Reviews & advice
Letters: Qantas expands regional network, but some frequent flyers won’t be wooed
When it comes to flying in the regions, Rex wins with cheap prices and friendly, competent crews.
★★★½
Train journeys
Train review: Thai’s second class delivers a comfortable night’s sleep
- by Justin Meneguzzi
Opinion
Air travel
Qantas is improving its boarding process, but will customers be happy?
If you haven’t flown Qantas in a while, you might be surprised to hear about the current system for getting passengers on a plane.
- by Ben Groundwater
Being a cool ‘traveller’ is overrated. Here’s why I’d rather be a tourist
Everyone wants to be a ‘traveller’ not a ‘tourist’. Both mean you’re exploring someplace foreign to you but one term has cachet while the other gets a bad rap.
- by Natalie B. Compton
This is how many credit and debit cards you need overseas
There’s a perfect minimum when travelling overseas, but there’s nothing wrong with more.
- by Michael Gebicki
★★★★½
Airline reviews
Airline review: One of the cheapest and best economy cabins to Europe
Turkish Airlines’ economy cabin is stylish, immaculate and a cut above many other carriers.
- by Flip Byrnes
Flight delayed or cancelled? Don’t expect compensation in Australia
Our airlines delay and cancel flights at will because they can, and they can because our government does nothing to make them do otherwise.
- by Michael Gebicki
The relaxing Japanese practice being hailed as the ‘new yoga’ for its health benefits
The Japanese art of submerging oneself in nature for relaxation and health benefits is a hot travel trend you can now experience in Australia.
- by Lee Tulloch
Traveller letters: ‘Buckley’s’ chance of compensation for flight delays
‘Yes, compensation for delayed flights does operate in Europe, but perhaps not so well as hoped.’
A fairytale stay in an Italian castle
This extraordinary place has more than 2000 years of history and a bird’s eye view of Ischia and the Gulf of Naples.
- by Justine Costigan
★★★★
Airport reviews
Worst airport finally transformed into something New York deserves
US President Joe Biden once referred to LaGuardia Airport as “third world”, but a multibillion-dollar investment has turned things around.
- by Kristie Kellahan
Opinion
Tips & advice
Two essential things to survive long-haul flights with kids
Why should the presence of a miniature human or two stop you from travelling? Plan to involve these two things.
- by Ben Groundwater