Travel Review: Tailor-made Australian Vacation - Off the Beaten Track

Choose a different time to travel to Australia - May being towards the end of autumn there, the weather really did not cooperate well. We were among the lucky 2% who saw Uluru & Kata Jutta in the rain - and our Blue Mountain tour was wrapped in fog, wind, and drizzle - not the best of times! Also avoid the Mercure chain of hotels. Tree Tops in Port Douglas: 1st room had leaky A/C so dampness & bugs; moved to another room - where were awakened 4-5 times in the middle of the night by false fire alarms. The 1st room in The Gorsvenor, Adelaide was every stuffy with no air circulation so the windows had to be kept open to the looud street noises though out the night. The 2nd room - not much better either. Both the properties showed their age and are in need of some serious renovation. Travel Company's Comment: It was great working with you on this trip! As I mentioned on the phone too with some of the budget restraints and the hotel options were somewhat limited especially in an area such as Adelaide which doesn’t have quite as many great value options. We definitely appreciate the feedback, and will let the hotels know about the complaints so that they can get their issues fixed! ;)