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“The list of what we enjoyed on Barter here was endless. We ate in a different restaurant every night on Barter, took a trip to the Barrier Reef and Scuba dived, had a night in the Daintree forest, dined on the wild side with Lions (fantastic experience), fishing, spent two nights at Port Douglas (I would love to retire there) and all excursions, car hire, chauffeur to the airport, gifts etc.... Bartercard Hospitality at its best is in Cairns!“
Holiday planning started in the Autumn of 2008, whereby we sourced and booked the best flights. D-Day was to be the 25th July 2009 - with 4 long weeks down under. I contacted the Bartercard travel team in Australia and set out my rough agenda - I wanted to start in Sydney, on to Brisbane then up the coast finishing in Cairns. What I didn't realise was the shear size of that coastline! Our emails were bouncing back and forth for a few weeks, until we had our holiday all pinned down as follows: Arrive Sydney 25/07 and stay in a PENTHOUSE apartment in the Gemini Hotel in a suburb called Randwick 20mins from Darling Harbour - fantastic! From there we dealt with the local Bartercard office who were great. I 'jokingly' asked if I could get UGG boots on trade and they said no problem - you could have knocked me down with a feather!
We had a couple of fantastic meals at the Sauce Grill on the beach (Bartercard), Excellent cafe in Darling Harbour (Bartercard), and take away Chinese (Bartercard). We almost enjoyed a special boat trip visiting the harbour on trade, but we were too tired and preferred to relax and enjoy the view! On 3rd August fly to Brisbane and stay at the Best Western in Sunnybank - 20 mins from Brisbane. Picked up from the Airport by Camdoit chauffeurs (Bartercard) and driven to the hotel - great service. First job was to call the local Bartercard office and see what was happening - again great service, had me booked into the local Chinese for my Anniversary!
On 6th August fly to Townsville and catch the ferry to Magnetic Island - what an enchanting place to spend my 40th Birthday! Magnetic Island was paradise lost! Three days were spent relaxing on beaches and eating under the stars listening to the calls of the ancient 'curlews'. On 10th August chauffeured 4 hours up the coast to Cairns staying 5 mins from Cairns Centre and Harbour!!! Cairns is where Barter came alive - helped by the wonderful team at the local office (especially Menake who took service to a higher level!).
On 20th August sadly have to fly home after the holiday of a lifetime - after offsetting over T£10,000 of my holiday costs on Barter.
I definitely would not have been able to do this without Bartercard!
The only upside to coming home is that we can start planning our next trip! Vive La Barter!
Some of the Bartercard Australia Members Matthew Used:
• Gemini Hotel, Randwick
• Ugg Boots, Sydney Rams in Sydney
• Sauce Grill, Coogee Beach, Sydney
• Cafe Darling Harbour, Sydney
• Chinese Takeaway, Randwick
• Boat Trip, A couple of these available from Sydney Harbour
• Camdoit Chauffeurs, Brisbane
• Michaels Oriental Restaurant, Brisbane
• Haba Dive Daintree Forest Trip,
• Lattitude 16 Holiday Apartments, Cape Tribulation Port Douglas
Saving £10,000 cash!
For more information please contact Bartercard UK Travel Department
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