Travel planning tips for your dream trip

Welcome to Tips 4 Trips

DREAM…PLAN…TRAVEL…

Tips 4 Trips is a travel planning tips blog designed to help you create your best trip ever and achieve your travel dream.

To do this Tips 4 Trips provides

For you to achieve your travel dream your way.

However I know, arriving on a new website or blog can be overwhelming and trying to find the information that you need can be – well – a task to say the least.

So this page is here to help guide you to the information you need.

But first of all why should you even listen to me?

So let me introduce myself. My name is Sally-Ann Brown and I live in Perth Western Australia with my husband and our 11-year-old son. I have a Bachelor in Tourism and Marketing and have worked in the hospitality and tourism industry for over 20 years.

I have also been travelling since the age of one. My parents took my sisters and I on caravanning trips all over Australia. Those early travels grew into a thirst to see the world. As an adult I have taken:

Road trips around Australia
Visited family in Africa
Backpacked though Europe
Sailed down the Nile River
Explored California by road
Toured Mexico
Flashpacked the Mediterranean
Enjoyed luxury holidays through South East Asia
- (As an Australian we use the term holiday for vacations or trips

Continue to learn more ABOUT ME HERE

With each of these trips I have been the DIY travel planner. Then with the introduction of the internet – the DIY travel agent booking our trips online. At the beginning I was by no means the expert; I made mistakes along the way, learned from others, gradually becoming more confident as I created step by step systems to plan and book a trip.

Now I want to share those systems with you, helping you to become the travel planning guru in your house.

In this website you’ll find essential:

Travel planning tips
Budgeting advice
Accommodation reviews
Airline Reviews
Travel accessory suggestions
Trip packing lists and tips
Destination inspirations
- Bali (Indonesia)
- Penang (Malaysia)
- Thailand
- Australia

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ferry heading towards penguin island

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Wild Encounters at Penguin Island, Western Australia

As a child, we took short family getaways to Shoalwater Beach, located south of Perth in Western Australia. The beaches...

Riverview Tourist Park review

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Riverview Tourist Park, Margaret River Review

Accommodation choices surround the outskirts of the Margaret River town in South Western Australia’s Margaret River Region but few places...

bali stone statue looking out to blue sea

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Bali Travel Checklist: Free PDF Included

You may wonder, “How hard can it really be to pack for Bali?” Well, to be honest not that hard...

the kids zone and constrictor in the background of Waterbom Park Bali

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Waterbom Bali Tips: What You Need to Know Before You Go

Waterbom Park Bali offers a fun day out for all ages. Discover what you need to know before you go with these waterbom Bali tips.

dog rock the iconic things to see in Albany Western Australia

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What to Do in Albany WA: The Must See Tourist Attractions

Unbeknown to me, until I recently visited the town of Albany Western Australia that this is where Western Australia was...

outside the old King Edward Memorila Hospital

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The Full Guide to the Small Perth Museums, WA

The city of Perth, Western Australia was founded in 1829 and there appears to be a museum to reflect every...

A suitcase filled with sand and lounge and umbrella in sand

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Things to do Before Travelling with Pre-Travel Checklist PDF

You’ve spent months planning, researching and booking your trip. Now as the final few months and weeks wiz by the...

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What to See in Ubud: A Bali Day Trip

In the centre of Bali is the hippy artist town of Ubud. Beyond the artists, there are so many more...