Shaney Hudson

Travel writer

Shaney Hudson is an award-winning freelance travel writer based in Sydney. Specialising in family travel, she likes to go where the wild things are.

Stepping aboard feels like walking onto the set of Mad Men – if Don Draper had gone cruising, this would be his ship of choice.

No one does a family holiday quite like Fiji. There are big resorts and small ones, but for children (and parents) the kids’ club is king.

Butter is the hero of innumerable dishes in France, where its quality is strictly enforced by law. The big problem is getting it home to Australia.

It’s becoming increasingly expensive to enter the world’s greatest museums, but here are some ways to keep costs down (or even get in for free).

Three hundred metres in, I’m already bleeding. My tentative return to multi-day hiking hasn’t started well.

Plantation hits the bullseye for families with amazing staff, a pristine reef and excellent food packages. We can’t wait to go back.

Fiji’s Denarau Island has enticing options for tropical travellers wanting an easy stay at an all-inclusive resort.

From blockbuster paintings to cabinet curios and even a bike tunnel, the Rijksmuseum is like no other art museum in Europe.

There are two specific items you can find here that you’ll struggle to find elsewhere in the world.

You’ve probably seen those social media posts where parents meekly hand out apologetic notes and earplugs. I think it’s sad.