Reviews & advice
Opinion
Tripologist
Which credit card should travellers use? These have the best perks
Do you want your card to include travel insurance, have low-fee ATM withdrawals or generate maximum points? No card does everything.
- by Michael Gebicki
Opinion
Tripologist
Tripologist: What’s the best stopover destination on the way to the UK?
- by Michael Gebicki
This Mexico resort elevates ‘all-inclusive’ to new levels of indulgence
This resort in Mexico elevates “all-inclusive” to a new level of indulgence. As the staff member who shows me to my room puts it – “we are here to spoil you”.
- by Rob McFarland
★★★★
Hotel reviews
Melbourne’s outstanding new airport hotel is a little bit Jetsons
The current Skytrax’s World’s Best Airport Hotel better hang onto its tiara – the futuristic Novotel ibis Styles Melbourne Airport is coming for it.
- by Julietta Jameson
The things no one tells you about visiting this bucket-list paradise
Getting to the Maldives is an expensive, time-zone-warping, flight-jigsawing effort. And you don’t want to get stuck in the capital overnight.
- by Kate Allman
★★★½
Hotel reviews
This no-frills bush retreat just got a luxe upgrade
Eco wellness stay Billabong Retreat just got a flush $1.5 million revamp – but there are a few telling signs it’s stayed true to its modest roots.
- by Katherine Scott
★★★★
Airport reviews
This airport aims to have no one wait more than 10 minutes. It succeeds
Marseille in France has more than 10 million passengers a year, but its setup looks well-equipped to handle many more.
- by Justine Costigan
★★★★
Hotel reviews
Glam it up at this affordable jungle resort (with bonus turtles)
At Sri Lanka’s Sheraton Kosgoda Turtle Beach Resort, it’s worth staying for the buffet alone, and there are numerous scenic spots to retreat to post-meal.
- by Julia D'Orazio
★★★★
Bruges
An affordable boutique hotel in Europe’s best-preserved medieval city
This is the perfect base to explore this beautiful, historic Belgian city or as a rest stop on a longer European trip.
- by Shaney Hudson
This quirky new luxury Paris hotel is way cooler than its name implies
Stylish and sophisticated yet relaxed and unpretentious, the boutique Hotel Norman could be a model for a cooler, more welcoming post-Olympics Paris.
- by Anthony Dennis
Opinion
Tripologist
Australians might finally get better treatment from our airlines
A federal election is looming, and the possibility of all manner of chicanery that our airlines might use to water down the charter of rights.
- by Michael Gebicki
Opinion
Tips & advice
So your hotel is ‘fully accessible’? That may not mean what you think
I live with multiple disabilities; I don’t need a ramp but I do need to know about your door knobs and the placement of your toilet roll.
- by Imogen Kars
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