, bringing headphones and just saying no.

Modern Technology travellers can't live without

Travel tech

HOW times have changed: The Naked Traveller on the technology we can't live without on our travels.

Explore Top 10 countries that didn't exist 20 years ago

Eritrea

BE bold and venture into the unknown with Lonely Planet's list of countries that didn't exist 20 years ago.

Travel Health

Warning Aussie travellers' carefree attitude 'risky'

Carefree

AUSTRALIANS holidaying overseas risk incurring significant expenses due to their carefree attitude about travel insurance, survey finds.

Protection Boozy backpackers' sex risk warning

A CULTURE of binge drinking among backpackers is driving up risky sex and rates of sexually transmitted infections, specialists have warned.

DVT risk New travel blood clots fears

calf stetch / Michael Perini

DEADLY blood clots are just as likely to form from long-distance train and bus trips as they are from air travel, experts have warned.

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    Bad tips The worst travel advice

    man crying

    FROM flight upgrades to the fear of bum bags - Doc Holiday reveals some of the worst advice you'll encounter on your travels.

    In depth World's best airline amenity kits

    L'Occitane

    FIND out the items first class travellers are treated to with this list of the best airline amenity kits around.

    Wetter is Better World's best underwater experiences

    Truk Lagoon

    IF, like the Little Mermaid, you've ever dreamed of living under the sea, take a look at Lonely Planet's top aquatic experiences.

    Behave When good travellers turn bad

    Angry passenger

    BREAKING up with your long-time partner on top of the Eiffel Tower and fist-fights over luggage among ways travellers act up.

    Fraud New online scam hits Aussie travellers

    FRAUDSTERS are using the lure of cheap air fares to rip off Australian travellers in a scam police say is unlike anything they've seen before.

    Scale Lonely Planet reveals the world's best climbs

    Kilimanjaro

    STRAP yourself in and get ready to tackle the best ways to reach the top with Lonely Planet's list of the world's best climbs.

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