Though it has an early deadline (tickets must be purchased no later than four days from now, by midnight on November 10), the current airfare sale from AirTran is comprehensive (it includes scores of city-pairs all over the country) and unbeatable in terms of price for all flights other than trans-continental ones (Virgin ... Read More »

The current issue of Business Week magazine (I read it in my dentist's office) has an awfully pessimistic article about the immediate fate of the hotel-and-condo development in Las Vegas called City Center. Much of it (an initial four buildings) will open in early December, just about a month from now, adding remarkable ... Read More »

The other day, I pointed out that starting May 1, and then on a long-term basis, the new, mammoth, 6,000-passenger Oasis of the Seas will be sailing every other week on a strange itinerary spending five of its six days afloat without any contact at all with islands of the Caribbean or cities of Mexico. On those alternate ... Read More »

I recently wrote about the decision of American Airlines to offer free Wi-Fi until the end of this year, aboard those flights where Wi-Fi is available. A more comprehensive offer has been made by Virgin America: free Wi-Fi from November 10 until January 15. And since Wi-Fi is found on all Virgin America flights, this would ... Read More »

At the leading hotel search engine, conveniently called Hotels.com ( www.hotels.com ), rates for Las Vegas hotels change almost daily. But if you’ll rush right away to survey the offerings (simply enter the words Las Vegas), you’ll be either intrigued, amused, or aghast, to find rooms currently being offered for ... Read More »

I hope I don’t scotch the deal by revealing the secret. But it was very casually disclosed on a recent social networking website. Through the end of the year, by inserting the code 2010LEXUSLS, you can enjoy free Wi-Fi on those flights of American Airlines (most of them) currently offering Wi-Fi. ... Read More »

Five years ago, when Britain imposed a small Air Passenger Duty (APD) on flights from London, they called it a green tax that would raise money for various environmental projects. Two weeks ago, when they increased that tax to really serious levels, they explained it was a revenue-raising measure designed to pay off the ... Read More »

In the quality of its writing and the effectiveness of its message, Uncornered Market ( www.uncorneredmarket.com ) can't yet be compared with the famous memoirs of that adventuresome traveler, Richard Halliburton, in the 1920s and early 1930s. Like Halliburton, the authors of Uncornered Market -- Audrey Scott and Daniel ... Read More »

Some time ago, I wrote about the decision by an occasional cruise discounter to include round-trip air to the Mediterranean for no extra charge, when offering a discount price for a Mediterranean cruise. That step, by brokers like Travel Themes And Dreams ( www.travelthemesanddreams.com ), has proved so successful that ... Read More »

The Thanksgiving weekend provides the next best opportunity for international travel this year, and the clear winners are air-and-land packages to Central and South America. Gate 1 Travel is the specialist. I've compared its rates with those of Tourlite, Tourcrafters, and Fredson, all heavily engaged in the package trade to ... Read More »