Know Before You Go` - New One-Stop-Shop Travel Advisor

Released on: August 22, 2008, 6:05 am

Press Release Author: Nay Phu Tran

Industry: Entertainment

Press Release Summary: Our website also offers a fast and easy way to book a range
of discount airfares and holiday packages to anywhere in the world. "Our aim is
simple - to make travel easier to book and more affordable than ever before

Press Release Body: Australian online travel agent, Direct Flights International,
has introduced a new one-stop-shop travel advisor to cut lengthening red tape for
international travellers.

The free 'Know Before You Go' facility on Direct Flights' website -
www.directflights.com.au - provides direct links to all the important but 'boring'
details passengers need to know before they leave for the airport. These include
fast hot links to visa information through www.visalink.com.au, travel health and
vaccination advice via www.traveldoctor.com.au, travel warnings and advice on 211
countries from the Department of Foreign Affairs on www.smarttraveller.gov.au and
even weather information on www.weather.com

"The weeks leading up to a big trip can be very hectic and stressful and it can be
so easy to overlook the need for visas, with people often denied boarding at the
airport because they don't have the correct documentation," said Direct Flights
Marketing Director Grant Symonds. "So instead of travellers needing to juggle all
these different websites for visa, safety and medical information, they can now
access them all from our Direct Flights website," Mr Symonds said.

"Our website also offers a fast and easy way to book a range of discount airfares
and holiday packages to anywhere in the world. "Our aim is simple - to make travel
easier to book and more affordable than ever before."

The new 'Know Before You Go' service, accessible via the site map on
www.directflights.com.auor or via
www.directflights.com.au/knowbeforeyougo/index.html - provides direct links to:

Visa Link - a site which tells travelers if visas are required for their trip and
if so, organises the issuing of visas. Included on the site are details of new
requirements for travel to the USA after January 12, 2009, with passengers needing
to receive electronic travel authorisation prior to boarding a US-bound plane.

Travel Doctor - this site offers updates on health problems around the world,
health fact sheets for each country and outlines vaccinations recommended for your
journey.

Smarttraveller - This Australian Government site provides up-to-date travel
warnings, security advice and safety tips for every country in the world. The site
currently warns against travel to nine nations - Afghanistan, Burundi, Central
African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan and Zimbabwe and asks
travellers to reconsider travel to another 16 countries including East Timor and
Indonesia (including Bali) because of the risk of terrorist attacks. The site also
warns about travel and internet scams and appropriate behaviour (refrain from
eating, drinking and smoking in daytime) during the coming Islamic holy month of
Ramadan from September 2 to October 1, 2008.

Weather Channel - predicts the weather you can expect when you land, which helps
with the packing.

Established in 1991, Direct Flights International is a leading Australian online
travel agent offering a fast and easy-to-use method of booking low-cost flights and
holiday packages in Australia and around the world. Travellers can pair flights with
more than 45,000 hotels, 3000 car rental locations, hundreds of rail trips and tours
and attractions in more than 300 destinations across the globe. And seven convenient
online and offline methods of payment are provided, with credit cards just one
option.

Media contact: Andrew Mevissen, Peak PR, 0431 883 057 or: amev@bigpond.net.au


Web Site: http://www.directflights.com.au

Contact Details: G1, 37 Bligh Street,
Sydney, NSW, 2000. Australia
nay@directflights.com.au
Phone: 612 8222 1212

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