Sentosa, Singapore. This is the Southernmost Point of Continental Asia. Picture: Singapore Tourism Board
Singapore and Spain – an interesting combination. Two cultures and distinct destinations. Two places that will greet the winner of a holiday from Peregrine Adventures and Singapore Airlines.
For that winner and their guest will join an Essence of Spain tour with Peregrine Adventures, flying with Singapore Airlines to Barcelona.
This great prize for two is worth more than $16,500.
OUT OF HERE: Backpackers are being told to skip Hervey Bay and head to Rainbow Beach instead.
BACKPACKERS are being encouraged to bypass Hervey Bay and explore Fraser Island from Rainbow Beach instead, after one tour company shut down its local operations this week.
All Nomads Fraser Island Tours will now depart from Rainbow Beach, with pre and post tour accommodation supplied by a backpacker hostel in the town.
Nomads told local stakeholders “popular demand” led to the decision to suspend all tours from Hervey Bay, but repeated requests by the Chronicle to obtain further details have gone unanswered.
The move is a blow for accommodation providers, restaurants and retail businesses in Hervey Bay with the tourists no longer staying in town and spending their money.
Mark Juppenlatz, manager of Next Backpackers in Torquay, will be one of the first to suffer as Next was providing accommodation for Nomads tour-goers.
“Next Backpackers is disappointed Nomads has moved from Hervey Bay and it will mean a few less bed nights for us,” Mr Juppenlatz said.
“But the industry has been in a slump before and well be doing some restructuring to combat this in terms of our staff, hours of operation and marketing.
“Just about every major player in the backpacking market is now operating in Rainbow Beach, but the guys that are in town will continue to fight and do what we can to survive.”
Hervey Bay Chamber of Commerce president Brendan Whebell said local business would suffer under Nomads departure.
“Its a shame that an organisation like Nomads cant see the full potential of our region.”
Meanwhile, three British tourists who were due to attend a Nomads Fraser Island tour had to shell out $180 yesterday to travel from Hervey Bay to Rainbow Beach.
The stranded backpackers say they were forced to hire a limousine to transport them back down the coast.
There are several advantages of owning vacation insurance if you are planning to take a trip to a holiday destination with your family or friends. You can go to many places, but you must be covered with adequate insurance cover and should also take childrens travel insurance for the safety and security of the family and kids.
You can give the annual premium and remain covered under the insurance for the entire year and can take several trips in the year. The insurance should be for the family cover, which becomes truly economic for kids to tour along with parents. Read all post…
A sweaty how-to on Russian saunas in Brooklyn and Manhattan.
HERES THE THING with traditional spas in New York. They’re expensive, I have to make an appointment, and I can’t get a cup of borscht.
Forget all that. I prefer banyas Russian bathhouses where I can drop in for a steam, a swim, a massage, a beer, and some Russian culture almost 24 hours a day. Plus, theyre pretty cheap.
It used to be that when I heard the words public baths, they brought visions of mustachioed men having illicit sex. But