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4 Smart Secrets for Coping with Airline Cutbacks
Is your flight about to be canceled? Surviving the season of airline cancellations is possible with these four helpful strategies.
Off-the-Shoulder Season: Mexican Stays from $37 a Night
Now is the time of year when much of the Caribbean transitions from the high heat of the summer's off-season to shoulder season in the fall -- and there is no shortage of promotions.
Pauline Frommer's Spend Less, See More Tips for Family Travel
In this series of monthly tips, you'll find some terrific tips to help you make the most of every trip. This time around, get insight about planning for family vacations.
Expert Advice: The Well-Dressed Gambling Cruiser
Our cruise experts log onto their e-mail, pick a topic, and yap until they're blue in the face. Today's topics: on-board casinos, gambling, Frank Sinatra, and what constitutes…
Top 10 Tips for Going Green on the High Seas
We often hear what the cruise lines are or aren't doing to offer a greener, more conservation-oriented cruise experience. But how are you making a difference? Here are 10 ways you can.
Eating and Dancing in Guadalajara, Mexico's Second City
Where to go shopping, hear mariachi, do a hat dance, and more in Mexico's oft-neglected metropolis.
Travel Troubleshooter: A Surprise Fee for My Hotel Room
Our reader's hotel comes with an unexpected surprise: a $50 charge for a 'short stay.' When she protests, her hotel and online travel agency tell her she must pay. Is there a way out…
7 Ways to Experience China on the Cheap
With that favorable exchange rate and the boom in American-style budget hotels and restaurants, it's now possible to vacation in China in a dignified and highly affordable manner.
Gas Prices Stay High, But Codes Bring Amtrak Prices Down
Trains may be filling up, but Amtrak is still offering plenty of discounts in the form of their perennial discount codes. We've got some new arrivals and some old favorites for this…
Celebrate Bavaria with These Sudsy Oktoberfest Specials
We've rounded up a frothy brew of travel offers that get you to Germany and other points in Europe in time to celebrate Oktoberfest.
What to Pack in Your Traveling Medical Kit
You can buy first-aid kits that contain most or all of the items you need, but they tend to be very expensive compared to just going to the pharmacy and buying the items individually.…
Trouble or Nothing: A Quick Guide for a Girlfriends' Getaway to Vegas
If you're headed to Sin City with your favorite band of broads, here's a down-and-dirty list of musts for a quick jaunt.
The Dirt on DEET
Since the arrival of West Nile virus, pediatricians have changed their advice about the use of the most effective insect repellents, which contain the active ingredient DEET. Here's…
National Parks: Virtual Visits, Access, Heritage, Sailing and Music
Charis Atlas Heelan brings you a round-up of recent news for U.S. National Parks, including free audio and video tours and music festivals.
How Hotels Help Themselves to Your Money
If you think your hotel is done with you when you check out, think again. It might just be getting started. Charges can be quietly added to your hotel bill after you've left. And…
Travel Troubleshooter: Did Mickey Take my SUV for a Spin?
Something is wrong with Lynn Seehafer's SUV, which she valet parked at a Disney World hotel. She thinks it's been taken for a joyride. But has it? And to what extent is Disney…
What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's South Korea
12 national museums go free, Seoul gets four new high-end hotels, Incheon gets a new airport, and more changes across the country.
What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Iceland
The world's oldest clam, currency troubles, pirates and sea monsters, and more new developments.
What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Japan
The government introduces easier systems for planning trips around the country, Narita Airport and Tokyo break ground on a new rail link, Hilton adds a hotel in the chilly north, and…
Disney's Neighborhood: M-I-C Where Savvy Families Stay
Check out how these six Kissimmee hotels really pour on the family-friendly extras, and at a price that's incredibly affordable.
Four Outrageous New Airline Fees -- And How to Avoid Them
The airlines don't want you to read this. They'd rather you fork over one of the new surcharges they've dreamed up during the last few weeks. They don't want you to know there's…
9 Ways to Commune with Coffee in Southern India
You won't find traffic jams or exhaust fumes in Coorg -- just miles of green fields, stunning scenery, and really, really good coffee.
Travel Health & Safety: Gear for Slowing Thieves
Watching your valuables all the time can make traveling something less than pleasant. The best bet is to have an as-close-to-foolproof method of protecting your valuables.
Olympics Then and Now: Munich, Germany, Summer Olympic Games 1972
Hopeful, utopian plans descended into a terrorist-driven reality and a symbolic end of post-war German development.
Olympics Then and Now: Tokyo, Japan, Summer Olympic Games 1964
Tokyo showed off its post-war successes while using the Games to launch the next phase of its growth.