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Education Tours

Locality: Malvern, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9500 0444

Address: Lvl 1 12/14 Glenferrie Rd 3144 Malvern, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.educationtravel.com.au/

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25.01.2022 For our Australian based readers - the AU$ exchange rate has improved. This article suggests that it may be time to grab some foreign currency in anticipation of future travels. This editor took advantage of the recent surge to US$.80. With interest rates so low, advance purchase near those rates is perhaps worthwhile. You do need to shop around, as highlighted in this article. You get better rates for cash at those small city exchange bureaus - not all are still in operatio...n. Not everyone is happy taking cash! It may be some time before international borders re-open, but with the Australian dollar trading at multi-year highs, now might be a good time to start thinking about locking-in the exchange rate. https://www.theage.com.au//potential-travellers-should-con

23.01.2022 The Future of Flying: Zero Touch Entertainment Systems and E Covid Passport Air New Zealand and Qatar launch their new systems. These developments highlight changes that will be common place and compulsory. If you don’t want to touch a screen system you will need a smartphone. We already required Aps from certain airlines to even access their entertainment systems Virgin and Jetstar come to mind. At least the Qatar type system means we can enjoy their larger screen and we a...Continue reading

20.01.2022 Will this become the norm? QANTAS PASSENGERS WILL NEED TO SHOW PROOF OF VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19 TO FLY INTERNATIONALLY IN THE FUTURE The Qantas CEO revealed that once the vaccine becomes available, its usage will be integrated into the airline’s terms and conditions for travel. For international travellers, we will ask people to have a vaccination before they get on the aircraft, he said Certainly, for international visitors coming out and people leaving the country, ...Continue reading

18.01.2022 Our readership is not only Australian. The following comment is from an Australian perspective in relation to government assistance. However, the base premis relates to the whole world. We think a rationalisation of the over tourism factor is needed. However, a wholesale collapse is not beneficial to the worlds economy and the livelihoods of many people who are part of this global industry. Remarkably, it’s been just over a year since the first case of COVID-19 reached our sh...ores and began an extraordinary and tragic series of events for our nation and the world. For the Australian travel industry, the continued closure of international borders, combined with the uncertainty of last-minute domestic border closures, has had a devastating impact with revenue down between 60% and 99% since March 2020. From travel agencies to airlines, tour and ground operators, cruise lines, hotels and attractions all over Australia, COVID-19 has already left the travel industry reeling through the loss of thousands of jobs and taken an enormous emotional impact on operators that have had business decimated through no fault of their own. The fate of the travel industry is now on a knife-edge as we hurtle towards the end of JobKeeper on March 28, 2021 and any further government support. In fact, a recent national survey found just one in 10 will survive beyond April 1 without targeted assistance or an extension of the federal government’s JobKeeper scheme. The travel industry is now urgently calling on the Australian Government to extend a rescue package from April 1, 2021 and we need your help. View this video and then add your name to the petition. http://chng.it/PFqnmHR7kB https://youtu.be/DsQvw_EJXao

14.01.2022 If you can travel :) The Australian Air Wars have started let the games begin!!!! With its first Sydney-Melbourne flights barely three weeks away, Regional Express is showing just how heated competition could get on Australia’s most popular route. Rex Airlines has launched a massive sale during the perfect time to visit Melbourne with fares starting from just $49 each way. considerably cheaper than competitor Qantas at A$109.... The $49 economy fares comes with all standard inclusions such as 7kg of carry-on bags and 23kg of checked luggage, along with refreshments on board. Virgin Airlines immediately matched the Rex offer, cutting its ‘from A$78’ fares to A$49. You can travel from the 1st of March 2021 on the Rex new B737, perfect for those of you itching to get away sooner rather than later. For those of you who would like to travel in style, or just spoil yourself and your partner, Rex is offering an unbelievable deal in Business class starting at $199 one-way. If you like to take advantage of these great deals, the catch is that you need to book and pay for your flights before midnight 28 February 2021. Rex will start services between Sydney and Melbourne initially operate nine return services a day using B737 aircraft. The aggressive sale shows things are heating up in Rex’s battleground against Qantas and Virgin. Most taxi rides to the airport cost more than $49, recounted Rex Deputy Chairman John Sharp. The fares are refundable under the airline’s policy which guarantees full refunds for any flights affected by COVID, even if Rex’s flights are not affected. The airline battle of the skies will be on for a few months as legacy carriers Qantas and Virgin try to see off new comers like REX and possibly ALLIANCE.

