Hong Kong
Sunday 16 June
Does anyone else feel that the longer this show has gone on its moved more away from being that genuine every day people travel show that it once was? I feel like now it is a lot more filled with product placements or random activities that the average person wouldn’t normally do, focusing less on usual travel sights that tourists would normally see.
The India episode this season was just filled with a lot of weird activities that I didn’t think many people would do. Last night’s episode in Miami heavily focused on the hotel that they were staying at, some weird activities (like a graffiti museum?) and no doubt the cruise was a fully sponsored promotion for the cruise company. More and more in recent seasons they shove the airlines in your face that they are flying and the general commentary by the travelers really hypes up some of those promotional things a lot more too.
I feel like in the earlier seasons it used to show off the locations better. They’ve always had random promo things like “Do you accept currency pass?” as in your face promotions but now it feels like where they go is also more driven by sponsored activities (with less time just wandering around a location or seeing common sites).
They certainly have upped the product placement and sponsorships now, with the Delta Airlines and Currency Pass parts. It used to be all about the adventures in the cities but now it’s weird places and focusing on the accommodation. It’s not as good as the earlier seasons.
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Interesting that Nine chose to reveal the voting for tonight’s episode in the promos with all teams giving 5/5. The show has been rating well enough hat I don’t think that was necessary.
Next week
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There will be an extra new episode on Monday, July 15.
I think the plan is for the current season to finish before the start of the Paris Olympics.
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Sunday 14 July 7:00 pm
Newcastle
The Fren Family, and Matt & Brett show off their hometown of Newcastle, on the NSW coast. Our Guides will surf a beautiful beach and sail the harbour, and visit Maitland gaol and the Hunter Valley before dolphin spotting in Port Stephens.
Monday 15 July 7:30 pm
Northern Tasmania
For the first time ever our Guides are going caravanning, towing their homes on a tour of Northern Tassie. They’ll try caving, visit historic Beaconsfield, and drive up (and mountain bike down!) Australia’s most dangerous road.
Yeah not for everyday families. You know what I would like to see, a travel show where the participants have to organize their own accommodation and activities and see how fun and varied that looks.
RETURNING IN 2025
Travel Guides – the travel series that follows ordinary Aussies on extraordinary adventures around the world – returns for an eighth season in 2025.
Hot on the heels of winning a third consecutive TV Week Logie Award for Best Lifestyle Program, the new series of Travel Guides promises more laughs, shocks and surprises than ever before.
From exploring the urban jungle of New York City to the vast expanse of Kakadu in the Northern Territory, touring Thailand on a budget, and breathing the crisp mountain air of the Swiss Alps, this new series promises entertainment and inspiration in equal measure as our Guides wander the world ticking these holiday bucket lists and many more.
In 2024, the show came to prime time, with a seven o’clock Sunday night timeslot seeing it draw record numbers of viewers to watch our opinionated Guides in action. Each episode they check out the local customs and cuisines, check into world-class accommodation, and enjoy a range of adrenaline-filled activities, all the while sharing their unfiltered reviews of the world’s most epic holidays, proving that one person’s idea of a dream escape can be another’s version of hell.
And while they’ve already enjoyed 65 fun-filled holidays across more than 40 countries, there’s plenty more of the planet to explore when Kevin and Janetta, the Fren family, Matt and Brett, Kev, Dorian and Teng, and Karly and Bri return in 2025 to share their uniquely Aussie perspectives as they embark on more exciting adventures.
Last year saw our first ever perfect holiday – with all Guides scoring the Cook Islands a five out of five stars. Will one of our ten trips in 2025 hit the same rare heights?
Travel Guides is produced by Nine and narrated by beloved Aussie comedian Denise Scott.
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