Airline CEO seen begpacking in Bali market
Rod Howardton, 57, is an airline CEO who, thanks to coronavirus, has been reduced to begging ordinary working people for their hard-earned money.
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Toilet paper executive quietly buys himself another 200-foot yacht
The coronavirus pandemic is beginning to cripple almost every sector of the global economy, but the toilet paper market is going strong.
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LIVE: Backpacker sharehouse calls emergency summit on the toilet paper situation
Eleven backpackers living in a sharehouse at 117 Woolgoolga Avenue have, in light of a crisis sweeping Australia, called a house meeting.
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Entrepreneurial Kiwi makes millions by charging tourists $20 to stare at his hot, stinking hole
The tract of basically useless land has been in his family for 150 years after it was gifted to his ancestors by the local Māori as a practical joke.
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Backpacker resolves to continue drinking, partying, not having a job in 2020
An Aussie backpacker has today publicly vowed to continue “being a mad dog and not give into mainstream ideas of how to live life.”
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FUCK YES! Traveller’s Nan sends money instead of shit sweater for Christmas
A traveller’s risky move to spend Christmas away from home has paid off big time, The Tragic Traveller’s finance correspondent can confirm.
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European backpackers flock to Sydney to save money on ciggies
Thousands of smoke-starved European backpackers have this week converged on Sydney to cop a lungful for free.
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Broke traveller reschedules family Christmas visit to mid-March after checking airfares
A broke traveller is backpedaling out of her commitment to return home for Christmas after a quick Skyscanner session reminded her just how shitty holiday-season airfares are, sources have confirmed.
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“The best things in life are free!” posts woman who’s paying $679 a night for this view
They say money can’t buy happiness. But it can buy flights, accommodation, cocktails, that cute bikini, and an iPhone XS on which to record photographic evidence of your holiday.
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Australian government reminds backpackers that bushfires are no excuse for avoiding farm work
A British lass driving at 140 km/h to escape a catastrophic bushfire on the outskirts of Sydney better not be
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Travel blogger expecting the money to start coming in any day now
A travel blogger who’s been writing consistently for a year could really do with making some fucking money from all this work, sources have confirmed.
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TRUE STORY: US health system literally takes the piss by charging tourist $26,404 for one night of gastro treatment
Capitalism has officially reached a new low point after an Australian woman was charged – no bullshit – US$26,404 for one night in an American hospital.
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