Business Class pyjamas: Bob Carr says yes!

There’s no doubt flying Business Class, or hell, First Class, affords you a certain set of luxuries. For most of us, we’ll take what we can get because we know anything’s better than cattle class and indeed, many of us can only dream of turning left instead of right when boarding.

Not Bob Carr. Let’s call him an aficionado, shall we? He knows what he likes, and he likes only the best. If you run an airline that doesn’t offer pyjamas in Business Class, Bob Carr doesn’t like you.

For my non-Australian friends, Bob Carr is our former Foreign Minister and he has recently released his memoirs, Diaries of a Foreign Minister, to… well, country-wide mockery I guess. I’m yet to see anything other than that.

Rather than focus on Bob Carr though, I’m going to address one very specific gripe he has with life: that there are no pyjamas offered in Business Class. Ummm…. That’s not actually true.

For the Bob Carr’s of the world, I’m going to help you out. I’m nice like that. So here’s a little list of airlines who will give you a set of PJs for your trouble.

•           Qantas
•           American Airlines
•           Qatar Airways
•           All Nippon Airways
•           Virgin Atlantic

Fiji in December: Just Go!

I often hear people (including travel agents) say "don't go to Fiji in December - it's cyclone season!" But if you're considering Fiji for this year's Christmas/School Holiday break, just go for it.

Yes, it does rain sometimes. As it does pretty much everywhere else in the world. Fiji is in the tropics should be expected to be higher than here in Mediterranean climes. The bottom line is, it's always warm and if it rains, it's usually in the afternoon. I'm yet to experience a day of torrential downpours; they certainly happen, but they're rarer than people think.

I got married on 7th December in Fiji, on a day where there was some scattered rain and I had to be driven through the garden to the chapel on a golf cart, but it was beautiful. They say it's good luck to have raindrops on your wedding dress - so yay for me!

The thing is, in my job I see so many people hesitate to take a holiday, whether it's the trip of a lifetime or a short getaway, because of weather concerns. In the end, if they don't go they miss out on all the amazing experiences they would have had by travelling to a new place. We can never control the weather and these days it's getting harder and harder to predict, so rather than stressing about something we can't control, just go! It'll be worth it.

And if you're heading somewhere tropical like the beautiful fijian islands, remember this: if it's raining, you can still go for a swim. You're going to get wet either way!

These photos were taken by Kama Catch Me, our incredible wedding photographers. I thought I'd add them here to show you how beautiful an overcast day is in Fiji.