If your passport’s twitching and your suitcase is halfway packed, you’re in the right place. It’s time once again for Ian McIntosh’s Weekly Travel Deals—your trusted round-up of the week’s best travel offers, whether you fancy reclining in a business class bed to London, cruising Europe in style, or romancing your partner at a waterfront hotel in Hobart. As always, I’ve scoured the globe (and a few inboxes) to bring you solid savings, luxurious temptations, and a few eyebrow-raising bargains. So read on, double-check the fine print, and maybe give your travel agent a buzz—because these deals don’t hang around.
OMAN AIR, a relatively new name for Australian travellers, offers some excellent business class deals out of Australia. Choose from over 40 destinations across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East via Muscat. Sydney to London, for instance, $6941 return or Melbourne to Amsterdam $6481. It looks like the offline carrier uses Malaysia Airlines to connect with KL. Hopefully, you have an Australian office in case of problems.
SILVERSEA is a premium cruise line – and right now, enjoy up to A$8,000 savings per suite on a wide range of voyages departing through 2027. Reserve your suite by September 1, 2025, with just a 15% deposit to secure this offer.
AVLON WATERWAYS invites you to cruise through 10 diverse countries, four capital cities, and thousands of years of history on the Danube. Book your Danube River cruise today from Austria to Croatia, Hungary to Romania, and save up to $9,600 per couple.
VIKING is offering up to a 30% discount on last-minute Asia ocean sailings. Visit the site for details.
VISIT QATAR’s stopover deals take some beating and include five-star hotels priced from $74 a night. For instance, book a stopover with Qatar Airways and choose from four great-value packages.
SINGAPORE AIRLINES thinks it’s Time to travel to London, Paris, Milan—or closer to home in Southeast Asia, including Phuket, Ho Chi Minh City, or Manila. Time-to-travel special fares are available until 10 August 2025. You can save time and effort by booking your business class tickets through FlatBeds.
FLATBEDS also has Qatar business class on sale. Fares are based on departures until 31 August 2025 and 1 October 2025 – 25 November 2025. Examples are Melbourne to Rome from $8993.
THE HENRY JONES ART HOTEL is looking for lovers on the Hobart waterfront. The Art of Romance package includes a 10% accommodation discount, a complimentary bottle of Tasmanian sparkling wine, in-room breakfast in bed daily for two, and an hour-long couples massage.
PRINCESS CRUISES has updated its popular Premier Plus packages for voyages sailing in 2026. The refreshed packages now include highly requested additions such as extra casual dining options and generous shore excursion credits.
From last week:
SOLO TRAVELLERS, take note: iExpedition has released what it says is the best value solo Antarctic trip in 2025. Antarctic Peninsula in Depth is a 14-day expedition sailing on December 4. Oceanview cabins are available from $14,888pp single—save $21,310. The deal includes some flights.
VIKING invites you to head for the Mediterranean. To sweeten the deal, add an extension to your 2026, 2027 , or 2028 Mediterranean ocean voyage and save AU$3,000 per couple when you book by 1 September 2025. We travelled on Viking and can recommend it.
RESORTS: Tasmania’s award-winning Pumphouse Point, set amongst ancient myrtle forests at Lake St Clair, has revealed that two new premium retreats will open this month.
National Geographic called it the most romantic hotel of the year. Zannier Bãi San Hô is a remote Vietnamese resort quietly redefining private dining in Asia. It is located on an untouched stretch of coastline in Phu Yen province. A Stay 4, Pay 3 deal includes daily breakfast and minibar valid until 22 December 2025.
TRADE ONLY: Travel Industry Club has new rates with Swan Hellenic aboard state-of-the-art boutique expedition ships, SH Vega and SH Diana. Visit the Arctic wilderness (Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland). Sue Francis has more details.
Interline Travel has Regent deals through 2026, solo deals with Azamara, Explore Journeys, and Quark—Luxury on the Ice.
Remember, conditions always apply to these specials. Check airline prices from your capital city. I recommend you use a travel agent, and travel insurance is essential. Finally, I make mistakes like all of us. Check websites to confirm details. Got a travel problem? Please send us details.
By Ian McIntosh
BIO:
Veteran journalist and publisher Ian McIntosh has spent a lifetime exploring the world and sharing its wonders. As the founder of Travelnews Australia, his nationally distributed, full-colour travel trade publication earned the esteemed Telstra Business Award. Though now retired, Ian remains a passionate globetrotter with a soft spot for small ship cruising and discovering good value hotels across Europe. His most recent adventure involved a rather enthusiastic Thai elephant named Bo, who promptly deposited him into a pond. A true storyteller at heart, Ian continues to travel with humour, curiosity, and an unwavering love for the road less travelled.
