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A city tour is a good way to spend a long layover in Doha.

How should I spend a 14-hour layover in Qatar?

You’ve got plenty of time and provided you arrive at a reasonable hour, you could take one of the transit tours offered by Qatar Airways.

  • Michael Gebicki
Hotels and cruise ships shouldn’t be forcing staff to compete with each other.

A hotel staffer begged me for a good review. Her job was on the line

The travel industry’s obsession with reviews is turning life into The Hunger Games for staff. It has to stop.

  • Ben Groundwater
Big male tuskers can be beautiful, but frightening.

A stare-off with a wild elephant taught me a valuable lesson

At this point I think, he’ll move away now, once he realises we’re blocking his path. He doesn’t. He keeps on coming.

  • Lee Tulloch
Turkey is cracking down on passengers who get up from their seats too early.

Passengers getting up too early on landing? One country has had enough

The aircraft is still taxiing, the announcement has been made, yet passengers are still standing up to drag bags from the overhead lockers. I don’t get it.

  • Michael Gebicki
Cefalu a medieval village of Sicily in the province of Palermo.

Your questions: What’s the best way to travel around Sicily?

Is it better to have one base and make day trips or spend two to three nights in some towns?

  • Michael Gebicki
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Eiffel tower souvenirs on sale in Paris.

They might be tacky, but this is why I buy souvenirs

An entire industry has been generated by our need to say “I was there”, and to prove it with something small, mass-produced and badly painted.

  • Terry Durack
In Japan, the price on the menu is the price you pay.

The place where tourist scams and rip-offs don’t exist

To travel in the rest of the world is to be on your guard, wondering if you’re paying too much or being taken advantage of. That doesn’t happen here.

  • Ben Groundwater
Avoid the squeeze.

When you hit the jackpot, even flying economy class can be a joy

Flying economy class is hell, but I can still find joy in it. Here’s how.

  • Lee Tulloch
Madolline Gourley in Cradle Mountain, Tasmania.

The US denied entry to Madolline. It’s causing her issues with other countries

In 2022, US border officials refused entry to Madolline Gourley. It is now causing her problems trying to enter places like Canada and New Zealand.

  • Michael Gebicki
A road near Winton, Queensland – the outback is more of a feeling than a place.

Where does the outback actually begin? Even Tourism Australia isn’t sure

This somewhere place, a realm imbued with myth and legend, is a region without set borders.

  • Katrina Lobley

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/traveller/topic/opinion-1ql