13.01.2022 Qantas is 100 years old not many airlines reach that milestone! It is only beaten by KLM and AVIANCA in that order. Over the weekend there has been the release of some previously unavailable film footage related to the Qantas Empire Flying Boats, which used to fly from Australia to Singapore thus linking to the BOAC flying boats for onward connection to the Middle east, Europe and London. To view these videos follow this link. https://www.abc.net.au//qantas-celebrates-ce...ntena/12881604 Then the Second World War intervened and both Qantas aircraft and pilots became part of the war effort. They lost five of their flying boats, two being shot down by Japanese fights, two being destroyed in Broome harbour by a Japanese raid and one lost in a forced (due to weather) night land ing near Port Moresby. Excluding the two at Broome there were loss of lives with both crew (14) and passengers in the other incidents. The linked article omits the PNG loss. This writer has just (coincidently) finished reading the book, Courage In The Skies, by Jim Eames. This is a riveting insight to this little known part of the Qantas story. The book covers many aspects, fall of Singapore; evacuation of Indonesia; bombing of Darwin; battles of PNG; establishment of the Perth to Sri Lanka link. A personal aspect to this writers family relates to the Kokoda Track battles. Aircraft were used during the WW2 Kokoda campaign in PNG, both flying boats for regular transport of supplies and personnel, along with the Lodestars, known as the bully beef bombers, also transporting supplies. The cover image shows some wounded soldier being evacuated from PNG. Qantas also used Lodestar, old DH-86 biplanes and the more modern Catalina. It was the Catalina that operated the WW2 link from Perth to Ceylon (Sri Lanka), which became known as the ‘Double Sunrise’ flight, a term Qantas intends to reuse with its future direct London/Sydney service.

05.01.2022 Safety with flying, from a COVID perspective is something we are all following. In addition travel insurance is also on the watch list. The two need to work together! Here is some good news about insurance and a very comprehensive report of Covid flight safety produced by IATA. Travel Insurance We are starting to see headway with travel insurance that will cover COVID related issues. We knew this had to happen and now the first small steps are taking place. ...Continue reading

04.01.2022 A very haunting video from Flanders Tourism Belgium. Interesting for us because one of our local guides (Simon) is the main narrator. https://youtu.be/ACcq1QtpxYg

04.01.2022 Abuse of Review Websites. This is something we have highlighted for years. It is a very uncontrolled environment and this summary offers good insight. As the world emerges and travel starts again in the future, we need to be aware of the same pitfalls. https://www.traveller.com.au/how-to-spot-fake-reviews-on-tr

02.01.2022 The easiest and hardest languages to learn (or the ones that are quit on the earliest) Want to pick up a new language? These ones apparently offer you your best shot at fluency Learning a foreign language is never easy (and don’t let the linguistically talented Dutch, Swiss or Belgians fool you into thinking they are not they spend years and sometimes decades mastering their several lingos). But some foreign languages are obviously less difficult than others. ... After calculating the average time it takes to learn the world’s top 20 languages, as well as polling 6,250 students on why they quit learning a language, UK training company TheKnowledgeAcademy revealed that Dutch could well be the easiest foreign tongue to master. Editors note: In a past working life in the Netherlands this editor found Dutch easy to ‘pick up’. His background in basic German assisted. According to TheKnowledgeAcademy’s findings, learners of the Dutch language continue with their studies longer than any other pupils, with those dropping out still completing 89.7% (or 26 out of 29) of lessons. Spanish was also deemed one of the easier languages to learn, with a completion rate of 86.2% among the non-finishers polled. Other language learners least likely to give up early include Portuguese (82.8% completion), Romanian (79.3%) and Italian (75.9%). So which language learners give up the quickest? According to this study, learners of Arabic are most likely to quit before anyone else, with students likely to give up an average 42.3% (in 20th place) of the way through their course. Behind Arabic, Vietnamese (50% completion), Hindi (51.9%), and Russian (53.8%) were the next quickest lingos to be deserted. Despite being the world’s most commonly accepted lingua franca, English finished 15th out of 20 (59.6%) in terms of completion. When asked why they quit, four in ten (42%) students said they lacked motivation, three in ten (31%) claimed their language was too hard, 15% blamed a lack of resources, and 8% said they gave up because of their inability to reach the next level of fluency.