Tagged: airplanes

Theft of Mobile Devices Is On the Rise At Airports and In Airplanes. Here are Some Strategies to Keep Your Possessions Safe

Some 50% of the thefts in North America today involve mobile devices. That’s right: there are few more coveted prizes for criminals today than the laptop, phone or tablet you’re…

Maybe Alec Baldwin Was In the Wrong: There Seems to Be Solid Evidence That Cellphones and Other Hand-Held Devices Interfere with Airplane Navigation Systems

The first sentences in a recent Bloomberg News article on cellphones on planes is chilling. "The regional airliner was climbing past 9,000 feet when its compasses went haywire,…

Travel Troubleshooter: Four Stars For That Resort? Says Who?

Q: I recently booked a four-star hotel in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, through Hotwire (www.hotwire.com). Hotwire claims its four-star hotels are prestigious, respected properties. Not…

Free New York City Sightseeing Tours: By Bike, Bus, Boat & More

To get the most out of your vacation dollar, take advantage of all the free events (www.nycgo.com/free) that take place in New York City all year long. Here's a sampling of some free…

Cruising Under the Radar, Caribbean Edition: Going by Sail Power

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for this site discussing some of the wonderful and lesser-known small-ship options in Alaska, a region where small vessels are a particularly good…

Why You Should Visit Ski Country This Summer

Ski resorts in summer might just be the best vacation value going in this summer of great vacation values. Ski instructors around the country whisper that they came to the mountains…

Family Vacation Finance 101: 10 Ways to Boost Your Trip-Funding Smarts

With summer just a few months away, it's the time of year when many families start thinking about vacation. The good news is that there are fantastic family travel deals at every…

Get Wet: 3 Underwater Adventures for the Whole Family

500 Places to Take Your Kids Before They Grow Up highlights one-of-a-kind attractions around the world that are perfect to plan a family vacation around. The picks below offer a…

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

Anguilla The swanky Cap Juluca, Maundays Bay (tel. 888/858-5822; www.capjuluca.com), is already one of the most posh properties in the Caribbean, attracting movie stars and the like.…

Pennsylvania for Active Families: 6 Fun Adventures in the Great Outdoors

As both mothers and ER doctors will attest, kids don't have to ride an ATV or careen down a rocky hillside on a bike to have a fulfilling outdoor adventure. With more than its share…

Low Budget Alternatives to High-Season European Favorites

If you absolutely must take your vacation during the summer months, then you'll no doubt be aware that you will always be paying top dollar for the privilege of joining the throngs…

Lazytown Star Shares Iceland Tips for Teens

As a quick getaway, Iceland might get even lazy teens off their couches and onto snowmobiles. But when I was scoping out kids' attractions in Iceland with my wife and toddler, I…

Rebuilt, Vibrant, and Unpronounceable Wroclaw

The Poles don't realize they have too many consonants in their language, and not enough vowels, probably a result of trying to put a Slavic language into Roman letters, unlike, say,…

Touring Tennessee's Appalachian Towns

"I started it for the people," says John Rice Irwin, speaking of his role in founding the Museum of Appalachia. "And so it's about the people." He's not kidding, either, as I…