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Yes, I’m from Hobart, or rather a little town nearby.

Amazing. Absolutely well done and thanks for letting us all in on the experience. I can’t see any reason why you couldn’t post a video like that on AFF. There’s no general prohibition. Would love to see it! The way I do it is to upload it to my YouTube account and then post a link into the...

I don’t think they do necessarily. You just do it because it’s a nice thing to do (when you see how hard some of these people work it’s not difficult to do and we don’t even see the guys down in the engine rooms etc) and it’s a good substitute for tipping just the people you interact with. but...

On SilverSea s I've been on, you go to the 'reception' desk, say you want to make a donation to the crew fund, give them the $$$ or cc, & they receipt it and you get a nice thank-you letter afterwards. The crew fund as I understand it goes to crew amenities, shore excursions etc, not...

Again, what's your angle? Curious, or researching a booking? Cruise lines and experiences MUCH more diverse from airlines, so knowing your want will help meaningful replies. For instance, you can tip individually, or the 'crew fund', built in, or not at all, depending on your cruise. That's...

I travel business often for domestic and always Int’l and I’ve been Plat on Qantas for 15 years in Virgin for a couple of years. The rate of which my checked bag comes out in the first quarter shall we say, is low. I always check in early.

I’ll just say here what I usually end up saying in these situations. Using a bricks and mortar travel agent (ie not Flight Centre or online types) saves time, hassle and often money although they will charge you a fee these days (how much is your time worth?). No having to deal with call centre...

My own theory on checked bags is that the earlier you check-in, the later the bag will arrive on the carousel, 'priority' or not. Led by experience, not observation and thinking is that the early checked bags will be amongst the early loads and go into the back of the container or hold.

What's your angle @Quickstatus ? Trying to choose a cruise / cruise line, or just curious?

Sure it does :) I can feel for those folks who 'when ya gotta go, ya gotta go'

This was part of the post seat belt off announcement on a recent VA flight SYD-HBA. As in 'We are about to commence meal service, which means carts will be in the aisles, so if you need to use the toilet, now would be a good time'. ✅

Open door of a dishwasher would be shin height. 'Walked into ...' :)

Only done Ponant (1) and SS (2) and I'd rate them equally J based on experiences in the past 18 months. Maybe SS would be equivalent to Qantas F (business class with a good bed)? LCC I would say would be any large (3-5,000 pax) vessel - as in, the costs are very much lower than any small...

Don't see why the need to be so down on the report. It was an interesting recapitulation, noting that she was still there notwithstanding the announcement almost a year earlier that she was on the way out and that an overseas recruitment firm had been engaged to find a replacement. Call it...

Not that I could say. I booked my day trip to Saqqara pyramids though the Conrad I was staying at and was only just. @boomy was there just before me IIRC - he may have some ideas. All the rest of my touring was part of larger tour, or on work. Viator probably a good start eg...

Agree!

Strange but usual for flights in the USA. Given that the reason we in Australia are asked to put the shades up during take-off and landing is for safety reasons (so a problem outside, like a fire, can be seen), its quite odd - but it seems to be for cabin temperature reasons in this case.

First :)

But if MEL had busses like DOH, I wouldn't mind. :)

Its been going on since at least the middle of last year. Arrives in the morning, departs in the evening, parked all day on the passenger apron, as apparently it can't fit around the side, where freighters usually park. Hellava expense! I thought it went beyond LST (MEL), but never properly...