or from Brisbane to Melbourne for just $41 every time For over 25 years my little side hobby has been collecting frequent flyer points.Back then we had Ansett points, and we managed to get our whole family tickets to Queenstown New Zealand for a holiday. But at that exact moment Ansett was going broke. We … Continue reading How to Get an around the world ticket for $850 or less
It ain't that hard, really... Never want to lose your luggage? This is the one guaranteed option: Only travel with hand luggage in this post-COVID world that has record numbers of people flying and luggage being lost. Benefits of Hand Luggage Only: never lose your luggage! first through customs first out of the airport easy … Continue reading Hand Luggage Only
Sometimes you don’t know what you don’t know. Particularly when traversing so many countries and cultures in a fixed time. Here are a few of the things that we found interesting, funny and sometimes downright weird! (none of these are wrong or bad- just observations!) Getting your laundry done by the KG.When there is a … Continue reading 2019 Things that make you go…?
Money Makes you go round the world Money, This is always a bit of a confusing challenge. This trip we had ten different local currencies to deal with so quite a bit different than just heading to one place with one currency or around the EU with just Euro. There is no way we could … Continue reading 2019 Travel Hacks #5 Money
Or Dummies guide to getting Across the Chile Argentinian Border! It seems that wherever we have had to purchase an entry to a Government run park or cross a border, that there are three defined steps posted on the windows. Fill a Form Take form to next window and pay. Take receipt and form to … Continue reading 2019 Three Window Bureaucracy
Gadgets Gizmo's and Lounge Access With our extended travel this time for two months and only with carry on luggage we have tried to find a few gadgets to make it all a bit easier. Here are some of the things we have discovered. Multi Power Adaptor Together we have accumulated individual PowerPoint adaptors and … Continue reading 2019 Travel Hacks #4
No Check-in Having just carry on luggage and traveling light is one of the most useful and in some sense liberating part of travel. And even in life generally. If you know us, we have over the last decade deliberately downsized life! Moving from acreage to a two bedroom unit. From two cars to one. … Continue reading 2019 Travel Hacks #3
Handy apps TripIt.com Is the app my wife and I have used for years now for all of our bookings related to travel. It simply combines all the flights, accommodation, car hire and any other stuff related to a trip in one place which is easily accessible on your mobile phone. The best part is, … Continue reading 2019 Travel Hacks #2
Getting Frequent Flyer Flights. Getting a round world flight with Qantas is ‘just’ 140,000 points. Compared to say a return to LA for 90,000 points the round the world is very good value. If you plan several years ahead for a big trip then this can be doable. You don’t get points from flying, well … Continue reading 2019 Travel Hack #1
TWL (Today We Learned) that Londonderry (Derry) has a long history from a monastery founded in 546AD. The city wall was built in the early 1600’s and had never been breached, with most of it remaining intact today. It had become re fortified during the more recent Troubles. And today was a pleasant day as … Continue reading Derry-2019
