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Article / Cruise

Adventure Cruises: A Baker's Dozen for Every Taste

The cruise world offers adventure experiences for almost every type, from adrenaline junkies to culture and history hounds. Here's a baker's dozen of great choices, sorted into five…

Article / Money and Fees

Travel Troubleshooter: Is My Lost Ticket a Lost Cause?

Virgin Atlantic promises our reader a paper ticket for his flight to Johannesburg. But when it doesn't show, the airline won't track it down. Is his lost ticket a lost cause?

Article / Air Travel

Pauline Frommer's Spend-Less-See-More Tips for Using Frequent Flyer Miles

In this series of monthly tips, you'll find some terrific tips to help you get the most out of every trip. This time, we share insight about how to get the most out of frequent flyer…

Article / Winter Sports

Global Report: Earthbound News & Sky-High Opportunities for Skiers & Snowboarders

Cover much of Austria with one lift pass, learn to snowboard with the industry leader, and the world's most expensive mountain pass.

Article / Winter Sports

Rockies Report: Airlines Provide an Expressway to the Slopes

Ski discounts from airlines and increased flights across the region make for faster routes to the powder this season.

Article / Local Experiences

Remembrance and Respect: Travel to Historic Battlefields Near and Far

With Veterans' Day being commemorated this week, it is fitting to honor the contribution of the armed forces with a glimpse at a few travel options to historic battlegrounds and sites…

Article / Money and Fees

Travel Troubleshooter: A Ski Vacation that Was All Downhill

Our reader prepays for a hotel at a ski resort during Christmas. She misses her plane, then has to cancel her make-up vacation, too. The hotel is giving her until May to use the…

Article / Health, Insurance, Security

Travel Health & Safety: Is My Airplane Too Old?

Are some planes just too old to be safe? And is a newer plane always safer than an older one? For the answer our writer looks into fleets foreign and domestic.

Article / Air Travel

How to Get Home for the Holidays For Less: Our Annual Calendar for the Cheapest Days to Fly

Our exclusive calendar mixes the fare findings of three top websites, giving you the most comprehensive look at low holiday fares on the web.

Article / Money and Fees

Undecided Traveler? 5 Questions to Ask Before Voting

It's up to us to figure out the real traveler's candidate. Here are five questions that might help.

Article / Cruise

Travel Troubleshooter: Two Bills, One Collection Agency -- and Zero Options?

Before our reader books a cruise through Travelocity, her screen goes blank and she loses her reservation. But before long, a collections agency is after her to pay for the missing…

Article / Family & Kids

U.S. Factory Tours That Are Sweet As Candy

Here is a selection of seven sensational sins; tempting destinations that will ensure that the next few months will give your family just as much of a sugar rush as October did.

Article / Family & Kids

More Snow, Less Dough: 10 Ways to Save Big on Family Ski Vacations

Ski vacations are pricey by nature, but savvy parents never pay full price for a winter getaway. Here are 10 easy ways to save on a family getaway this winter.

Article / Family & Kids

Bright Spots: 6 Destinations for Invention and Discovery

'500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up' highlights the best trips for parents and children alike, including these six excellent titans of industrial imagination

Article / Local Experiences

Cruising through the Floating Villages and Markets of the Mekong River

From magnificent temples to seasonal villages, three ways to explore Vietnam and Cambodia through the central artery of southeast Asia.

Article / Local Experiences

Photo Slideshow: 8 Views of Modern Egypt

Egypt may very well sit on the continent of Africa, but its identity is part African and part Middle Eastern, and it's modern life is a mix of world-famous sites, stunning sunrises,…

Article / Local Experiences

Consider the Crouton: Ritz Carlton Cooking Class Delivers Delicacies Large & Small

If I told you I flew 500 miles to make a crouton, you'd think I was pulling your leg, but would you believe that this is one of the finest -- and friendliest -- gourmet cooking classes…

Article / Local Experiences

Italy Heel to Toe: Touring Calabria and Puglia

Get off Italy's beaten track and head south to discover incredible scenic beauty along rugged coastlines, seafaring settlers, pristine beaches, and a barrage of historical and…

Article / Road Trips

Can You See This Now? Travel Tips From the Verizon Test Guys

Verizon Wireless puts drivers on highways, streets, and country lanes to make sure its phones work. We talked to a few of them to get their on-the-ground tips for seeing Atlanta, LA,…

Article / Local Experiences

San Francisco's 10 Best Tourist Attractions

How to pare down what's worth your time in this vibrant city that's so full of icons worth seeing? Just refer to our list.

Article / Cruise

Travel Troubleshooter: Uh-Oh, My Anniversary Cruise is Sunk

Our reader's 25th anniversary cruise is booked using Marriott award points. But when the hotel chain doesn't renewing its agreement with Carnival, it cancels the cruise. Can it do that?

Article / Money and Fees

Dump This! 7 Things Airlines Should Jettison from Their Planes Now

Is there anything the airlines haven't tried to remove from their planes? As a matter of fact, yes. Here are seven they should consider.

Article / Car, Bus, Rail

Bus Trips are Back: Forget Flying and Take Coaches Instead of Cars

With gas relatively high, perhaps we should consider going old school and let someone else do the driving while we sit back, relax, take in the sights, and make new friends from around…

Article / Local Experiences

The Low-Down on Special Offers to Low-Season Greece

Why go to Greece if you can't sit on an Aegean beach? Mild temperatures, no crowds, and significantly lower prices.

Article / Cruise

The QE2 Sails into the Sunset, Heading East

A series of valedictory voyages that this month saw the venerable 'Queen Elizabeth 2' liner calling for the last time on American ports that she's graced for nearly four decades.