Its island escapes galore for Aussie airlines, with new and revived flights to Bali, Vanuatu, Fiji, Samoa and New Zealand on the horizon.

We thought a nice photo of cherry blossoms in full bloom at Himeji-Jo Castle would be a lot nicer than of some guy getting a swab shoved up his nose for the story.

What would make travel really easy for us is if a nice company out there would like to send a Travel Weekly reporter on a nice trip overseas (wink, wink, nudge, nudge @anyone please).

The man also auditioned for Survivor in 2019 and featured in an Indonesian TV commercial – just in case the title wasn’t chaotic enough already.

This hot new line-up of G Adventures departures will have your eyes popping out of your skull in excitement (well, maybe not, but they are still pretty good).

The famous yogi’s post went viral for all the wrong reasons, with some calling for her to pay for a cleaning ceremony that would need to be carried out by locals.

Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump also reportedly auditioned for the role but Obama reigned as the supreme former president (in terms of voice-over ability).

No, it’s not that kind of friends with benefits… although we’re not going to lie it did intrigue us a bit.

It just got a whole lot easier to travel to Australia’s favourite travel destination, so get ready for the bombardment of bootleg Bintang t-shirts.

Australia’s favourite holiday hotspot is officially back on the menu but there’s a catch: travellers have to spend five days quarantining in a five-star resort. Where do we sign up?

Just in case you’re feeling self-conscious about your geographical skills, here’s a story about a Love Island contestant who seems to think Asia is one country.

Don’t start saving your spare change for ice-cold Bintangs just yet. It looks like Aussies will need to wait a bit longer before visiting their fave holiday spot.