TellMeWhere2Go

One of the big considerations about travelling is how to fund it.  Yes, there is a financial side to travelling.  

The Zip app offers a solution as Debbie Wine, Chief Marketing Officer for Australia and New Zealand explains to Steve Collins.  

https://zip.co/au allows people to use credit as a way of paying for travel: for flights, accommodation, luggage, meals, shopping and anything to do with travel. 

 Even though the cost of living continues to rise, Aussies' thirst for travel remains - Zip’s Jet Lag Not Debt Lag report has unveiled the six travel personalities by which Aussies travel.  Debbie explains these six personality traits.  

With Zip, you'll pay nothing upfront. And repay fortnightly or monthly on a schedule and budget that best suits you.  

 Zip's Single-Use card feature allows you to travel knowing that your card can't be skimmed or scanned.  With just a 1% transaction fee it's a very cheap way to shop overseas.  

Zip is available for download from both the Apple Store and Google Pay.

Steve Collins chats to Resort Manager Mike Stanton.

Nestled in the hills which abut the Swan Valley, close to Perth, Western Australia, is the Novotel Vines Resort, a combination of champion golf course and luxury resort accommodation.

With two 18-hole golf courses, and even an 18-hole mini golf course, the Novotel Vines Resort has been a popular place for Perthites to have a pleasant break for many years.

Near neighbours include mobs of kangaroos who call The Vines home. They are impossible to miss, especially in late afternoon. You can normally see dozens of the roos, and they are so used to humans they do tend to ignore us.

The Novotel Vines Resort is a very special and unique place to visit. It’s ideal for simply relaxing, golfing or indulging in other sporting pursuits. There’s fine dining at the resort, and in the Swan Valley. There are some beautiful drives through the hills and the Chittering Valley nearby.

Steve Collins chats to Giselle Whiteaker of Journey Beyond about The Ghan luxury train.

Australia is a huge country, and one of the best ways to go from south to north through the centre is to take the luxury train called The Ghan. 

The train runs from Adelaide in South Australia to Darwin in the Northern Territory (and vice versa), and is a journey that will both impress and surprise you. It is not just a train trip, but a wonderful experience that takes place both onboard the train and during excursions off the train in places such as Coober Pedy, Alice Springs and Katherine.

Travelling on The Ghan is a true adventure that is completed without any hardship whatsoever.

Steve Collins reminisces about his visit to El Questro, a large working cattle station and tourist park in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia.

Measuring 80 km north to south and 60 km east to west, El Questro is big enough to be the world’s 29th smallest country. Scenically, it is far more impressive than most of those countries it dwarfs.

The reasons for that is that it is home to many very impressive gorges, rivers, creeks, waterfalls, thermal springs and an abundance of Australian tropical flora and fauna, much of which can’t be seen elsewhere.

Steve Collins in conversation with Brad Kelly, General Manager of the Game of Thrones Studio Tour in Belfast.

Game of Thrones is, arguably, one of the finest and most popular television shows ever produced. Now, the Game of Thrones Studio Tour has opened in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Located at one of the acclaimed series’ original filming locations at Linen Mill Studios in Banbridge, Northern Ireland, Game of Thrones Studio Tour takes fans closer to the Seven Kingdoms than ever before. Guests can step inside the iconic Great Hall at Winterfell where Jon Snow was proclaimed the “King in the North,” see Daenerys Targaryen’s imposing Dragonstone throne, delve into the incredible props, weaponry and visual effects of Game of Thrones and learn more about the skills and craftmanship that helped bring the show from script to screen. The immersive experience brings Westeros to life and will evoke the show’s epic scale -- from King’s Landing, Winterfell, Dragonstone, The Wall and the lands beyond.

Steve Collins in conversation with Sylvain Padeloup, General Manager of the Sofitel Bali Nusa Dua Resort.

Bali in Indonesia is considered to be one of the world’s best holiday destinations. Due to Covid, Bali has been closed to international visitors for quiet a while, but now Bali is re-opening to international travel.

During this in-depth conversation with Sylvain we discuss how Bali and Lombok have coped during the two years that Covid has forced them to operate with a minimum number of guests.

Bali has suffered a great deal over the past couple of years but is now set to flourish again.

Steve Collins chats with Clare Marquis the General Manager of Kimberley Quest.

Kimberley Quest explores the bays and rivers of the remote Kimberley in Western Australia’s Northwest, and it’s a most unique and wonderful experience.

Kimberley Quest is a small cruise ship of nine cabins, catering for a maximum of 18 guests. The vessel has a shallow draft, which allows it to navigate shallow waters to get up very close to the stunning waterfalls that drop from towering cliffs into the pristine waters of those remote waterways.

Join Steve Collins for a Western Australia special. Myrianthe Eddy of Sea West Cruises introduces us to her gourmet cruises in Geographe Bay, Mandurah, Rottnest Island and Broome. Aviation historian Ron Brown celebrates the centenary of commercial aviation in Western Australia. And owners of Rottnest Fast Ferries Luke Crispin and Paul Mulholland chat about bringing their latest ferry from Tasmania to Perth.

Steve Collins interviews Shoshana Wasserman who is Deputy Director of the First Nations Museum in Oklahoma City.

The First Americans Museum opened recently in Oklahoma City to great fanfare in way of a celebration of the cultures of the First Nations people.

Oklahoma City was chosen as the location for the museum as 39 distinct tribal nations currently reside in Oklahoma today. That wasn’t always the case, as many of the groups where forcibly moved to Oklahoma many decades ago.

The First Americans Museum celebrates the shared American history of those nations through the collective stories of their people.

Steve Collins talks to Katherina Denk from Austria Tourism about Vienna.

The capital, and largest city, of Austria, Vienna is the former headquarters of the Hapsburg Court and is defined an as imperial city imbued with grand buildings that are startling ornate in style and massively grand.

There’s no doubt that Vienna will both charm an enchant you.  It is, indeed, one of the most glorious of Europe’s cities.