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Travel Writing 101: The Freelance Life

"Get paid to travel" reads one headline. "How to Make a Six-Figure Income Traveling the World" is another. In the last few years, several websites have popped up urging you to learn…

Travel Troubleshooter: Remember My Alamo Rate

When Steve Chan's car rental company in Ireland runs out of the vehicle he reserved, it offers to set him up with a car from another company. He's led to believe that he'll pay the…

Travel Troubleshooter: Hey Marriott, Where Are My Miles?

Sally Savona books a vacation at Marriott's Ko Olina Beach Club, where she's promised a 25,000-mile bonus. But the loyalty points fail to show up in her account, despite repeated…

Travel Troubleshooter: No Room, No Refund, No Fair?

When Colin West arrives at the Howard Johnson Express in New York, there's no room for him. He's sent to another nearby hotel, but has to pay for the room himself. West gets his money…

Travel Troubleshooter: I Didn't Buy That Ticket

Denise Reed calls Delta Airlines to get a price quote on a flight between Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Memphis. Or so she thinks. A few days later, she gets a bill. Now Delta won't…

Travel Health & Safety: Can I Drink the Water?

"Is it safe to drink the water here?" These were the first words uttered by a young American tourist appearing at my door in London when I lived there some years ago. Well-traveled…

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…

Travel Health & Safety: How Clean is Your Airplane's Air?

The old joke about certain foreign countries -- "Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air" -- is only partially true and in certain places at certain times. For the water, yes,…

Post-Earthquake Peru Report: Pisco, Ica Hardest Hit

A massive earthquake struck southern Peru about 180 km (110 miles) southeast of the capital, Lima, in the early evening on August 15, decimating several towns near the Pacific coast.…

Travel Tech: Begin Your Escape Early with Noise-Canceling Headphones

"Are you a hypochondriac?" asked my friend as we settled in for the flight. A good question, as I was beginning to get decked out in some of the stuff I test in mid-air: the…

System Icon Yosemite in the Balance

The National Park Service is destined for trouble is a statement that's been true for the last 90 years. At its inception in 1916, the Park Service was tasked with the impossible, to…

What to Expect (and How to Save) on an Ultra-Luxe Cruise Line

The bottle of chilled champagne wrapped in a stole of white linen and leaning jauntily to the side of its silver bucket was the first of many iconic symbols of luxury that greeted us…

Travel Insurance Tips From a Broken-Thumbed Tourist

I recently dislocated my thumb while traveling in Morocco. I'd like to tell you I was camel herding in the Sahara Desert or climbing the second highest piste in the Atlas Mountains…