I thought the day would never come so I was over the moon to learn that at last a hotel is offering a full 24 hour stay. You can check in anytime you want – yes, that’s right – A-N-Y-T-I-M-E – and check out again a whole 24 hours later! At long last guests will … Read more about At last, a hotel offers a full 24 hour stay – hurray for The Address in Dubai!
So you’re a travel writer about to create an itinerary? Above all, it needs to be inspiring. You want people to read it and get excited about going to this place. You want them to rip the thing out of the magazine/paper or print it off the web and book a holiday. If you’ve been … Read more about Top secrets of travel writers: how to create an itinerary that is inspirational and useful
There is an art to creating itineraries that are inspirational (the kind travellers want to rip out of magazines and print off the web to save for a trip) and useful (one travellers can follow and have a great time or pick and choose from and still have fun). It’s not rocket science. So I’m … Read more about Itineraries: a case study in how not to create them, OR how to have a bad time in 24 hours
Leaving the traveller versus tourist debate aside, what kind of tourist/traveller are you? Would you consider yourself to be a ‘casual tourist’? Or a ‘casual traveller’ if you object to being called a tourist at all? While my husband Terence was cooking dinner one evening in the big country kitchen my uncle and aunt have … Read more about Are you a casual tourist? Or traveller. The key word being ‘casual’.
Before we moved overseas a decade ago we thought Australian restaurants were some of the best in the world. And it wasn’t that we hadn’t travelled much. We had. But a meal at Testuya’s, Rockpool or Aria was better than any we’d eaten at overseas – even in New York. Yet since returning to Australia … Read more about What happened to the quality of Australia’s restaurants – and its restaurant reviewing?