Tagged: environment

Everglades Airboats To Be Eliminated

For most of the twentieth century, airboats have been a staple of touring the Florida Everglades. New rules, though, are about the silence them once and for all.When the National…

Key West: Beyond the Beach

Most visitors to Key West come for sunshine and daytime water activities. By night, travelers seek out the bars and music. But there's far more to the island than tanning and the…

Do Locals Hate Travelers?

When I lived in the Florida Keys, an area heavily dependent on tourism, I remember seeing a bumper sticker a time or two: "If it's tourist season," it asked, "why can't we shoot…

Volcano Eruption Grounds Cruise Travelers, Disrupts Sailings

If the explosion of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano earlier this month has proven anything, it's that the world has become too reliant on the airplane. I mean, really: Should a…

Posting Power: 7 Tips for Blogging Your Way to a Better Trip

Had a problem with your last trip? Fire up your PC and post something online.Go on. You just might change the travel industry like Carl Larson did. When he tried to check a…

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

Planning Your Trip As of March 2008, the 1 and 2 forint coins are no longer valid currency. Prices are rounded to the nearest five forints. Starting in July 2009, the 200-forint note…

Travel Troubleshooter: What Didn't Happen in Vegas

Mary Jane Prough reserves a room in Las Vegas through Hotwire.com. But the resort she's supposed to stay at has never heard of her, and she's sent to a different hotel that's out in…

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

The big news for visitors? The government has ordered all bars, restaurants, and nightclubs to create sealed off-smoking areas or else to ban the butt altogether. A law went into…