Food fight: How airlines are wooing the wealthiest of travellers
Take a look inside the food offerings of the pointy end of the plane, and how major airlines are wooing the wealthy with items like Dom Perignon and caviar.
Experiences
Explore the best cruise and travel experiences from luxury ship dining and shore excursions to business class flights and beyond. Discover insider guides at Cruise Passenger.
Railbookers’ 59-day itinerary takes you around the world on luxury trains
Fancy spending 59 days onboard a luxury train as it travels around the world? The epic on-rail adventure was introduced by Railbookers in 2024, citing a surge in demand for well-heeled guests looking for a new way of exploring the world with an equal measure of old-world glamour and modern luxury. And it’s looking like … Read more
The super specs that upload your video and translate your menu
Thanks to a partnership between Meta and Ray-Ban, a new pair of super specs means you can now take family and friends on holiday with you.
Calabash Bay Lodge – a riverfront idyll in the middle of nowhere
Not even the occasional lashing of rain could dampen our elevated spirits as we carefully made our way down the slippery road of Ku’ring-Gai Chase National Park to our weekend abode, Calabash Bay Lodge, on the Hawkesbury River.
He took his ex there, then me…
The travel troubleshooter Kathy Lette on how to deal with jealousy and poor plane etiquette LETTE’S BE HONEST.
How the super-rich are taking air cruise holidays
The air cruise is a new type of holiday for the super-rich that includes whistlestop world tours by private jet.
My ex spoils the kids with holidays – Kathy Lette
Travel troubleshooter Kathy Lette navigates competitive parenting and swimwear dilemmas LETTE’S BE HONEST. Question: I’m separated from the father of my children, aged 9 and 12. He has more money and annual leave than me and last summer he took them for two weeks to an all-inclusive resort in Greece. They came back raving about … Read more
Rails to riches on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
Cruise Passenger hops aboard the most luxurious (and expensive) train journey in the Alps, the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. Lovers of winter sports and linen tablecloths – and red carpets, white gloves, polished brass, gleaming marquetry, velvet upholstery and all the other trappings of a train de luxe – rejoice. The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE) has launched a … Read more
Should I let my man flirt on holiday? – Kathy Lette
Kathy Lette on when banter with staff goes too far and how to go away with an antisocial stepbrother.
