The Editorial Team

Lauren McMahMorning homepage editor

Lauren has been a journalist for more than a decade, since graduating with a degree in communications from the University of Technology, Sydney. After completing her cadetship with NewsCorp, she worked at several of Sydney’s NewsLocal newspapers and as a senior reporter at mX, covering everything from national news and politics to travel, lifestyle and entertainment. She joined news.com.au as a news reporter in 2016, and is now the site’s Afternoon Homepage Editor.

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Luxury

Orchard Keepers, on the Mornington Peninsula, has taken out first place in the Indulgence category of the 2018 HomeAway Holiday Rental Awards.

Inside luxury $1000-a-night rental

IT COSTS a bomb but this stunning property has just been named the best place to rent in Australia.

Flights

A Virgin Australia plane is seen at Sydney Airport, Wednesday February 28, 2018. Virgin Australia's board has decided against delisting the airline from the ASX following discussions with major shareholders. (AAP Image/Peter Rae) NO ARCHIVING

Virgin’s plan after whopping $681m loss

VIRGIN Australia’s CEO has explained why the airline is positive despite posting a full-year loss of $681 million.

Travel Updates

Passengers used cable ties to strap down the man. Picture: 7 News

‘Sloshed’ couple disrupts Bali-Perth flight

A COUPLE will face court after an alcohol-fuelled in-flight argument forced a Garuda plane to make an unscheduled landing.

Europe

ONE TIME WEB USE ONLY - FEE APPLIES FOR REUSE - Migrants arrive on tourist beach in Spain. Picture: Solarpix/Australscope

Last thing tourists expected to see on luxe beach

POSH holiday-makers were enjoying a sunny day on one of Spain’s best beaches when a surreal arrival of migrants left them stunned.

Health & Safety

ESCAPE RELAUNCH STOCK SHOTS - generic photo of a cruise ship / cruise liner. Picture: iStock

Cruise ship fear we can all relate to

FORGET about falling overboard, bad storms or even pirates. When it comes to cruising, this is the fear that’s putting Australians off.

New Zealand

NZ ditches notorious airport time-waster

AFTER wasting 100,000 hours of our time every year, New Zealand is finally doing something it should have done a long time ago.

Travel Money

ESCAPE: Bali adventure, Paul Ewart. Sunset Surfing. Picture: istock

You should book your Xmas holiday now

WE ALL want to save big bucks on our summer getaways. The experts say this is the best way to do it.

Accommodation

Aussies trashed this guy's Aibnb. Picture: Dean Purcell/NZ Herald

What Aussies did to this NZ Airbnb

A BUNCH of Australians stayed in this Auckland house on Bledisloe Cup game night. Things got very out of hand.

Travel Incidents

Couple killed by ‘something in their room’

THE daughter of a couple who died mysteriously on holiday insists the perfectly healthy tourists were killed by “something in their room”.

Asia

In this Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018 photo, an elderly Rohingya refugee man crosses a makeshift bamboo bridge at Kutupalong refugee camp, a ramshackle sprawl of camps built amid low rolling hills and endless monsoon-season mud, in Bangladesh. First built more than 20 years ago by earlier, smaller waves of Rohingya refugees, the camps in Cox's Bazar district exploded in size last year when Myanmar's army launched its attacks around Aug. 25, and hundreds of thousands of Rohingya began flooding across the border. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Lost generation the world is ignoring

ONE year ago today, the lives of hundreds of thousands of people changed instantly. They’re still suffering and we’re still turning a blind eye.

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