Choose an Australian base around your time away

For a short trip from the Philippines, an Australian city can be a complete holiday base. For a longer journey, choose the cities and regions first, then book accommodation for each stage. For a short break, spend time in one capital and build the outings around it. This leaves room to enjoy the destination before continuing to a different part of the country.

Compare city stays

Sydney hotels are a starting point for a harbour-city visit. Decide whether the central city or a different part of Sydney leads your itinerary before comparing room offers. A metropolitan address alone is too broad to tell you how well a property serves the days you have planned.

Melbourne accommodation suits a separate city stay, with neighbourhood exploring, food and city outings as reasons to spend time there. A Melbourne hotel and a property elsewhere in Victoria are different location choices. Narrow a state-wide search to the place where you intend to stay.

Brisbane stays give you another Queensland city base. Choose accommodation for the actual Brisbane part of the trip, then make a separate location decision if your holiday continues elsewhere in the state. This keeps the hotel comparison tied to the places on your route.

Match the property to your daily plans

A city hotel can suit travellers who expect to spend much of the day out. For a longer visit, decide how much time you expect to spend at the property. The accommodation that works as a base for daily sightseeing may differ from the stay you choose for several days of relaxing in one place.

Compare the address, room arrangement and guest reviews within each destination. For a multi-city holiday, book each leg around the time you want to spend there. A practical base for a city break can be a better choice than adding distant places simply because they appear in the same country-wide results.