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Learn Travel Writing in Sunny Key West

With our own Bob Fisher as guide, discover how to shape and market your writing, whether it be for a travel memoir or a book, short articles or material for an app, in the Key West…

Park of the Week: Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens

Back in 1926, Congress passed an act authorizing parks to preserve forests and natural scenery. Today, Kenilworth Park & Aquatic Gardens is one of those parks that show visitors…

Alaska Cruisetours: A Pre-Season Primer

With the start of the Alaska cruise season about a month away, it's time to check out what the cruise lines are offering by way of cruisetours, which combine an Inside Passage cruise…

7 Places to Eat: Copenhagen's Scandinavian Superlatives

Long known as the "fun capital of Scandinavia," Copenhagen has always been a place where people take joy in food. But a culinary explosion in the past few years has made dining out…

Affordable Villas & Bungalows in Exotic Locations

I have always been a strong advocate of private villa accommodation and wherever possible I try to track down one to stay in rather than settling for a basic hotel room. A villa can…

Planning and Saving on Family Camping Trips

I never figured on the rain. The idea was to introduce the kids to the backcountry without all the work that backpacking entails. We planned to hike to a backcountry New Hampshire hut…

A Bloomin' Good Time: Flower Festivities Across the Country

Spring heralds in the colorful hues and familiar scents of dogwoods, daffodils, hyacinths, lupines, and tulips, plus dozens of other native and imported varieties. For an opportunity…

10 Tips for Enjoying Washington, D.C.'s Cherry Blossoms

I've visited the Cherry Blossom Festival (March 28-April 12; tel. 877/44BLOOM; www.nationalcherryblossomfestival.org) as a college student, wife, mother -- and as a grandmother. I…

Keeping Valuables Safe on the Road

Keeping your valuables safe while traveling may not be your first priority when planning a trip, but it should be up there toward the top of the list. You don't want to mar your…

U.S. Factory Tours That Are Sweet As Candy

You'd think that with Halloween just gone by, your kids will have had their annual fix of treats, but it seems that children (and quite a few adults) could think of nothing better…

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: These Websites Tell You Where To Go

The web is a wonderful thing, not least for travelers. I've been on the road a lot the past few months, and I've found several relatively new websites that have helped smooth the…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Los Cabos and Baja

Despite its prehistoric landscape, the Baja peninsula is ever changing. Under the exacting eyes of tourism and real estate developers, Baja's latest theme is large-scale resort…

Rockies Report: Rock-Bottom Prices and Sky-High Thrills

U.S. Kids Free at Two Canadian Resorts Big White (www.bigwhite.com) and Silver Star (tel. 250/558-6023; www.silverstar.com) sister resorts in British Columbia are offering free…

Learn the Art of Travel Writing in Key West, Florida

"I think all good writing is travel writing," says author Russell Banks, and he goes on to mention Melville's Moby Dick. You may have thought of writing about your travels, too, even…

How Big Can a Ship Get Before Sinking?

Ever marvel at how exactly ships float? It seems impossible, considering today's cruise ships are gigantic steel-encased cities carrying thousands of passengers and crew, not to…