Posted 26 October 2023
Australia 2025 - Help!!
Hi all,
Help once again needed!! We have decided that a much deserved family holiday to Australia is very much needed for my wife and 2 children (currently 8 & 12). We are looking at the August 2025, and wondered at any tips or tricks to ensure we get as much for the money. I am anticipating that this will cost in the region of £10k (flights and accommodation). Due to my wife having friends in Sydney, this is where we hope to centre or search. We do not wish to impose on them, so hoping to seek self catering accommodation also.
This is the first time that we have ever booked anything like this, and will probably be the last due to cost. So my questions include:
Which carrier to choose? Where is the best place for connecting flights? Self catering accommodation? Where to get visas? Are there any companies that can be recommended that will handle all parts of the booking? There are frankly loads of questions as typically I am overthinking things!!
We anticipate going for 2-3 weeks within the 6 weeks summer holidays due to the kids being of school age and my wife working within a school.
Any help or advice is always appreciated.
Many thanks
Stuart & family
Help once again needed!! We have decided that a much deserved family holiday to Australia is very much needed for my wife and 2 children (currently 8 & 12). We are looking at the August 2025, and wondered at any tips or tricks to ensure we get as much for the money. I am anticipating that this will cost in the region of £10k (flights and accommodation). Due to my wife having friends in Sydney, this is where we hope to centre or search. We do not wish to impose on them, so hoping to seek self catering accommodation also.
This is the first time that we have ever booked anything like this, and will probably be the last due to cost. So my questions include:
Which carrier to choose? Where is the best place for connecting flights? Self catering accommodation? Where to get visas? Are there any companies that can be recommended that will handle all parts of the booking? There are frankly loads of questions as typically I am overthinking things!!
We anticipate going for 2-3 weeks within the 6 weeks summer holidays due to the kids being of school age and my wife working within a school.
Any help or advice is always appreciated.
Many thanks
Stuart & family
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12 Comments
sorted bySecondly, you are over thinking this right now. Tickets won't even be available until Aug / Sep 2024 and there's no way to predict prices & schedules - a lot depends on how the world economy is doing, if a recession hits, etc. You won't need a visa if you are UK citizens.
It can all be done online - eVisitor (subclass 651)
See here
australia-etours.org/arr…ls/ (edited)
Self Catering - Go AirBnB
Travel insurance - a BIG must
Bring the largest suitcases you got, because trust me, youre gonna need them for the stuff you want to bring back ie Tim Tams, Arnotts Shapes, Cheezels, Twisties, all sorts of Cadbury that you cant get in UK etc etc
If I read what you’ve posted correct are you hoping to use Sydney as a hub? If so then you may not realise how big Aus actually is? The left side of Aus is in a diff time zone to the right, that’s how big
From my visit I’d say you need 5-10 days per city you want to visit. We did Sydney, 10 days and then flew to Perth for 5 days and found that 5 just wasn’t enough.
I actually booked with an agent as I did London to Aus Sydney, then Sydney to Perth. From Perth we flew out to India and then came back to London. All the tickets were booked under a single booking ref to guard against missed/delayed flights etc.
Perth from Sydney is like the canaries from the uk