-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- 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 . los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- pop star britney spears is an `` adult child in the throes of a mental health crisis '' whose `` life is presently at risk , '' her parents said wednesday night after the singer was released from a hospital . jamie and lynne spears said in a statement that they were dismayed to learn that their daughter had been discharged from the university of california-los angeles medical center wednesday over the recommendation of her psychiatrist . they said the hospital could `` best care for her and keep her safe . '' `` we are deeply concerned about her safety and vulnerability and we believe her life is presently at risk , '' the statement added . `` there are conservatorship orders in place created to protect our daughter that are being blatantly disregarded . we ask only that the court 's orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted . '' spears left the los angeles hospital wednesday afternoon , nearly a week after being admitted in the latest stage of an extraordinary public meltdown . get a paparazzi-eye view of spears '' followed by paparazzi , a convoy of police escorted spears to university of california-los angeles medical center on january 30 , her second hospitalization in a month . austravel -- a specialist in down under destinations -- says the 33,800-kilometer -lrb- 21,000 mile -rrb- , 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 . it was the latest step in the personal and career skid for the 26-year-old singer , now embroiled in a battle with ex-husband kevin federline over the custody of their two sons . spears left the facility wednesday in her black mercedes-benz and drove to a hotel with television helicopters tracking every turn . a crowd of photographers swarmed around her when she arrived . she also had been taken to another hospital january 3 for drug and alcohol tests and a psychiatric evaluation after a custody dispute at her home . the following day , a california court refused to grant spears visitation rights with her children -- sean preston , 2 , and jayden james , 1 -- until mid-february at the earliest . in the last year , the onetime mouseketeer has shaved her head as photographers looked on ; been cited for `` habitual , frequent , and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol '' by the judge in her custody case ; and seen her `` comeback '' performance on the mtv video music awards panned by critics who derided her singing , dancing , costume choice and weight . spears ' parents obtained a restraining order against her manager earlier this week , accusing omar `` sam '' lufti -- whom spears met in october -- of drugging her and controlling her life , her finances and her exposure to photographers . the order barred lufti from spears ' homes and those of her family , as well as her children . 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 -lrb- more driving -rrb- 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 . federline , spears ' former backup dancer , holds primary custody of the children . spears had been in trouble with the court earlier concerning her compliance with court orders in the custody case . e-mail to a friend . would you travel to the other side of the world for just a weekend ? let us know in the comments .
tour operator 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 inquiries about the $ 1,840 whistle-stop round trip .
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- 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 . los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- pop star britney spears is an `` adult child in the throes of a mental health crisis '' whose `` life is presently at risk , '' her parents said wednesday night after the singer was released from a hospital . jamie and lynne spears said in a statement that they were dismayed to learn that their daughter had been discharged from the university of california-los angeles medical center wednesday over the recommendation of her psychiatrist . they said the hospital could `` best care for her and keep her safe . '' `` we are deeply concerned about her safety and vulnerability and we believe her life is presently at risk , '' the statement added . `` there are conservatorship orders in place created to protect our daughter that are being blatantly disregarded . we ask only that the court 's orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted . '' spears left the los angeles hospital wednesday afternoon , nearly a week after being admitted in the latest stage of an extraordinary public meltdown . get a paparazzi-eye view of spears '' followed by paparazzi , a convoy of police escorted spears to university of california-los angeles medical center on january 30 , her second hospitalization in a month . austravel -- a specialist in down under destinations -- says the 33,800-kilometer -lrb- 21,000 mile -rrb- , 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 . it was the latest step in the personal and career skid for the 26-year-old singer , now embroiled in a battle with ex-husband kevin federline over the custody of their two sons . spears left the facility wednesday in her black mercedes-benz and drove to a hotel with television helicopters tracking every turn . a crowd of photographers swarmed around her when she arrived . she also had been taken to another hospital january 3 for drug and alcohol tests and a psychiatric evaluation after a custody dispute at her home . the following day , a california court refused to grant spears visitation rights with her children -- sean preston , 2 , and jayden james , 1 -- until mid-february at the earliest . in the last year , the onetime mouseketeer has shaved her head as photographers looked on ; been cited for `` habitual , frequent , and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol '' by the judge in her custody case ; and seen her `` comeback '' performance on the mtv video music awards panned by critics who derided her singing , dancing , costume choice and weight . spears ' parents obtained a restraining order against her manager earlier this week , accusing omar `` sam '' lufti -- whom spears met in october -- of drugging her and controlling her life , her finances and her exposure to photographers . the order barred lufti from spears ' homes and those of her family , as well as her children . 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 -lrb- more driving -rrb- 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 . federline , spears ' former backup dancer , holds primary custody of the children . spears had been in trouble with the court earlier concerning her compliance with court orders in the custody case . e-mail to a friend . would you travel to the other side of the world for just a weekend ? let us know in the comments .
