2026 travel plans

[I love to travel]

Not a political post, but I have just cancelled the US portion of my trip in June. I simply just don't want to be there. So it is Asia at the end of this week and Europe/Asia in June and early July including the LHR lounge crawl

so far for 2026:

• March - Lord Howe Island for 10 days
• June/July: SYD-DOH-Malta (1 week) / Malta-Sicily (2 weeks) / Sicily-Munich (Dolomites 2 weeks) / Austria (1 Week) - used VA points for outbound flights in J and SQ points for MUC-SIN-SYD
• August - 2 weeks Fiji (Tokoriki and Vomo) - one way paid J on FJ and one way AA award in J on FJ
• October - 1 week on Lizard Island (planned not yet booked)

That will pretty much empty our FF accounts except for a ton AC points which seem to be pretty much useless at the moment - let's hope this improves.

I am off to Malta too - very excited, Been on the bucket list for a while

 

[RooFlyer]

I am off to Malta too - very excited, Been on the bucket list for a while

Quite a bit of Malta in the TR sections if you need any tips.

 

[Pushka]

That makes three of us off to Malta then. We are there in June.

 

[Pushka]

Quite a bit of Malta in the TR sections if you need any tips.

Could you post the link to your Malta TR if there are two? I can see the one including France.

 

[VPS]

Could you post the link to your Malta TR if there are two? I can see the one including France.

Where are you staying in Malta and how many days

 

[Pushka]

Where are you staying in Malta and how many days

I didn't select the hotel - meeting up with son and DIL after two years of not seeing him (he FaceTimes every week but still) and her parents and we all get on really well. For 7 nights. Staying at AX The Palace at Sliema.
After Malta it's Lisbon for a week staying at Convent Square Hotel - IHG (we were going to do an NCL cruise through Portugal and Spain but we cancelled) then on to Morocco for the LE 11 day tour. Then to Bali for a few days to get over jet lag. Quite a nice trip.

 

[RooFlyer]

Could you post the link to your Malta TR if there are two? I can see the one including France.

Here is my first visit:

Post in thread 'RTW to no-where in particular'

Mar 8, 2020

I had 3 nights booked at the Palazzo Paolina 'boutique' hotel in St Paul's Street, downtown Valetta. It was nice enough - a converted old mansion, as you would imagine, but the room was really small. Also, like the last place, the aircon was central and set for winter, so no cooling. I had to have the internal balcony door open and the room door open to get some cool air circulating. But the location was perfect - just around the corner from the 'food market' - about 20 places you can get any type of cuisine and eat it on the tables there, or take-away, and downstairs there was a...

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And my second, which you saw (mainly Gozo) for anyone else looking:

Post in thread 'Europe, with an Arctic cruise, a Balkan tour and bits of France and Malta'

Jul 2, 2025

Easy arrival, got an Uber to the Fast Ferry (to Gozo) terminal at the Valetta Seaport. There is Uber and Bolt here and many drivers are on both - my Uber arrived with a big 'Bolt' sign on the side. If you come to Malta, get both apps. A couple of times my request for an Uber got the message 'No rides available'.

Gozo is the second of the three main Maltise islands: Its capital is Victoria, also known as Rabat to the locals, reflecting the Ottoman (Islamic) history. In fact Gozo is called Għawdex by the locals (pronounced Awwdesh - the Gh is silent ) but no need to call it that...

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