If you’re travelling overseas over the coming months, your destination country may require you to get a COVID-19 test before departure. Some Australian states, including Queensland, may also require evidence of a negative COVID-19 test before you can travel interstate. The pre-flight COVID-19 testing rules are different for each destination. Some countries require a PCR … Continued
To return to Australia from overseas, you would need to get a negative COVID-19 PCR test within 72 hours of your flight home. But there’s an elephant in the room that most of the travel industry doesn’t want to talk about: What happens if your test result is positive? Since Australia introduced the pre-flight testing … Continued
Given the risks involved with international travel, getting travel insurance in this post-COVID era is more important than ever. Some countries such as Singapore and Thailand are even requiring travel insurance with cover for COVID-19 as a condition of entry. Unfortunately, despite Australia reopening its international border and downgrading its travel advisories for most other … Continued
NSW, Victoria and the ACT have removed quarantine for vaccinated Australians returning from overseas. So, what are the requirements to return to Australia now without quarantine and what’s it like flying to Australia in November 2021? After being stuck in New Zealand for months, I flew from Auckland to Sydney in early November 2021. This was … Continued
The Australian government has removed its global “Do Not Travel” advisory that had seen every other country except New Zealand classified as a “Level 4” risk – the highest category – since March 2020. This will make it much easier for Australians to get international travel insurance cover once Australia reopens its international border to … Continued
Australia will remove its outbound travel ban on 1 November 2021, but only to people who are fully vaccinated (or exempt from vaccination requirements, such as children under 12 who aren’t yet able to be vaccinated). In preparation, the government is now issuing COVID-19 vaccination certificates for international travel. These are available to fully vaccinated Australian … Continued
The federal government announced today that it will remove parts of the international travel ban from next month. Vaccinated Australians will finally be allowed to leave the country and arrival caps will be removed for vaccinated Australians and permanent residents, who will be able to quarantine at home for 7 days after returning to Australia. … Continued
Update (15 October 2021): Regional travel within NSW has been delayed by a week until 1 November 2021. The NSW government has confirmed that regional travel within NSW will be able to resume in late October 2021 for people who are fully vaccinated, and early December for everyone else. Under the NSW government’s 3-stage reopening … Continued
Marriott Hotels is giving away 41 “Ultimate Marriott Bonvoy Packages” to Australians vaccinated against COVID-19 in its new Marriott Vaccine Passport competition. Open to all Australian adults who’ve received both doses of a COVID-19 vaccination, entries for this competition close at 3pm (AEST) on 30 November 2021. The prizes Five lucky Australians will win a 1-night … Continued
Virgin Australia has launched its own competition for Australians who’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The “VA-X and WIN” competition is open to all Australian adults who receive both doses of a TGA-approved COVID-19 vaccine in Australia by the end of this year. There are a total of 251 prizes up for grabs. Qantas launched … Continued
Qantas will fly Airbus A330s from Brisbane to Los Angeles and could redirect some of its flights to London via Darwin, instead of Perth, when international flights gradually resume. These are part of the flying kangaroo’s plans revealed today to restart substantial international flying from mid-December 2021, based on the timeline of Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination … Continued
Qantas’ huge promotion to reward Australians for getting vaccinated against COVID-19 has started. From today until 31 December 2021, all fully vaccinated Australian-based frequent flyers over the age of 18 can claim their COVID-19 vaccination reward in the Qantas App. Everyone who participates in the “Been vaccinated? Be rewarded” promotion will be able to choose from … Continued
