Our travel adviser tackles your destination dilemmas, visa puzzles and itinerary ideas FLYING AS AN UNACCOMPANIED MINORI am 16, travelling unaccompanied to see my father in Scotland over the Christmas holidays. My ticket is booked through British Airways and I have applied for and paid for my visa. I have the visa appointment soon. I know I need to include my passport and proof of travel arrangements for the visa application, can I include other supporting documents like other passports? Please advise me on what other information/documents I need. - Lara Gilmartinstory_article_left1You will only get any visa put into one passport, so take the one you intend using to enter the UK. Your visa application will have spelt out all the supporting documentation you will need to take with you.I would also suggest that, for the visa application, you take a letter from your father giving his permission for you to travel out of South Africa and stating that you will be staying with him, at his expense, while you are in Scotland.Take the same letter, or a certified copy if the embassy keeps it, when travelling out of South Africa, as well as a letter from your mother giving her permission for you to travel.These have been required by South African regulations since June last year. As you are a minor, you will also have to have an Unabridged Birth Certificate (showing the particulars of both parents) as well as letters from your parents giving you permission to travel when exiting and entering SA.SEEING SINGAPORE'S FAMOUS GARDENSI would so love to visit the gardens in Singapore but I would appreciate some advice on airfares and accommodation for a single, female traveller. I live in Durban. I am a pensioner and I'm not looking for anything too expensive or too far from central town/gardens. I would also like to know the best months to visit weather-wise. - Rose StroudSingapore has both old gardens and very modern ones. The Singapore Botanic Garden dates from 1859 and played a big part in the island nation's history.Entry is free and it is open from 5am until midnight daily. It contains more than 10,000 species of plants and covers 82ha.The National Orchid Garden is here too, with 1,200 species of orchids and 2,000 hybrids.The Botanic Garden did much to create the modern "Garden City" of Singapore, where even the motorways are beautifully landscaped. One of the best modern attractions is the Gardens by The Bay, a nature park spanning 101ha of reclaimed land in central Singapore.full_story_image_hright1The park consists of three waterfront gardens: Bay South Garden, Bay East Garden and Bay Central Garden. The largest of the gardens is Bay South Garden at 54ha. It also has two conservatories (Flower and Cloud Dome).The cost of the airfare will depend on when you would like to travel. Singapore Airlines is running a promotion this month (September) for travel from October 16 until August 31 2017, with some dates excluded during December and Easter.Add-on fares are available from Durban on South African Airways or British Airways via Johannesburg to connect to Singapore Airlines's daily flights.There are also some great accommodation offers available with this promotion.Singapore is so close to the equator it makes very little difference when you visit, it is almost always hot and sticky. There are two monsoon seasons (December to March and June to September) but it still rains in between.You might choose to avoid April to October, which is the dry season in neighbouring Indonesia. The slash and burn farming techniques in the archipelago mean the haze engulfs Singapore, often leading to health warnings.Do you have a query for our travel expert? Send your question through to travelmag@sundaytimes.co.za..