At Travelbag we pride ourselves in having the most knowledgeable consultants on hand to put together your dream tailor-made holiday. Our staff have travelled the world to ensure that they can give you recommendations based on first hand experiences.We regularly send staff on what are known as ‘Familiarisation trips’, where they will inspect each of the hotels we sell in the area, as we...

With the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations this year, comes an additional bank holiday on Tuesday 5th June, following the May bank holiday which has been moved to Monday 4th June. Travelbag, the tailor-made travel expert, is encouraging people to take advantage of this and book the following three days off work, giving you a whole weeks holiday, without digging too deep into your annual leave all...

Top 10 things to see and do on Australia’s Gold Coast   Q1 Building The 323 metre Q1 Building is not only one of the Gold Coast’s most iconic landmarks, it is also recognised across Australia. The tallest residential building in the world until recently, the Q1’s location on the beachfront ensures spectacular unbroken views across the Pacific Ocean, the coastline and the ...

For a long time Vietnam’s fabulous beaches were something of a hidden secret, a knowing wink between those fortunate enough to have discovered something akin to its more famous south-east Asian counterpart Thailand, albeit without the reputation, the crowds and the vigorous tourist development.However, with great quality comes eventual notoriety and the secret is out about Vietnam, its splen...

While Sydney has its landmarks and icons, Melbourne’s attractions are less superficial, its developed cultural scene establishing the city as Australia’s home for excellence in art, music, cuisine, nightlife, fashion and design, while festivals celebrating anything and everything are a frequent occurrence, all contributing to a strong reason why you should include Melbourne on any holi...

The World in One CityI have a rule when travelling. Just one. A simple rule that can help me gain a greater impression of a city than just glancing at its most famous landmark or interacting with its people – and that rule is to eat!OK, so I really don’t need much encouragement to put fork to mouth, even before you consider its necessity in one’s life, but to me eating out in ano...

There is nothing like an adrenaline rush to get your mind racing at a ferocious rate of knots… And leaning over to nervously glance at the 190 metre plunge beneath my toes is enough to send my brain into frenzy. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on where you stand on extreme sports), the rush is such that there are so many thoughts in my head – probably numerous questions as t...