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Hit Rock Bottom (Prices, that is) in Europe: Air and Hotel Packages Get Cheap, Cheap, Cheap

We've rounded up some of the rock-bottom-cheap winter packages currently offered throughout Europe. Maybe Santa will bring you a plane ticket to one of these places?

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Think About Alaska Now? Well, the Early Bird Gets the Room

Now is the time to be thinking about a summertime vacation in Alaska. Summer will be here before you know it and soon enough you'll be dying to get out of the sweltering heat and head…

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What's New, Nearly New and Otherwise in Cruising

Carnival orders four new ships, HAL prepares to christen Noordam, MSC Cruises hosts a beauty pageant, RiverBarge returns to the Big Easy and SeaDream reconfigures upcoming South…

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Baseball Means Sunshine: Get Ready for Spring Training Earlier Than The Players

Who wouldn't want to spend a long February or March weekend in Florida or Arizona watching superstars shag fly balls, take batting practice and give out autographs and smiles more…

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Steal Away for a Last-Minute New Year's Countdown

Even if it's tough to find a place to 'get away' from loud New Year's revelry, celebratory shakers and paper hats with rubber band chin ties, it isn't that difficult to find a spot to…

Article / Air Travel

Luxury Class Options Expand for Fliers and Prices Come Down a Notch

A few new, small, luxury airlines are showing there's another way to fly. Luxury flying doesn't make you wait on long lines or play knee-battles with your neighbor's tray table. And…

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What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Paris from $95 a Day

New airline routes, charming hotels, unique tours and more are all contributing to the myriad ways travelers can save their euros while visiting Paris.

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If You Can't Give the Gift of Travel, Give a Travel Gift Instead

With so many things to choose from, where to start can be as confusing as deciding where to go. Here are a few sites to help.

Article / Air Travel

Summer Down Under: Round-Trip Air LA to Sydney Starts at $998; San Francisco to Auckland from $910

Sure there may be more beautiful beaches in Brazil, or better shopping in Paris, richer red wines in Italy and plenty of sport right here in the U.S., but for a combination of all…

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What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Seattle

If you're planning a trip to Seattle in the near future, you've probably already discovered that Frommer's Seattle is an invaluable planning tool. Here, in this online update to our…

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What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Alaska

Alaska's popularity as a summer destination continued its fast growth in 2005 and is likely to continue in 2006. For visitors, the thriving tourism industry means you should reserve…

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What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Honolulu, Waikiki & Oahu

Gas prices are up and airline fares have risen, but Hawaii still is more sought after than ever before. A record breaking 7.3 million tourists poured into the state in 2005 and even…

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Wet and Wild in Belize: Diving Excursion and Six Nights' Stay for $862

Belize is one of those countries that most people have heard of but few people have actually visited. Nestled between Mexico and Guatemala on the Caribbean coastline, Belize offers a…

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The Dog Days of January: Chinese New Year Celebrations, Part 1

In late January, Chinese immigrants and Chinese-Americans across the country will say goodbye to the year of the rooster and usher in the year of the dog. Here's where to have a blast…

Article / Air Travel

The Amazing Azores: An Atlantic Oasis Close to Home with Stays Under $100 a Night

Long the play ground of discerning European travelers and adventure seekers, particularly the Portuguese and English, the Azores remains largely undiscovered by Americans and therefore…

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Editor's Choice: Our Favorite Books that Make us See the World

Our passions for the page run the gamut -- literature, history, poetry -- you name it. Some books remind us of places we've been, prompting exclamations like 'Ooh! I've been there!'…

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Packages Worth Perusing: Take a Nine-Day Inca Holiday from $799 for Starters

Surprising to some, Peru includes surf beaches, desert oases, traditional indigenous cultures, architecturally significant colonial cities, fine cuisine and the southwestern section of…

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Heidi Ho, Switzerland: Three Night Stay in Zurich for $499 Plus Skiing, Railpasses and More

Whatever happened to Heidi, the little Swiss goat herder who was such a goody-goody? If you haven't heard since third grade, be happy that you can find her legend still very much alive…

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Rocky Mountain Highs: Winter Train Travel in Canada

Ah, the Canadian Rockies. While we have our share of purple mountains majesty here in the good ole U.S. of A., our friends to the North surely have splendor to spare, too. Although…

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New Orleans Update: Devastated and Recovering, All in the Same Breath

New Orleans is back. New Orleans is flat on its back. New Orleans is normal again. Except for the parts that will never be the same again.

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Leave Your Heart (but not Your Wallet) in San Francisco Through the New Year

San Francisco is celebrating winter and the holiday season in style. If you can't think of one reason to visit, try 100 reasons instead.

Article / Air Travel

Glitter, Glamour and Gambling A-Go-Go: Las Vegas Gets Cheap for December

Not surprisingly, the number of travelers to Sin City drops in December and so does the price of getting there.

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Pause a While in Portland, Maine's Winter Retreat

With an urban history dating back more than 350 years and a hopping harbor area with breweries, cozy restaurants, maritime museums and sites, Portland makes for a romantic winter…

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Bargain Berths and Savings at Sea for a Whole Slew of Cruises

Book by Sunday for big savings on NCL, take $800 on French Country Waterways, swing to the beat and save on air wtih Crystal Cruises, plus our usual extensive round-up of the cheapest…

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Recent Events Keep the Cruise Industry Interesting

Upstart easyCruise draws first blood in a Caribbean turf battle, Oceania expands its fleet, SeaDream slates South America through 2007, Cirque du Soleil takes to the sea on Celebrity…