The Editorial Team

After graduating with a degree in Media and Broadcast, Vanessa landed a job with the Today Show working across the country and the world on entertainment, news and lifestyle stories before starting at news.com.au in 2016. In her current role as travel editor, Vanessa has travelled both domestically and abroad writing and filming content for the site, including yearly coverage of the Birdsville Races in outback Queensland and swimming with whale sharks off the coast of Cabos in Mexico.

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Best of Travel

You can stay at this incredible private island

Hidden island you can stay on for $130

Surrounded by crystal clear waters and white sands, this hidden cabin is the ultimate island paradise – without the hefty price tag.

Best of Travel

Inside Beckham’s $37m holiday home

If you’ve ever wondered what a Beckhams holiday looks like, this multimillion-dollar pad is just the beginning of their extravagant lifestyle.

Travel Incidents

Cruise liner Sun Princess docked at the Cairns Cruise Liner Terminal. PICTURE: STEWART McLEAN

Cruise ship passengers hit with gastro

A cruise ship that left Perth earlier this month has been hit with a highly-contagious bout of gastro, leaving a portion of passengers infected by the virus.

Flights

Branson’s bizarre airport stunt

Virgin Australia has a new flight route — and Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson found a very unique way of delivering the news at Brisbane airport.

Adventure

This Australian destination quiz proves we don't know much about our own backyard.

Quiz only 1% of Aussies get right

When it comes to exploring our own backyard, it turns out not many Australians know the famous landmarks around the country.

Flights

Galin arrived at the airport with Viktor, a lookalike “cat double” named Phoebe, who weighed less than the airlines rule of 7.7kg.

Sneaky passenger loses 400,000 points

One loyal plane passenger has reportedly lost about 400,000 airline miles after playing a game of cat and mouse with the carrier.

Flights

This is what rules apply to those who sit in the middle seat on a plane.

Controversial middle seat plane rule

It is a fate you wouldn’t wish upon your enemies, but if you are seated in the middle seat on a plane – this is one thing you can’t do.

Europe

Faroe Islands will be closed to tourists from next year.

Popular island to be closed to tourists

Housing a colony of puffins and remarkable landscapes, this island is about to close to tourists for a little while – but it’s for a good cause.

Travel Incidents

The pilot was arrested after people in the terminal said they could see him naked in his hotel room.

Pilot’s $438k payday for nude act

A pilot has cashed in after being wrongly accused of indecent exposure while staying in a 10th-floor room at a hotel in Denver.

Flights

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 14: A Qantas commercial plane takes off at Sydney Airport on March 14, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has suspended operations of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 in Australia following a deadly crash that killed 157 people in Ethiopia on Sunday 10 March. Up until CASA's decision Fiji Airways was the only airline flying the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in Australia after Singapore's SilkAir announced it was temporarily ground its six aircraft on Tuesday. Safety concerns about the model of aircraft were first raised in October 2018 after a Lion Air flight in Indonesia crashed, killing all 189 people aboard. Since Sunday's crash in Ethiopia, Boeing has announced plans to update the aircrafts software. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Qantas announces flight route to be axed

Australian airline Qantas has announced it will axe one of its Sydney services after a third attempt in 35 years to make it viable.

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