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The World's 10 Best Beachfront Hotels

Many hotels claim to be located on the beach or to have spectacular ocean views—but you're either beachfront or you're not. For travelers who aren't satisfied with having to cross a…

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5 Exhilarating Colorado Adventure Getaways

For adventure-loving travelers, Colorado is the ideal place to go. The statistics speak for themselves: Colorado has 54 mountains over 14,000 feet and boasts the highest mean elevation…

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Scotland's Most Charming Castle Hotels

With its moors, highlands, and lochs, Scotland offers many options in the way of romantic vacations. Members of the royal family and aristocracy have been traveling to Scottish castles…

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Best Parks in Kenya and Tanzania

There's a reason safari means "journey" in Swahili: No other word better sums up the experience of moving from park to park in southeastern Africa. In Kenya, roaring lions, snorting…

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Ireland's Most Historic Castle Hotels

The days of high kings and feudal lords may be long gone, but ancient castles are scattered throughout the Emerald Isle. Many of these historic structures have been refurbished and…

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Best Things to Do in Canada: Month by Month

What is the best place to visit in Canada right now? From driving ice roads above the Arctic Circle, to hobnobbing with Hollywood stars, to surfing off the coast of Vancouver Island,…

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10 Best Honeymoon Spots in Hawaii

The beaches, the water, the Aloha Spirit—it's hard to go wrong with a honeymoon in Hawaii. Romance is everywhere you turn. These 10 hotels and resorts are some of the most decadent and…

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Experience Paris

Ooh la la! You can have countless adventures in Paris. But these are our top ten, starting with climbing the streets of Montmartre. This hilly, hopelessly romantic neighborhood is our…

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Best Times to Travel: Destinations in Bloom

Provence , France, awash in the light purple hue of lavender. Holland's vast tulip fields. These annual events are big tourist draws for a reason. But if you don't know when and where…

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A Tourist Trap is Shamed on Video, Airline Points for Airbnb Stays, and More: Our Travel Briefing

A roundup of travel news from all over

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More Travel Bans on Samsung Phones, Updated Hurricane Change Fees, More: Frommer's' Travel Briefing

A roundup of travel news from all over

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VIDEO: Hero Warns Travelers Away from Prague Tourist Trap

Janek, we love you.This guy, who runs the Honest Prague Guide, stood in front of a money exchange office in Old Town Square, near the world-famous Astronomical Clock. His…

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Out-of-Network ATM Fees Hit New High

Feel like withdrawing cash when you travel is getting more expensive? You're right.Without comprehensive consumer protection laws to restrain them, out-of-network ATM fees…

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Airlines Now Award Points for Airbnb Stays

As if the hotel industry didn't have enough reasons to quake in its boots over falling popularity, the airlines are now encouraging frequent flyers to choose Airbnb rentals by…

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The Fastest Airlines on Twitter, App Reveals Airport Wi-Fi Passwords, More: Frommer's' Travel Briefing

A roundup of travel news from all over

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Should Hitler’s Birthplace Be a Tourist Draw?

During the Third Reich, the former pub on a corner in Braunau-am-Inn, not far north of Salzburg, was a pilgrimage site for Nazis. People would gather there to chant…

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App Reveals Passwords for Airport Wi-Fi

We're just going to leave this right here.Don't know if this is legal, but it exists. Computer engineer Anil Polat, writes Condé Nast Traveler, compiled a list of crowdsourced…

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Which Airlines Respond Quickest on Twitter?

If you find yourself in a pickle at the airport, don’t expect your airline to respond quickly to your tweets for help. Some do much better than others.Conversocial, a software…

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Cruise Lines Ban Galaxy Note7 Use

A few weeks ago, the FAA issued an advisory that warned airlines about a surprising tendency for newly released Galaxy Note7 phones to catch fire.The problem still isn't…

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Hurricane Matthew: Airline Change Policies

With Hurricane Matthew scraping across the Southeast U.S. coast, the airlines serving the region have issued change fee waivers to help travelers get out of the way.These…

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Chinese Theatre Footprints "Threatened," Backstreet's Back, and More: Frommer's' Travel Briefing

A roundup of travel news from all over

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Backstreet's Back in Las Vegas Residency

Everybody! (Yeah!)The biggest boy band of all time, a group that has sold over 130 million albums, is the latest throwback act to announce a residency on the Las Vegas…

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Petition: Chinese Theatre Footprints at Risk

Concerned preservationists took the TCL Chinese Theatre to task for dragging souvenir stalls over its prized collection of celebrity footprints in concrete.The furor began late…

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How You Book Rail Is About to Change

Train travel is a $300 billion market. Globally, more than twice as much was invested in high speed rail as it was in air transportation last year. And that’s how it should be.…

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Science: Noise Makes Airplane Food Awful

An academic named Professor Barry Smith, who founded something called the Centre for the Study of the Senses in the Philosophy department of the University of London, had an idea on…