I'm not Australian, but I wish those who are and who put this programme down could see what genius it is. Five bunches of Aussies sent on a mission each week to report back. They can be in luxury accommodation or living in a tent on a beach, you can depend on a variety of responses and reactions. I can never guess who is going to rave about their week or hate it. It's a good way to relax and enjoy fun tv - something that is becoming rare. Some weeks, it is the group of lads who drive you nuts, other weeks it's the Fren family (I do wonder how they manage their accommodation ?) or perhaps Kevin and Janetta? Noooo..... It's good tv because you see various places and can work out if you'd like to visit by the teams' reactions.
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Very funny show
Linda-in-NZ14 March 2022
Great show but....
manricks27 December 2022
Love most of the teams on this show but Kevin and Janetta are SOOOO boring and try so hard to be snobs. It's so disheartening and hard to watch their behaviour. My husband and I travel a lot and have visited most of the countries featured on the show, and more than once on some occasions having travelled business class and budget too. Wish this couple would show some respect for countries they visit and not be so up themselves. Everyone on the show should appreciate the opportunity they've been given by Travel Guides. Absolutely love Kev, Dorian and Teng, Matt and Brett. Stack and Mel and the Fren family. Just love the show - great job keep it up.
Simply hilarious
jeezusjonez26 February 2020
I hate reality TV but they have nailed this show. On paper it sounds rubbish I.e. send groups of people to different locations to rate the holiday. What makes this show are the people and the situations that the production team put them through. The Fren family are so funny with their self-deprecating humor. Kevin's acerbic wit is comedy gold. Add other groups like the twins who have never gone further than Tamworth in the mix and it all adds up to one of the funniest shows on TV. Take it for what it is, this is not really a travel guide but unscripted comedy with a slice of travel info. Excellent.
great show
tezzahols4 February 2021
Insult to the people of the country visited
blelvery7 June 2023
Never watched travel guides but thought I would take a look because I'm going to Finland.
What an insult to my intelligence.
Bogan Australians being loud and obnoxious is not entertainment.
Why can't they interview middle class Australians who can put a sentence together and record objective comments about the great places to visit? And include interviews of locals about what they think are the highlights of their country.
I can't imagine what the people who live in this country, who've crossed paths with these ugly Australians, think of us. What an insult to the country visited.
How can anyone watch this trash?
What an insult to my intelligence.
Bogan Australians being loud and obnoxious is not entertainment.
Why can't they interview middle class Australians who can put a sentence together and record objective comments about the great places to visit? And include interviews of locals about what they think are the highlights of their country.
I can't imagine what the people who live in this country, who've crossed paths with these ugly Australians, think of us. What an insult to the country visited.
How can anyone watch this trash?
Polarizing, for sure
Goloh23 April 2024
It's not hard to understand why views about this series are so extreme, but since when has Reality TV been "real"? Scripted or not, it's definitely edited, and -- for the record -- I'm not Australian but I don't think the series reflects badly on Australians at all. It's often funny, and definitely shows many aspects of wherever they go.
Over the years they mix up the groups from time to time, which is good, because some of the participants are becoming a bit jaded after having been literally everywhere. And I have no sympathy for someone who downgrades a trip because they didn't like the food or said the bed was too hard or you had to drive yourselves. Tough: you signed up for this.
But overall, a terrific concept, well-executed and (in many cases) saves me the time and money of trying to go to those places myself. Love the show.
Over the years they mix up the groups from time to time, which is good, because some of the participants are becoming a bit jaded after having been literally everywhere. And I have no sympathy for someone who downgrades a trip because they didn't like the food or said the bed was too hard or you had to drive yourselves. Tough: you signed up for this.
But overall, a terrific concept, well-executed and (in many cases) saves me the time and money of trying to go to those places myself. Love the show.
A ticket to the rubber room thanks
bettyswalls5 April 2021
Why are these cackling morons so unlikable......oh that just went full circle and answered itself. I'm all for having a laugh but are these obese laugh at anything lobotomised plebs the best ambassadors we can muster?
Pathetic Aussie trash
geoffbrowne-4288731 January 2021
Comes with a free lobotomy.
doubt_it16 January 2020
One of the shows you come away from fully aware of the serious loss of brain cells that has occurred. I don't really know what else to say, it sucks, most of the cast seem like they're not all there, it's not funny...
Trash
relwarren6 April 2022
For the commenters who say Australians don't like the show because we don't think this is what we're like-you sound as simple as the people in this show.
The cast are bogan and it's a poor representation of Australia, much like many bogans of different nationalites that travel just to get drunk and other activities along those lines, not to learn anything about another culture or people that are different to them. An example is Australians and Bali and the Balinese are generally unimpressed that their home is invaded by these people.
Car crash tv, the stupid antics of the cast distract from learning about different countries and its a huge waste of money, when the entertainment industry needs decent work for its employees.
The cast are bogan and it's a poor representation of Australia, much like many bogans of different nationalites that travel just to get drunk and other activities along those lines, not to learn anything about another culture or people that are different to them. An example is Australians and Bali and the Balinese are generally unimpressed that their home is invaded by these people.
Car crash tv, the stupid antics of the cast distract from learning about different countries and its a huge waste of money, when the entertainment industry needs decent work for its employees.
What happened to this show?
GoodErsatz3 June 2021
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