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Flying Tiger Airways within Australia: How to play by their rules

Tiger Airways offers great deals for travel within Australia. However, chances are you have had friends complain bitterly about the hassle and hidden costs experienced when flying with them. To avoid problems you have to play by Tiger’s rules. Here are some top tips on how to do that. 1. If you have no luggage [...]

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Best cheap eats in Brisbane

You cannot associate a cheap restaurant to a distasteful meal. Brisbane offers a variety of restaurants and it’s your prerogative to which one best suits you taste and preferences. Diners usually have different criteria that will define what the “best restaurant” is for them. The criteria for judging are based from the aspects of ambiance, [...]

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Packing Tips for Business Travel

Packing for a trip can be stressful and it’s even more stressful if it’s a business trip that you are preparing for. With all the gadgets, documents, clothes and shoes that you have to bring along, it is always every businessperson’s problem on how to travel lightly and stay within the given baggage allowance.

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Learning Foreign Languages

In a day and age where we are all connected via a great thing called the World Wide Web, the need to know English is more important than ever before. But that is not to mean that if you speak it, you should not worry about knowing any other native tongue. Yes, English may be [...]

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Preparing for the Worst

Traveling overseas can be a huge eye opener for an tourist, no matter how old you are, but even more so for an Australian who is completely sheltered from life abroad While we have TVs and internet and other ways of connecting to the foreign world, you never really know until you go. But while [...]

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What You Need to Know About Visas

A visa is a travel document that gives a person permission to enter a specific country and stay there for a certain amount of time. Contact the embassy or the consulate in the country that is being traveled to for information on visa requirements with help from a travel agent in this free video on [...]

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Budgeting on Your Trip

Budgeting on your trip is as important as any part of any holiday. Usually those who are backpacking around the world do not have an enormous budget to pick into. On most occasions their initial funds will not even see them out for their entire holiday, and a lot of tourists find themselves working for [...]

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Overcoming Jet Lag

Jet Lag is a real pain in the ass. Let’s face it. I mean, who looks forward to the long 24 flight from on continent, across another, to land in a different one? No one does, but we do it for the sake of traveling. Jet lag stuffs up our sleeping patterns and leaves us [...]

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Australian Government Travel Tips

Every country has their own travel guides to which they give to the citizens in an attempt to ensure everything goes well during their trip. The Australian government has recently updated their travel guide in 2010 and has included ten tips for Australians about to embark on an overseas adventure. Here is the list of [...]

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Lonely Planet Travel Tips

The guru in travel advice, The Lonely Planet, has released an advice book for those traveling in 2010. The guide gives tips and helpful hints for travelers around the world, and some important advice for first timers. Here is a sneak peak at what is included in the guide: Be mindful of religious sensibilities It’s [...]

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