I am very far from the days when I was asking myself “what’s my next trip,” and I couldn’t be more excited. Not only are we going to Switzerland, Germany, and Ireland later this year, but we’re also booking into 2025 with a big one: Brisbane, Australia.
Now, I wasn’t necessarily looking for flights to Australia… I was just poking around on the Google Flights’ Explore tool. I actually saw first an amazing deal to Auckland, New Zealand, at ~$780 per person – that’s about $100 cheaper than we paid when we went in 2022. (If you need a sign to go to Auckland, this is it.) Tyler and I were chatting about it, but ultimately, we couldn’t justify such an expense for a place we’ve gone to recently.
That being said, the prices for flights to Brisbane, Australia, were not too shabby – I noted them when I set my price limits and hovered over New Zealand. At ~$985 per adult (and ~$945 per kid), they were still a great deal for us to get to that side of the world and in line with what we paid to go to Japan in February this year. Did it dazzle us the way the Auckland flights did? No. The fact remained, though, that we haven’t seen prices to Australia this low in a long time – and we didn’t want to miss out.
We noodled on it for a few days, but as I saw availability start shrinking, I knew I wanted to jump on it. In the not-too-distant future, we’ll have school schedules to work around; this is our chance to show our kids the world whenever it makes sense for us. It’s also another chance for us to travel with our larger families, as Tyler’s mom, my mom, and my sister will be joining us as well.
Some things we’re looking into while we’re there:
- Cruising to Cairns – which we’ve already booked!
- Seeing the Great Barrier Reef
- Visiting Bluey’s house (IYKYK)
So mates, if you’ve got recommendations for Queensland, please send them my way! We’ve got a lot of really fun travel to look forward to, and I couldn’t be more excited.
And if you need more reason to get to New Zealand…