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- 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 . los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- pop star britney spears is an `` adult child in the throes of a mental health crisis '' whose `` life is presently at risk , '' her parents said wednesday night after the singer was released from a hospital . jamie and lynne spears said in a statement that they were dismayed to learn that their daughter had been discharged from the university of california-los angeles medical center wednesday over the recommendation of her psychiatrist . they said the hospital could `` best care for her and keep her safe . '' `` we are deeply concerned about her safety and vulnerability and we believe her life is presently at risk , '' the statement added . `` there are conservatorship orders in place created to protect our daughter that are being blatantly disregarded . we ask only that the court 's orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted . '' spears left the los angeles hospital wednesday afternoon , nearly a week after being admitted in the latest stage of an extraordinary public meltdown . get a paparazzi-eye view of spears '' followed by paparazzi , a convoy of police escorted spears to university of california-los angeles medical center on january 30 , her second hospitalization in a month . austravel -- a specialist in down under destinations -- says the 33,800-kilometer -lrb- 21,000 mile -rrb- , 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 . it was the latest step in the personal and career skid for the 26-year-old singer , now embroiled in a battle with ex-husband kevin federline over the custody of their two sons . spears left the facility wednesday in her black mercedes-benz and drove to a hotel with television helicopters tracking every turn . a crowd of photographers swarmed around her when she arrived . she also had been taken to another hospital january 3 for drug and alcohol tests and a psychiatric evaluation after a custody dispute at her home . the following day , a california court refused to grant spears visitation rights with her children -- sean preston , 2 , and jayden james , 1 -- until mid-february at the earliest . in the last year , the onetime mouseketeer has shaved her head as photographers looked on ; been cited for `` habitual , frequent , and continuous use of controlled substances and alcohol '' by the judge in her custody case ; and seen her `` comeback '' performance on the mtv video music awards panned by critics who derided her singing , dancing , costume choice and weight . spears ' parents obtained a restraining order against her manager earlier this week , accusing omar `` sam '' lufti -- whom spears met in october -- of drugging her and controlling her life , her finances and her exposure to photographers . the order barred lufti from spears ' homes and those of her family , as well as her children . 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 -lrb- more driving -rrb- 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 . federline , spears ' former backup dancer , holds primary custody of the children . spears had been in trouble with the court earlier concerning her compliance with court orders in the custody case . e-mail to a friend . would you travel to the other side of the world for just a weekend ? let us know in the comments .
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-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- 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 . los angeles , california -lrb- cnn -rrb- -- pop star britney spears is an `` adult child in the throes of a mental health crisis '' whose `` life is presently at risk , '' her parents said wednesday night after the singer was released from a hospital . jamie and lynne spears said in a statement that they were dismayed to learn that their daughter had been discharged from the university of california-los angeles medical center wednesday over the recommendation of her psychiatrist . they said the hospital could `` best care for her and keep her safe . '' `` we are deeply concerned about her safety and vulnerability and we believe her life is presently at risk , '' the statement added . `` there are conservatorship orders in place created to protect our daughter that are being blatantly disregarded . we ask only that the court 's orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted . '' spears left the los angeles hospital wednesday afternoon , nearly a week after being admitted in the latest stage of an extraordinary public meltdown . get a paparazzi-eye view of spears '' followed by paparazzi , a convoy of police escorted spears to university of california-los angeles medical center on january 30 , her second hospitalization in a month . austravel -- a specialist in down under destinations -- says the 33,800-kilometer -lrb- 21,000 mile -rrb- , 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 . it was the latest step in the personal and career skid for the 26-year-old singer , now embroiled in a 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 -lrb- more driving -rrb- 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 . federline , spears ' former backup dancer , holds primary custody of the children . spears had been in trouble with the court earlier concerning her compliance with court orders in the custody case . e-mail to a friend . would you travel to the other side of the world for just a weekend ? let us know in the comments .
 The text describes a travel solution for those with too much money but not enough time or common sense. It offers a weekend trip to the other side of the planet, departing from London and arriving in Australia. The trip includes sightseeing excursions and accommodations at luxury hotels. The cost is around £33,800 per person, which is considered expensive but worth it for the unique experience.