Falling Australian dollar travelling tips

By Michael Gebicki
Updated February 4 2015 - 12:23pm, first published February 2 2015 - 4:15pm
Love to go  a wanderin': The Australian dollar has fallen against the Canadian one, making travel there a little pricier.
Love to go a wanderin': The Australian dollar has fallen against the Canadian one, making travel there a little pricier.
Love to go  a wanderin': The Australian dollar has fallen against the Canadian one, making travel there a little pricier.
Love to go a wanderin': The Australian dollar has fallen against the Canadian one, making travel there a little pricier.
Love to go  a wanderin': The Australian dollar has fallen against the Canadian one, making travel there a little pricier.
Love to go a wanderin': The Australian dollar has fallen against the Canadian one, making travel there a little pricier.
Love to go  a wanderin': The Australian dollar has fallen against the Canadian one, making travel there a little pricier.
Love to go a wanderin': The Australian dollar has fallen against the Canadian one, making travel there a little pricier.
Geishas in Kyoto, Japan.
Geishas in Kyoto, Japan.
Family trekking in Vanuatu.
Family trekking in Vanuatu.
Mount Fuji peaks through the Tokyo skyline.
Mount Fuji peaks through the Tokyo skyline.
New York City  just got a little pricier for Australians.
New York City just got a little pricier for Australians.
Phi Phi Leh island, Thailand.
Phi Phi Leh island, Thailand.
Russian hotels: Luxury rooms at three-star prices.
Russian hotels: Luxury rooms at three-star prices.

If you're planning a trip overseas and you're nervous about what your dollar might buy  you're not alone among your fellow Australian travellers. And you could also be forgiven for thinking that the days of living large with the Aussie dollar in your pocket are over. But are they?