Traveller Tips

Tips

How to get a decent seat in economy class

Get in early to make sure you can spread out, writes Jane E. Fraser.

Q&A

Your questions

What would be the best-value destination for a week-long break at Easter?

Tips

GPS and travelling: get lost without getting lost

Get lost ... or don't. GPS units can do more than find a point on a map.

Satellite navigation units do more than get you from A to B, writes Jane E. Fraser.

Motorhomes

Wheel adventure on the cheap

Cruising interstate in a motorised palace is the only way to drive your dollar, writes Dan Goldberg.

Tips

Top travel secrets you need to know

Secret-lips

Here are the best undiscovered tips and tools for travelling smarter, faster, safer and more affordably.

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Your questions

Where's the best place to shop in Thailand? Bangkok or Phuket?

Airline food

Peas in your dessert? Airlines don't care

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Don't expect an airline to respond if your in-flight meal is bad - even if you do write the world's greatest complaint letter.

Trends

House swapping makes for cheap travel

House-Swapping

Marla Jo Fisher You can travel all over the world on a budget, swapping your house with someone who wants to come here.

Business travel

It's in the bag

What makes an ideal laptop bag? Claire Halliday asks people on the go to nominate their favourites.

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Your questions

What should we do during a three-day stopover in Dubai?

Tips

Great deals with last-minute travel

Last-minute travel is all the rage with great deals to be had, writes Jane E. Fraser.

Tips

Hotel club lounges: upgrade to an oasis

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Joanna Hall finds club lounges are a great way to enjoy the high life, minus the cost.

Tips

Flying in Europe can be dirt cheap

Hot seats ... it pays to know about Europe's low-cost carriers.

David Whitley shows how to make Europe's budget airlines work for you.

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Your questions

We are looking for reasonable family accommodation in Singapore.

Budget flights

High flyers flex cheaper wings

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There are ways to work around the inflexible restrictions airlines put on flights. Clive Dorman shows you how.

Tips

A guide to personal tour guides

Trouble-free ... hiring local tour guides like taxi drivers is an ideal way to explore.

A personal tour guide can give you a unique introduction to their world - from the grassroots up, writes Jane E. Fraser.

Q&A

Your questions

I'm planning to take six to eight weeks of holidays, depending on the price. Can you please explain peak and off-peak travel.

Air travel tips

Don't fly off the handle on a bad flight

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Common sense - from crew and passengers - can go a long way in dealing with problems on board.

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Your questions

What are the must-sees of Cairns and what's new? Where should we stay, Cairns or Port Douglas?

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Your questions

Any ideas on how and where to celebrate my birthday in August, 2010, inviting couples and family to come with us?

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