Airlines, Affiliates & Flight talk

TigerAir is having an Australia SALE with up to 50% Off

We LOVE TigerAir. If you are looking for incredible deals on airfares within Australia, we want to show you some great deals brought to you by I Want That Flight. These specials do have limited time offers, so please be quick and share with your friends who might be looking for a great deal. TigerAir […]

BE QUICK – Flights Australia to Singapore from $212 Return

Scoot is having a sale on flights to Singapore. Lots of travel dates available, from April to November 2017. Flights are direct to Singapore. Scoot is a budget airline, so checked luggage and meals are extra. Click the links below to see all the flights. We have also provided some sample dates, click them and […]

Budget Airline With Great Food – Is This Possible?

We are flying from Malaysia after two glorious weeks here in Penang. Flying with a child means I always need to consider his needs, as there is nothing worse than an unhappy kid, and the inability to tend to their requirements mid-flight. Some of the things as a parent I need to consider include: how […]

Flying to Singapore with Scoot Airways

A new chapter has begun for Exploramum and Explorason departing Australia for our second major travel expedition. Originally leaving Adelaide in 2012, we then successfully explored 65 countries over four years, before returning to Australia to celebrate my father’s 90th birthday late last year. Over the past few months we have been really quite busy […]

American Express Lounge Sydney Airport

Arriving at the airport Flying out of Sydney International Airport has never been easier, or more enjoyable. It is time for us to start our fifth year of international travel, and we find ourselves back where we first began, leaving Australia from Sydney International Airport once more. We’ve checked in at the Scoot Airlines counter […]

Returning To Australia And Departing Again

Leaving Adelaide It all began when on 11th August 2012, Explorason and I waved goodbye to our family in Adelaide Australia, as we set off on an amazing travel adventure with Sydney as our first stop for a week. Three years on and we found ourselves having lived a completely different life as we explored […]

Ten Tips for Surviving International Air Travel

I was talking to someone last night about how many flights we had been on, and although we try to ‘keep our feet on the ground’ as much as possible by taking land travel, it is necessary to take flights as well. A one-hour plane ride it seems is now taken rarely by us, and these can […]

Checklist For International Travel

Whether you are a frequent flyer or traveller, or this is the first vacation you’ve ever been on, here are some fabulous tips and a few hard rules. If you follow these, you will never feel overwhelmed or panic that you are forgetting to bring, or do something. BE PREPARED In the weeks leading up […]

Flying In A Helicopter Over A Volcano Crater

Staying at the Elephant Safari Park Lodge has been incredible.  We’ve just spent the last hour talking with the owners of the Elephant Sanctuary, and during this conversation, Nigel Mason invited us to join his wife Yanie in there recently acquired luxury helicopter with their reasonably new company – Bali Adventure Sky Tours to fly over […]

#1 Carry On Hard Case Luggage With Laptop Access

Having traveled the world for nearly four years pretty well continuously, we have become experts on functional, stylish, and practical luggage. I’ve been through many a bag, backpack, knapsack, suitcase, and rolling bag. And the quest has continued to find the most practical lightweight bag that suits both Exploramum and Explorason. We’ve found that the […]

Ten Tips for Travelling with a Ten Year-Old

Being a parent isn’t an easy job, especially when you’re doing it on 2 hours sleep and trying to navigate a foreign city! Here are a few things to think about when you want to get the most out of traveling with a ten-year-old (or any kids!). Top Ten Tips for Travelling with a Ten-Year-Old […]

Puddles in Paris

Puddles in Paris (title by a 9-year-old) This is a grey, grey day in the skies of Paris. We have ventured out to see some art and thought it wasn’t that cold. After all – this is meant to be summer in Paris. By the time we emerge from the Metro we are cold, and we […]