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Where would the modern traveller be without phone apps?

The 10 key travel apps you need to have on your phone

Beyond the obvious like booking or ride share apps, here are the key ones I use all the time when travelling.

  • Michael Gebicki
The Mona Lisa at the Louvre then ...

The greatest decade for travellers? The 1990s. Here’s why

Oh, the good old days, before smug Instagrammers in breezy linens constantly reminded us how wrinkled we’ve become.

  • Brian Johnston
Most eSIMs for international travel will give you data only.

eSIMs are user-friendly and cost-effective but continue to baffle travellers

Your complete guide to using an eSIM and avoiding roaming fees.

  • Michael Gebicki
US border officials can search the phones of arriving foreigners without a warrant. Australia’s Border Force also has this power.

US border security can legally search your phone. Here’s how to protect it

With the practice of examining visitors’ phones now under greater scrutiny, here is what the searches might involve and how to protect your personal data.

  • Sophie Dickinson
Admiring the scenery.

On holiday, it’s time for parents to draw a line in the sand

The Netflix series Adolescence is a warning to parents about kids spending too much time online. A holiday is the perfect circuit-breaker.

  • Lee Tulloch
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No one wants to hear your phone conversation at the airport.

‘No one wants to hear you’: Stop having speakerphone conversations in airports

I was recently horrified in an airport restroom to hear a woman in a toilet stall having a conversation on speakerphone.

  • Jenn Rice
The Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai.

$5 a day or $75 an hour? Aussies caught out by mobile roaming gaps

Australians on their way to Europe are being stung with international roaming charges at various stopover destinations that aren’t covered by their telco.

  • Katherine Scott