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The June long weekend here is usually pretty cold and rainy. Both Intercontinental and Hilton have outdoor pools, so that's wasted. The Intercontinental still has a functioning executive lounge, but not the Hilton. However, the Hilton has top location for transport if you are planning tours and...

Sri Lankan airlines offers an inclusive overnight hotel stay on flight tickets with more than 8 hour break. You need to book it by e-mail ahead of time. On arrival you will be directed to a transfer desk. It will take about an hour or 2 from arrival to hotel bed. You'll be given meal vouchers...

We've used the metro to and from the airport and chosen apartment accommodation near the metro stop. That has worked well. We used Baity Apartments as they are huge and well priced. Taxi to the airport is easy and cheap. Be careful about taxi from the airport as you might be directed towards a...

Try not to arrive at around 17.00. Traffic will be gridlocked and public transport will be packed. Things calm down around 20.00. If you are arriving at Don Muang airport you can walk outside the airport at the family market and catch a bus or taxi without airport surcharge. If you use the toll...

We've used the Regal Riverside hotel at Shatin a few times. If you book executive rooms it includes airport transfers each way,breakfast, evening drinks and as much finger food you want from 18.00 to 20.00. There's a good pool and gym. If you book early , prices are exceptional.

The Hilton Garden Inn in Little India doesn't cost many points ,though overnight prices can be high after tax is added. It is close to the MRT. You can get there with only one change of train. We used it for an early morning arrival,late evening departure on the same day. They were OK about...

We've used the same Meriton in Coward St. The bus 400 goes from both domestic and international terminals and stops in front of the apartments. If you book directly on their website you can change booking if there is a sale.

One of the things I forgot to mention is that after booking the airfares, Hugh visited the local Singapore Airlines office. He showed a letter from the doctor and they allocated us seats on all sectors. Free of charge. This should guarantee an aisle seat in the forward economy cabin.

We caught a train from Ferrara to Padua in order to see the Scrovegni Chapel. I had booked tickets using a category where one can purchase tickets for one Euro each. No matter our age, the looks of wonder as people see this art work always generates a feeling of a shared humanity...

I'd like to give a recount of our journey to Italy from Australia and relate it to my partner Hugh. He turned 82 during this trip in June/July. Our decision to come to Italy was based on the following factors. We've been to Italy numerous times and both speak Italian well enough to get around...

We used to have the ANZ platinum credit card until my partner turned 80 a while ago. That was quite good, but as mentioned,the travel insurance is only valid until the day before you turn 81... and that's but a memory for us now. A few years ago, I saw the Bankwest no-annual fee platinum...

This is a bit of a round-about way. Nuheara have a new product called IQ boost earbuds. They can do noise cancelling and other things. They are just about to be released . We bought some and now await delivery. They are classified as a hearing device, so we put in a claim with our health...

I know this will make me sound a greedy guts... but let's say you pay the $1 for breakfast . You could get up early and go down in the main dining room at the Sofitel and have a breakfast before the crowds turn up. .... then later go again for a second breakfast up in the club lounge . Just...

The Larnaca Malta Emirates flight is codeshare with Air Malta.

We recently used Emirates from Bangkok through Dubai to Larnaca then Malta economy return. Emirates contacted us by email a few days ahead of time to offer upgrades on some sectors. As a rule of thumb.. about $100 per hour of flying. The upgrades are for flight only... no access to lounge...

I am a self funded retiree. My entire income is from shares.I used to have a credit card with ANZ, but cancelled that as the upper age limit on travel insurance was 80. I found Bankwest had a card with no upper age limit. They needed to see copies of every dividend statement of every company...

We've always used the accor website to do any bookings for hotels like Pullman , Novotel, Ibis etc. And we're on their loyalty scheme. That's free to join, so you automatically get 10% discount. You'd need to check and see for your dates, but prices don't seem to vary much. It more depends on...

We've been to Yogyakarta last year from Bali using Garuda. In Yogya we stayed at the Sheraton in a club room. That cost about $100 Aust. a night and included breakfast in the club lounge and evening food and drinks. They had a range of quite good wine from Australia.. if you asked . When you...

That's interesting about CBA. I was looking around for a credit card with no fees, no age limit on the travel insurance and not the 3% currency conversion fee. I found Bankwest (a subsidiary of CBA) has a no fee Mastercard which ticked all the boxes.. so got that . CBA itself doesn't have this...

I'm new to writing trip reports, but have somewhat of a different angle which might be interesting to some. During September/October 2017 my partner Hugh and I used Emirates (and a little bit of Qantas) airlines to fly Sydney - Bangkok - Dubai- Larnaca - Malta- Dubai- Perth in economy. The...