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Article / Air Travel

Tips from the Publisher: Recent Air Travel Reports

Statistics don't lie. Find out which airlines will get you there on time--and with your luggage.

Article / Family & Kids

Tips from the Publisher: Visit Andalusia

Dropping temperatures and dropping prices make the fall a great time to visit this region of Spain.

Article / Packages

An Avalanche of Seasonal Packages at Unseasonably Low Prices: $499 for a Week in Austria, $679 for France and More

Now's the time to wax those skis in preparation for some midwinter savings from Ski-Europe and their "Super Ski Weeks" packages. All deals include roundtrip airfare, lodgings in two-,…

Article / Hotels

The Weak Canadian Dollar Brings American Travelers Even More Savings at Muskoka Sands Resort

As the U.S. dollar continues to weaken overseas, it can thank Canada for allowing it to gain strength there, difficult as that may be for our peaceful neighbors to the north. So it is…

Article / Road Trips

Tips from the Publisher: A Visit to Napa Valley

Frommer's Travel Guides publisher Mike Spring shares the joy--and the secrets--of a visit to wine country, including the best way to get more vino for your dollar.

Article / Beach & Water Sports

Money-Saving Malta: Air, a Week's Hotel, Morning Meals and More Out of Three U.S Cities, Plus You Can Affordably Add On a Multitude of Other European Cities All for Under $100 a Day

The Mediterranean archipelago-nation of Malta is barely a blip on most travelers' radar and for no good reason. It's temperate and mostly dry year-round. It offers some of the best…

Article / Packages

Pronto to Toronto! Take in the Good City from as Little as $107 Per Night, Including Air and Lodgings (Rental Car Just a Tad More)

Who knew? Toronto, once considered good but boring, is now the third largest theater center in the English-speaking world after London and New York. If you love the stage--and shopping…

Article / Hotels

San Francisco Treat: Boutique Hotel's Rates Just Get Lower the Older You Are

This deal proves the maxim that age has its benefits. From November 15, 2002 through January 19, 2003 the recently renovated Galleria Park Hotel is offering room rates based solely on…

Article / Air Travel

Euro-Hopping out of Heathrow: bmi Airlines Makes Intra-Continental Travel More Accessible--And More Affordable

Many of our readers have taken advantage of the incredibly cheap bmi (formerly British Midlands Airways) fares out of airports around Britain for onward flights to the continent. Until…

Article / Cruise

Goofy Prices for Mickey Mouse Cruises

If you book early, you're likely to get one of the incredible rates being offered now for winter cruises on Disney Cruise Lines. The three-night cruises start at just $419 per adult,…

Article / Beach & Water Sports

Captains Courageous, Prices Outrageous: Five Days in Tropical Tahiti from $739

For only three specific Wednesday departures, exotic discounter Discover Wholesale Travel is practically giving the store away with this five-day air/hotel package to Tahiti in October…

Article / Family & Kids

A Room with a Boo! Things Go Bump in the Night in these B&Bs on Halloween

Halloween is one of those holidays when everything can seem so predictable--the trick-or-treating, the doling out of candy, the same old costumes--so it's nice when someone comes up…

Article / Road Trips

A Brief Stop in Pennsylvania Dutch Country

Just a short drive from larger and more active Philadelphia, Reading, PA, and Berks County provide a welcome return to simpler times.

Article / Road Trips

Tips from the Publisher: Which Valley Is Best for You?

The Fall is the best time to head to California Wine Country, only an hour or so from downtown San Francisco. But which to choose, Sonoma or Napa?

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Dominatable Snow, Man: Trekking on the Trail of The Yeti in the Himalayas from as Little as $425

Since 1976, Peter Owens has been leading trekking trips in Nepal, Bhutan and Sikkim, including 33 for the Sierra Club. If you are hale and hearty (or just hale, I guess), you can join…

Article / Health, Insurance, Security

Princess Starts First Fully Accessible Shore Excursion in St. Thomas

Princess Cruiselines and Accessible Adventures team up to make shore excursions available for disabled travelers.

Article / Packages

Holy Roman Empire! Three Nights in the Eternal City from $549 Including Air, Hotel and Morning Meals, Equally Affordable Getaway Packages to Five Other Eurocities as well

Far and Wide Travel is offering free companion airfare on certain five-day/three night air/hotel combos to further reduce their prices good for daily departures from November 1 through…

Article / Packages

Trod Where Monks and Monarchs Dwelt: An Iberian Journey At Just Over $100 per Day

Trying to cover the entirety of this vast peninsula in a single trip is seemingly insurmountable and possibly insane; it contains two whole countries, Portugal and Spain, and the tiny…

Article / Hotels

Earn Free Weekend Nights with the Return of Marriott's "Take 2" Offer

This deal is easy enough to understand. If you stay three different times in any of Marriott's properties between October 14, 2002 through January 31, 2003, you'll get two free weekend…

Article / Hotels

Too Cool for School: Get a Jump on Ski-Lessons, Lodgings Included, by Booking Early

Now is the right time to plan for the winter ski season, but if you're not quite sure of yourself on the slopes, you may want to get an edge on others by studying technique at the…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Budget Tours of Mexico--the Original and the New--for Mature Travelers

Grand Circle Travel has returned with a newly redesigned Web site featuring its just-announced 2003 list of tours for the over 50 crowd. Today, we're featuring its most popular…

Article / Beach & Water Sports

Ply Me a River: A Florida to (and through) South America Cruise from $80 a Day

The Orinoco and Amazon rivers are the stars of this January 2003 cruise on the Royal Olympic's Olympia Voyager. Well, the rivers and the price. This 17-day excursion out of Ft.…

Article / Beach & Water Sports

Help Costa Rican Kids & Enjoy a Beachy, All-Inclusive Vacation, too!

Exotic discounter Sunny Land Tours is offering an eight-day beach experience in Costa Rica that simultaneously benefits Costa Rican children. The vacation starts at just $799,…

Article / Air Travel

Lop Off an Additional 5% on Already Discounted Fares to the Caribbean and Latin America at Delta.com

To celebrate the addition of new routes and new flights to the warmer parts, Delta Airlines is offering an extra savings on top of its introductory fares to such tropical favorites as…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Will You Fly Some Thousand Miles for a Camel Fair? You Should for This Rare Tour to India and Nepal

Back in the day, "I'd Walk a Mile for a Camel" was one of America's most popular slogans. Today, that's passé and smoking is a divisive habit, but going to North India and Nepal for a…