The travel bubble that allowed for restriction-free travel between Australia and New Zealand has been suspended once more, following a rise in cases of Covid-19 in both of the countries involved. Despite there being some periods of restriction-free travel between the two neighbouring countries courtesy of the travel bubble, it has also been blighted by …

New Zealand has been closed for the previous 18 months, but yesterday, the nation has finally shed some details on when it will reopen its border for tourism.  Many people around the world have heralded New Zealand as a COVID-19 success story. After the first COVID-19 death outside China on February 2nd, New Zealand enforced …

Travel from all Australian states and territories to New Zealand has been suspended due to rising cases of the Delta variant. Just a month ago, it looked like the travel situation around the world was brightening up. Not only were countries beginning to roll back their domestic Covid-19 restrictions, but progress was also being made …

How we travel today has changed so much compared to how it was in 2019 that travelers would be forgiven for forgetting just how easy it used to be. From negative test results to proof of vaccination, mask mandates to insurances policies, post-pandemic travel has introduced travelers to concepts that were once alien to many …

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, announced in a press conference today that New Zealand will allow Australians to travel to the country without a quarantine later this month. The two countries had been planning for a travel bubble in 2021, but it got suspended earlier this year when another wave of cases …

In an attempt to streamline the health verification process, Air New Zealand will be among the first to trial IATA’s Travel Pass App on its international route to Australia. The digital passport developed by the International Air Transport Association certifies and validates passengers’ health and vaccination status in accordance with COVID-19 travel requirements. Essentially, the …

Australia has once again resumed its travel bubble with New Zealand allowing tourists to visit Australia without a 14 day hotel quarantine.  The move came 6 days after the Australian government closed the travel bubble when a case of the new Covid-19 variant was found in New Zealand. There has been no locally recorded case …

Since its inception, New Zealand and Australia’s travel bubble has been the envy of travelers around the world, offering international travel and a reminder of what traveling used to be like prior to the pandemic. However, effective as of today, the travel bubble between the two countries has been temporarily suspended, causing a dent in …

One of the few success stories of the pandemic, New Zealand has seen the 7-day average for its daily cases remain a single-digit number for the past few months. It has achieved this feat due to its quick responses to any local outbreaks and firm border control policies – with the country set to introduce …

Australia and New Zealand’s burgeoning travel bubble saw a new destination added this week when a plane bound for Brisbane departed from Auckland on Thursday, January 7th. Travel bubbles have been a hot topic in the world of travel since the pandemic began. As countries start to turn the tide on the spread of the …

Following sustained periods of lockdown which have led to low levels of Covid-19 cases, Australia and New Zealand today announced the ambitious plan to introduce a travel bubble between the two countries in 2021. The travel bubble – which is contingent on levels of the virus in both countries remaining low – will be a …