I am planning on going out to Australia in March 2007 for a family wedding.
I will probably be travelling over there with some family, but is not 100% yet, as they have their flights already booked, and I may not be able to get a good deal on their flights etc. They paid £580 return with Qantas, which seems quite good.
Are flights generally cheaper booked well in advance, or nearer the time, or doesn't it matter? IE should I book now to get the best deals?
Another thing is that, I will be going over there for 2 weeks, like they are, as it's silly to go that far for a few days, and I am planning on going on a little side trip whilst there.
I plan on flying to Adelaide with them (where the family lives), and staying there for a few days, then flying to Sydney and staying 3 nights, then flying to Melbourne and staying 3 nights, then flying back to Adelaide for the rest of the time and the wedding.
Are there any companies that specialise in this kind of thing? Or would I be best booking everything seperatly? Like, book the flights and each hotel seperatly? I have found that booking hotels closer to the time, seems to be cheaper, so maybe book the flights soon, then wait till early next year to book the hotels?
I'm going to pop into the travel agents to see what they suggest, as I'm a bit stumped at the moment lol, though I managed to book a trip to Barcelona on my own, but that was just a return flight, and a hotel for 3 nights.
I am allowing about £1500 for this trip, is this a realistic guess?
Any advice much appreciated!
We visit Oz every couple of years or so and always book with one of the Oz specialists such as Travel Quest, TravelMood, Travelbag etc. We make a point of getting the Sunday Times every week and their Travel section has all of their adverts in it Most airline have short term sales in it and we usually choose one of them Always go for extra leg room, B.A. offer a miserly 31" most Far East ones like Singapore, Malaysia and the likes of Emirates all give you 34", also their inflight entertainment package is far superior to B.A. Malaysian offers free internal flights for a stopover to the likes of Penang Langkawi, and Singapore with resonable Hotels at good prices and we've stopped over for a couple of days at all of them using this perk. As far as the internal flight go we usually find the budget carrier Virgin Blue ( yes mr. Bransons ) to work out over all the cheapest We always book it online from here as with the likes of Easyjet the price usually rises as the travel date approaches Hope this helps Alan
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I cannot help you getting over here but might be able to when you get here
To get hotels we use
http://www.accorhotels.com.au
When in Melbourne we stay at the Novatel on Collins it is in the centre of the city and in Sydney The Menzies it is in the centre of the city there also
An other web site we use is Quickbeds .com
Trips for your stay in those city look up
http://www.viator.com they have day trips for all over the world also Grayline do trips also
Must see places in Sydney are a harbour cruise or ferry trip and go up the Centrepoint Sydney Tower it is on Market street near the corner of Pitt street in the city and a day trip to the Blue Mountains is very good
Melbourne there is a brown tram that does a circle of the city it is free the only thing that is . The best look out is the Rialto tower in Collins street and near Spencer street
A day trip that is a must see if you can is a trip along The Great Ocean Road if i can help any more just ask
Just one word of wornning if you use Jetstar make shough you go to the Tullamarine airport in Melbourne they use also an other air port out out at Avalon it is near Geelong some 60 KLS out cost a mint to get back to Melbourne city
There are three carriers for internal flight over herethey are Qantas,Virginblue, and Jetstar just add com.au after each to get there web site there fares differ for times of day
I cannot help you getting over here but might be able to when you get here
To get hotels we use
http://www.accorhotels.com.au
When in Melbourne we stay at the Novatel on Collins it is in the centre of the city and in Sydney The Menzies it is in the centre of the city there also
An other web site we use is Quickbeds .com
Trips for your stay in those city look up
http://www.viator.com they have day trips for all over the world also Grayline do trips also
Must see places in Sydney are a harbour cruise or ferry trip and go up the Centrepoint Sydney Tower it is on Market street near the corner of Pitt street in the city and a day trip to the Blue Mountains is very good
Melbourne there is a brown tram that does a circle of the city it is free the only thing that is . The best look out is the Rialto tower in Collins street and near Spencer street
A day trip that is a must see if you can is a trip along The Great Ocean Road if i can help any more just ask
Just one word of wornning if you use Jetstar make shough you go to the Tullamarine airport in Melbourne they use also an other air port out out at Avalon it is near Geelong some 60 KLS out cost a mint to get back to Melbourne city
There are three carriers for internal flight over herethey are Qantas,Virginblue, and Jetstar just add com.au after each to get there web site there fares differ for times of day
Many thanks for your replies. I am going to try and book the flights first, probably going to fly with Qantas, as that's what the family are flying with, but if I find a better fare, I will go with another carrier, not BA though, I have heard that their long haul product isn't great.
I will look at those websites you have posted, many thanks, if I have any moe questions, I will ask!!
I will look at those websites you have posted, many thanks, if I have any moe questions, I will ask!!
For internal flights check out the Australian low cost airlines.
It's different to Sydney and I don't think you can compare the two. Sydney is a place you must visit, very lively and huge. Brisbane is smaller and much more laid back. I am not into night life so can't give you any help if that's what you want . There was enough to do during the day( see my previous post)l ots of good shopping, cafes and restaurants and there is quite a lot of activity on and on the banks of the Brisbane River, I was kept busy but it's not a place I would say you must see.
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Yes all Judith has said is true a ferry or a criuse trip on the Brisbane river and the shopping thing the main thing about Brisbane is the drop off point to the Gold Coast just south or the Sunshine Coast north at the most I would only stay 2 or 3 days
Yes all Judith has said is true a ferry or a criuse trip on the Brisbane river and the shopping thing the main thing about Brisbane is the drop off point to the Gold Coast just south or the Sunshine Coast north at the most I would only stay 2 or 3 days
We booked with Quantas directly & paid a little over £2,000 for 4 of us. I booked it in March & we leave on the 3rd december & come back on the 27th December....... flights on these days are about £900 per person at the moment. So I would recommend booking earlier rather than later, however my parents went with Singapore Airlines earlier this year in Feburary & booked 7 days before they went for £680 each. Think it depends on how many of you are going. Good luck with the flights..
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