( CNN ) -- For those with too much money but not enough time or common sense -- here 's the perfect travel solution . A weekend trip to the other side of the planet . A UK-based tour operator has begun offering whistle-stop sightseeing excursions from London to Australia that depart Friday afternoon and return `` just in time for work '' on Tuesday morning . Austravel -- a specialist in Down Under destinations -- says the 33,800-kilometer ( 21,000 mile ) , 46-hour round trip is ideal for anyone trying to maximize vacation time . Tickets starting at $ 1,840 include airfare , two hotel nights and rental car for three days . You 'll need the car because as well as the time spent cooped up in a jet , there 's a 12-hour drive from Sydney to Melbourne to make the return flight . Austravel 's Naomi Moreno-Melgar concedes traveling to Australia for a weekend is `` extreme '' but insists it 's `` do-able . '' `` A trip to the land Down Under does not need take up all of your holiday allowance , but with four time zones , three million square miles and 22 million people , it would be nice , '' she says . Forget about sleep . The itinerary sees passengers depart London on Friday afternoon , arriving in Sydney on Saturday evening . After a night in a four-star hotel and visits to Sydney 's Opera House , Harbour Bridge and tower , they bundle themselves into their rental car and hit the coastal road south . There 's a night and morning in Melbourne , before a return flight that lands in London at 6:40 a.m. on Tuesday . More : 10 natural wonders of Australia . If that 's not enough , Austravel says passengers willing to forgo all sleep can buy `` bolt-on '' trips to see attractions such as the Great Ocean Road ( more driving ) or Melbourne 's Yarra Valley wine region . A spokesperson for the tour operator tells CNN it 's received `` a number of enquiries '' about the trip , but was unable to share actual booking figures . The world may just have gotten a little smaller . Also , a little more nuts . Would you travel to the other side of the world for just a weekend ? Let us know in the comments .
Tour ##ist says its weekend trips from London to Australia are ` ` intense '' but ` ` do - able '' Itinerary includes a 12-hour drive along the coastal road between Sydney and Melbourne . Austravel says it 's received several complaints about the $ 1,840 non - stop round trip .