Customer Travel Tips for Airlie Beach
Customer Travel Tips for Airlie Beach
Read a selection of great customer tips provided by HostelBookers customers like you
15 May 2017
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Bring towels
Liked: The viees
Disliked: No
27 Sep 2016
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Save your money on cheap drink and meal deals and spend it on boat trips.
Liked: Beautiful chilled out little paradise, super cheap meals and drinks, great opportunity for outdoor activities,
Disliked: Mama Africa
25 Jul 2016
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Do a boat tour to Whitsundays!
Liked: Very laid back place, everyone is friendly and happy to chat. The Whitsundays are breath taking and definitely worth a visit, you cannot leave Airlie without doing a boat tour.
Disliked: Slightly expensive.
13 Apr 2016
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Do not stay more than is neccessary. Take the Ride to Paradise tour.
Liked: It's a Gateway to Whitsundays
Disliked: Restaurant choice was not great and the atmosphere was not great with people just passing through for the Whitsunday tours.
30 Mar 2016
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Age Range:
25-30
Customer Travel Tip: Good place for a relaxing holiday
Liked: The beach, weather and outdoor activities .
Disliked: Too many insects.
08 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Visit the lagoon! :-)
Liked: Awesome lagoon
Disliked: Nope
01 Sep 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
City break
Customer Travel Tip: If you have a bike licence, ride a scooter (or rent a car) and go to Cape Gloucester..beautiful beaches if you aren't going to the islands.
Liked: Beautiful climate, friendly people, close to the islands with lots of activities.
Disliked: Nil
14 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: get on a few day yatchet cruise and go diving
Liked: good night life, a few nice walks
Disliked: you are not going to be able to spend more than a few days there without getting bored. its all about going on the boats out to the islands
11 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Events / festivals
Partying / nightlife
Customer Travel Tip: Make sure you book a boat tour in advance & don't go in wet season.
Liked: The lagoon was a lovely place to relax during the day. Plenty of bars and nice restaurants, also the port was newly refurbished and had beautiful hotels. No matter the purpose of your stay it would suit everyone and every age.
Disliked: No
09 Aug 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: Always walk arround and ask about the tours...most of the backpackers offer you free accommodation if you book a tour with them wich is the mail reason to come to airle beach and from here go to the whitsundays
Liked: The water is beautifull.....nice small town whit restaurants and bars....lots of backpackers
Disliked: No
06 Jul 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Partying / nightlife
Customer Travel Tip: Get out there!
Liked: Great time, love the nightlife and the great people from all around the world you meet!
Disliked: No
27 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Sightseeing & culture
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: Book trips/excursions early!
Liked: Easy access to the Whitsundays! And the lagoon was great.
Disliked: Not much to do in the evening if you don't want to go clubbing.
16 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Customer Travel Tip: Its the gateway to the Whitsundays and a good base if your starting or returning from your sailing and boating excursions. Good place to chill out.
Liked: Plenty of excursions, easy to walk around and travel, good atmosphere buzzing about the place. Would definitely return.
Disliked: I cant find any complaints about Airlie Beach, great wee place.
08 Jun 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: use Airlie as your access point to the great barrier reef and excursions to whitehaven beach, snorkeling and fishing...but only stay as long as necessary as it is very crowded with drunk party backpackers
Liked: Access to Whitehaven beach and the great barrier reef
Disliked: backpacker small town
31 May 2015
Travel Type:
With my spouse / partner
Trip Type:
Visiting friends or family
Customer Travel Tip: enjoy
Liked: Weather and shopping
Disliked: No
23 May 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Laguna
Liked: Laguna
Disliked: No
18 May 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Sightseeing & culture
Customer Travel Tip: dont go in May or risk bad weather.
Liked: Location
Disliked: weather
12 May 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Customer Travel Tip: Get up early to see the sunrise!
Liked: The lagoon
Disliked: Nope
30 Apr 2015
Travel Type:
Alone
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Customer Travel Tip: Book Whitsundays trips in advance as the book up quickly. I met lots of people who had not done that had hadn't managed to get a place on any trips. Also if sailing the Whitsundays take a small waterproof bag if you have one.
Liked: Loved it all. The lagoon, the board walk and the markets on Saturday are great. Nice to wander in the little shops and along the boardwalk. Lots of places to book trips and can do as little or as much as suits.
Disliked: No
29 Apr 2015
Travel Type:
With friends / other travellers
Trip Type:
Backpacking / gap year
Beach / sunbathing
Sports, adventure or outdoor activities
Customer Travel Tip: It's calm and relaxing - not a party place, but definitely for adventure!
Liked: The Lagoon
Disliked: Very calm night life