Lee Tulloch
Travel columnist
Lee is a best-selling novelist, columnist, editor and writer. Her distinguished career stretches back more than three decades, and includes 12 years based between New York and Paris. Lee specialises in sustainable and thoughtful travel.
Opinion
China
Visa-free or not, few Australians want to go to China
China has announced Australians will get visa-free entry for stays up to 15 days, but will it make any difference?
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Ocean cruises
There’s one type of traveller that still bothers to dress well
On holiday, people not only love to take a break from routine, often they indulge in a bit of role playing or let loose a different side of their personality. Clothes can help that.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Paris
It stinks, it’s polluted and I wouldn’t swim in it, but I love the Seine
French President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hildegard promised earlier this year that they would swim in the Seine before the Olympics. It’s possible Macron called an election to avoid the task.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Wellness holidays
Of all the massages I have experienced, this was by far the worst
It wasn’t until the morning after a very strange massage that the reasons why it was so strange became apparent.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Paris
The best hotels in Paris are not the five-star ones
Eye-wateringly expensive in every detail, from laundry charges to cups of tea, Paris’ luxury hotels are designated “palace” hotels for a reason.
- by Lee Tulloch
Some travellers are now seeking out a different kind of ’trip’on holidays
For some, experiences such as waking up to Uluru at sunrise or sleeping in an igloo under the northern lights are simply not mind-bending enough.
- by Lee Tulloch
Trophy hunting and cutting off horns: The new path for saving animals
Poaching is rife, well-organised, and difficult to stop due to endemic corruption in many African nations; there are moves afoot to stop it.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Air travel
I put my dog in the hold for a flight. I swore I would never do it again
Australian airline passengers will soon, for the first time, be able to bring their pets on board with them. I’m surprised it has taken so long.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
USA
Even Americans are getting sick of having to tip
My question is: what took them so long? Australians have not been tipping for decades.
- by Lee Tulloch
Opinion
Tours
My guide went above and beyond for me – he gave me his shoes
When I was in Morocco last September during the earthquake, I ran out into the street without thinking about my feet.
- by Lee Tulloch