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It's Going To Be A Code Summer on Amtrak

Summer's here, and the trains are rolling. A new season means a new round of Amtrak discount codes, those luscious little numbers that knock up to 90% off of regular fares when punched…

Article / Local Experiences

June's Prize: Win a Trip for Two to New York City!

Frommers.com and ILOVENY are sending one lucky winner & a guest to New York City! Register now to win this vacation!

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Horsing Around on Vacation: Don't Say Nay to Equine Adventures

Imagine a vacation where you saddle up each morning and see your destination at a peaceful pace, the way travelers would have a century before. Back roads and trails reveal so much…

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

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's TexasIn addition to its historic sites and storied landscapes, Texas offers plenty of new discoveries, including world-class museums, chic…

Article / Cruise

Advanced Cruising 101: How to Cruise Like You've Been Doing it Your Whole Life

By design, cruises are surpremely convenient. The ultimate antidote to our over-worked, stressed-out, uber-scheduled lives, a cruise is just plain easy. Unpack once. Ports come to you.…

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Frommers.com Cruise News for Whatever Floats your Boat

Holland America Adds Antarctica for '05/'06Antarctica cruises aren't as rare as you'd think they would be, though they're usually offered only by adventure-travel companies like…

Article / Cruise

Clue in to Cheap Cruises from Sea to Shining Sea

Barge In with Good DealsRiverBarge Excursion Lines (tel. 888/462-2743; www.riverbarge.com), a company specializing in folksy trips along America's rivers, is offering deals on outings…

Article / Cruise

Escape from the Planet of the Seven-Night Caribbean Cruise

I recently read a cruise line ad that described Nassau and St. Thomas as "exotic." That's like calling Taco Bell exotic. Sure, those islands have some practical draws -- good sun, good…

Article / Air Travel

Sun, Sand and Sensational Prices: Florida's Gulf Coast

I'm dreaming of a Florida Gulf Coast vacation -- sure everyone raves about Miami, but that Atlantic Ocean water is just too cold for me. Give me the warm tranquil waters and white…

Article / Air Travel

Equitable Ecuador: Take it Easy or Climb to New Heights with Bargains Galore

Central and South America are a hotbed of travel activity with ecological wonders, diverse cultures and an endless list of things to do and see. Ecuador, saddled between Columbia and…

Article / Air Travel

Stop Your Balkin' and Get to Slovenia, One of Europe's Last Budget Destinations

Sandwiched between Italy and Croatia, tiny Slovenia avoided all the drama and trauma of Yugoslavia's breakup. Bombs never cratered the streets of Ljubljana -- a front-runner for the…

Article / Packages

Hong Kong Not Phooey: Air and Hotel Start from $889 for Five Days

The perception used to be that Hong Kong and Southeast Asia were as far away and as costly as a trip to Mars. While it doesn't look as if space travel is getting any easy or more…

Article / Local Experiences

Lose Yourself on the Tiny, Exclusive, Still-Affordable Mackinac Island

Home to six hundred horses, unspoiled beaches and the famous but by all accounts fictitious peaches that Kramer rapturously described and coveted on Seinfeld, Mackinac Island is an…

Article / Hotels

A Room for a Few: Rates Start from a Low $49

Summer season opens many opportunities for great hotel deals. Big or small, hotel companies to tiny Bed & Breakfasts to chains to small-family owned properties are lowering prices…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

A-Fore!-dable Golf Getaways: Hotel, Green Fees and More

The coming of baseball and spring flowers bring the blooming of the country's best golf courses as they enter prime conditions. May flowers look great next to perfectly cut fairways…

Article / Local Experiences

Get Back to Schoolin' with In-Depth and Intense Study Tours

If you're going to take an escorted tour, and sacrifice freedom for so-called guidance, it can pay to put your trip in the hands of the most seasoned experts -- even if it costs a bit…

Article / Beach & Water Sports

(Happy) Birthday Suit! Shed More Than Just Your Cares at Naturist Camps This Summer

The idea of attending a nudist camp feels so risqué, vaguely European and possibly outdated. But according to the results of a recent opinion survey, one out of seven people say…

Article / Packages

Prices Stripped for the Strip: You Can Chip in Less for Trips to Vegas

Vegas's 100th birthday celebrations continue with more exciting and tempting ways to get you to Sin City. It appears that practically every travel provider is currently offering…

Article / Local Experiences

All the State's a Stage: Massachusetts Summer Theater

Besides being the birthplace of summer stock theater, Massachusetts hosts what is arguably the country's richest concentration of progressive summer performance programs. Whether your…

Article / Packages

The Early Bird Gets the European Worm This Fall

It's never too early to start planning a fall European vacation, in fact if you book now, the savings will give you a lot more spending money in your pocket when you arrive. Paying in…

Article / Cruise

Discounts on Cruises as Deep as the Deep Blue Sea

Pack Your Bags . . . NOW!If you've got nothing to do next week or the week after, Windjammer Barefoot Cruises (tel. 800/327- 2601; www.windjammer.com) is offering 5-night cruises…

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I Got the Blues So Bad, Feelin' Like I Wanna Music Cruise

Yeah I got the blues so bad, feelin' like I wanna cruise. My baby he done left me, so now it's time to drink some booze.Oh, sorry, where was I? Oh, right, talking about cruises. But…

Article / Cruise

Freedom of the Seas: Big as a House, and then Some

A Cadillac Escalade is big. A 24-ounce porterhouse steak is big. Kirstie Ally was really big.But Freedom of the Seas? There's nothing in Webster's to even describe it.Let's just go…

Article / Cruise

Cruise Industry Report: Ten Big (and not so big) Items

QE2 Celebrates 36th Birthday while QM2 Keeps on Truckin'On May 2, Cunard's (tel. 800/5-CUNARD; www.cunard.com) legendary Queen Elizabeth 2 sailed into her homeport at Southampton, UK,…

Article / Cruise

Frommer's Port Report: Docking at Bora Bora

Because of its fame and beauty, little Bora Bora is a playground for the well-to-do, the occasional celeb, and honeymooners blowing a wad. Though some travel industry professionals…