Tagged: flights

Charge This: 7 Tips for a Successful Credit Card Dispute

When Carla DeLuca canceled her room at the W Hotel Union Square in New York a week before her arrival, the hotel decided to ding her for a night's stay anyway.Despite assurances…

The Early Bird Catches the Euro: 3 Ways to Book Now for New Year's Eve in Europe

It's not even Memorial Day -- and many people have yet to plan their summer trip yet -- but travel packagers want you to start thinking about going to Europe for New Year's Eve. A…

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…

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…

Travel With a Purpose: National Ability Center

The National Ability Center is a facility conceived with a unique purpose. This is where you come to recover from a disability, whether it be physical or cognitive, regardless of your…

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…

Pauline Frommer's Spend Less, See More Tips for Getting Money Abroad

If you want to get the most out of your dollar and your trip, Pauline Frommer's Travel Guides are for you. I put a fresh spin on budget travel, showing you how to experience the best…

What's Hot -- and What's Spicy -- in Albuquerque, NM

One of the main things you need to know when traveling to Albuquerque is that chile is New Mexico's culinary focus; the state is so obsessed with chile that they even have a Chile…

Park of the Week: Point Reyes National Seashore

Just 30 miles northwest of San Francisco, Point Reyes National Seashore is a mass of forests and seaside splendor that occupies all of a hundred square mile peninsula balanced on the…

Olympics Then and Now: Melbourne, Australia, Summer Olympic Games 1956

When Ava Gardner arrived in Melbourne in 1956 to film On the Beach, she was quoted as saying it was "a great place to make a movie about the end of the world." In truth, Melbourne was…

4 Ways to Horse Around on Your Family Vacation

Still haven't decided on a destination for your summer vacation? It's time to discover your inner cowboy, mount up, and join some four-legged friends on an outdoor adventure that…

Pauline Frommer's Top Budget Destinations for Summer 2008

The specific prices described in this article have now passed, but it remains online so that the resources named will be of future use to travelers.At a time when fuel, food, and…

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…

Ask Suzy! Shopping for Tanzanite in Rio and Soaps in Paris

Our Born to Shop author Suzy Gershman is answering your global shopping questions for the next several weeks. Send mail to suzygershman@gmail.com. Her new book,Where to Buy the…

Focus on Mount Rainier National Park

Washington state's majestic Mount Rainier, sometimes called "the Mt. Fuji of the USA" (the two locations are "sister parks" in fact), goes by several other names, none of which have…

Global Ski Report: Shifting Gears to the Southern Hemisphere

Utah Company Books South America's Top Ski Areas Want to keep winter going all year long? Head south. South America Ski Trips (tel. 800/467-5445; http://southamerica.skitrips.com), a…

Travel Tech: Where the Heck Am I?

On a recent trip to Dallas, I asked for a GPS unit when I picked up my rental car, and though it was my first attempt to use one, I became a convert immediately. When you're in a…

Dinosaur Digging and Fossil Finding Trips

If you've ever seen the face of a three year old running through New York's Museum of Natural History's fourth floor, then you will know just how fascinated children are by dinosaurs…

12 Lessons Learned from a Life on the Road

Rule No. 1: Travel is no fun.Really. If you think it's all about smiling stewardesses attending to your every whim, friendly hotels offering fawning service, and romantic sunsets on…

Editor's Choice: The World's Best Street Food

Click to view slideshowSome of the world's most authentic cuisine is found in food stalls in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Paris, and eight more cities, where eating on your feet is…

Sticking Around NYC for a While? Where to House the Family

Having moved abroad to Singapore last year, my family and I headed back to our homeland of Manhattan this summer for three weeks of recharging, reconnecting, and drying out from all…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg

With more than half of its "land" area, and two-thirds of its 16 million inhabitants precariously situated below sea level, Holland is beginning to get a little bit nervous about…

Prepping for a Hike Along the Appalachian Trail

Stretching from Maine to Georgia through 14 states and over 2,100 miles, the Appalachian Trail (AT) is as historic a trek as any other national park walk east coast or west. Conceived…

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…

Glasgow to Scotland Now From $699 With Air

Although it can't compete with Edinburgh's setting and architectural charms, Scotland's largest city Glasgow has quietly developed a reputation as a vibrant urban center and stylish…