Travel news
Traveller Letters: New SmartGates at Sydney Airport are a schemozzle
“Arriving into Sydney recently, I found the familiar passport scanning machines replaced with banks of facial recognition devices.”
Singapore lost the ‘world’s best airport’ title. Here’s how it will get it back
Singapore’s Changi Airport may have been relegated to the second-best in the world this year, but it won’t let the grass grow under its feet.
- by Julietta Jameson
Opinion
USA
Even Americans are getting sick of having to tip
My question is: what took them so long? Australians have not been tipping for decades.
- by Lee Tulloch
Traveller Letters: The best airport in the world? I don’t think so
“Having just returned to Melbourne via Qatar, I’m unsure how Hamad International Airport in Doha is the new world No.1.”
‘One word – disgusting!’ The sad, sorry state of airline vegetarian meals
As many as 12 per cent of Australians are vegetarian or eat little meat. So, why aren’t airlines doing better?
- by Andrea Sachs
Opinion
Tripologist
Australian airline passengers are being treated like mugs
Compared to the US and Europe, Australian passengers are treated with contempt here. And that’s just the way the airlines like it.
- by Michael Gebicki
How Paris is going to gouge tourists this year
Visitors to the French capital during the European summer will pay more for hotels, meals out, entry to tourist attractions and public transport.
- by Sophie Dickinson
Traveller Letters: I never appreciated AirTags until this happened
“I stood at the baggage carousel at Rome Airport, watching all the other passengers take their bags until the carousel ran empty.”
The cruise industry’s Asia boom will have (delicious) benefits
The focus of cruise energy has long been on North America and Europe. Prepare for a change as Asia takes to the seas.
- by Brian Johnston
Opinion
Japan
Tourism is booming in Japan and the country is not handling it well
Japan needs to find better solutions to overtourism than simply blocking things off.
- by Gearoid Reidy
Traveller Letters: Qantas’ new frequent flyer scheme just another disappointment
“For years I could grab business class reward flights on Qantas or Velocity frequent flyer points by carefully checking early every morning 353 days ahead of my planned trips.”