Vanessa Brown

Australia is advising travellers to be alert when consuming spirits in Laos after five people, including two young Australian women, died in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in the tourist town of Vang Vieng.

One upon a time, a holiday destination that wasn’t within a short drive of a grocery store, a stone’s throw from a pub or within walking distance of a coffee shop earned itself a pretty low ranking on many holiday-makers’ priority lists.

It may often be referred to as Australia’s ‘nanny state’ — but Sydney has still got it, with one suburb ranking the highest across the country in a global ‘cool’ list.

An Australian man has unleashed on Virgin Australia, after a tiny mark on his partner’s passport stopped them from boarding a flight to Bali.

The white sandy beaches and laid-back lifestyle that attracts hordes of visitors each and every year to Byron Bay has officially kicked off a new rule “10 years” in the making, that will impact where and how tourists spend their time in the idyllic region.

Following the success of its Melbourne to Istanbul route earlier this year, Turkish Airlines has announced Sydney will now be brought into the mix for flights headed to Istanbul.

It’s the once popular route that serviced Australians for almost 30 years.

One of Australia’s favourite destinations is set to increase the tourist tax by about three times the amount it was this time last year.

Sometimes in life, you have an experience so enjoyable, so unexpected and so close to home — you wonder why on earth it’s taken so long to explore.

A US expat who revealed how she was scammed out of $3000 after buying multiple Apple gift cards at a Woolworths supermarket has shared a “crushing” blow in response to her story.