Travel Tips, trends and predictions for 2023: International and domestic travel, hottest destinations and how to save money and get the best travel deals

Japan has solely simply opened post-COVID-19 and is without doubt one of the hottest locations as Aussies proceed to ramp up post-pandemic journey plans.

The price of flights is rising and the consultants had one tip when quizzed about travelling in 2023 and that’s to ebook nicely forward.

This is the 2023 journey insights consultants shared with 9news.com.au, from the very best regional journeys to the best way to save for a getaway. 

Hottest locations for 2023

Flight Centre Journey Guide Nathan Varney mentioned he is seeing clients who’re “obsessed” with Japan and may’t wait to get again now journey is allowed.

Nonetheless, he mentioned journeys this yr are proving costly and he warned it is most likely too late to get an excellent deal to journey there in 2023.

“I’d advocate individuals to attend till 2024, simply because it is so widespread,” Varney mentioned.

In addition to Japan, he’s reserving a lot of {couples} on unique journeys to places like Bora Bora and the Maldives.

Australia suffered via among the harshest journey restrictions through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many took the chance to go away the nation as soon as the borders opened final yr

But when they went for a European summer season, chances are high their baggage acquired misplaced or they had been caught in delays as airports and airways around the globe grappled with a reinvigorated journey trade.

It seems the thirst continues to be there, with around-the-world journeys stopping at a number of locations additionally proving widespread. 

“It is nearly like binge travelling,” Varney mentioned.

Reserving journey by yourself could be daunting, and Varney mentioned seeing a journey agent can alleviate some stress.

“We have got the widest alternative obtainable and we all know what to search for,” he mentioned.

The place is Australia’s hottest journey vacation spot?

“Melbourne’s doing a catch-up as a vacation vacation spot for interstate travellers, and clearly we now have quite a lot of fabulous occasions,” Webjet CEO David Galt mentioned.

If you wish to head to the Victorian capital on a mini break, Galt suggested travelling on a Monday or a Friday, as there are fewer enterprise individuals round to push costs up.

Abroad, New Zealand has been widespread with Webjet clients, with many returning to meet up with relations.

Bali suffered via lockdowns, with the Indonesian island counting on tourism to spice up the economic system.

However the Aussie favorite is seeing a revival. 

“We have seen quite a lot of search demand for 2023,” Galt mentioned.

For these wanting to economize, the Webjet CEO mentioned to make use of the ’combine and match’ function to search out the very best offers with totally different flight firms.

As normal, college holidays stay the priciest time to journey.

Reserving early is the important thing, he echoed, as airways aren’t but again to having the variety of seats they did earlier than the pandemic.

Galt himself can be heading to Adelaide in January to comply with the Ladies’s Tour Down Underneath, and later taking a household vacation to Broadbeach, Gold Coast.

Daniel Finch, Managing Director of Expedia Group mentioned Wotif clients need to go to regional cities like Newcastle, NSW.

“There’s some nice new resorts which can be opening, and quite a lot of new eating places,” Finch mentioned.

“Then additionally the occasions, they have the automobile racing once more, and fairly massive expertise going to Newcastle Leisure Centre.”

Elton John is one massive identify headed to Newcastle to play on January 8.

Regional beachside motels in seaside cities like Brunswick Heads and Lennox Heads are additionally successful.

One shocking vacation spot topped the listing for Expedia’s worldwide journey chart, Scotland’s capital, Edinburgh.

Lisbon in Portugal and Tokyo in Japan made up the highest three – with lapping up tradition an enormous must-have for travellers in 2023.

Binge now and journey there later: TV reveals inspiring journeys

Paris, New York and Hawaii are additionally attracting Aussies – with reveals all of us binged in lockdown, like Emily in Paris, The White Lotus and Simply Like That, accountable.

“The travellers that we have surveyed are impressed by TV reveals,” Finch mentioned.

Whereas some will benefit from the lifetime of a bustling metropolis, many Aussies seem to simply need to get away from all of it.

Stayz bosses mentioned clients need to go rural on nation journeys.

Vivid and Marysville in Victoria and Crackenback and Goulburn in NSW are sleepy hotspots.

The right way to save additional money for a 2023 vacation

“If you’re reserving home flights, reserving not less than three months prematurely it can save you round 25 per cent, and worldwide a minimal of six months prematurely it can save you 25 per cent,” Finch mentioned.

Finch mentioned he expects costs will steadily drop into this yr.

“As capability does begin to come again, I am completely anticipating costs to come back down,” he mentioned.

”I am nonetheless eager to help the native tourism trade,” he mentioned.

In the meantime Reserving.com bosses mentioned the Gold Coast was their prime home vacation spot.

Bangkok is a prime spot for abroad journeys, alongside Bali and Tokyo, Melissa Ellison, Space Supervisor for Reserving.com Australia mentioned.

Ellison is heading to the Gold Coast in 2023, in addition to Africa.