Tagged: free

Free and Dirt-Cheap Things to Do in New York City

Seeing the sights in New York is often just a matter of turning the corner. Brass bands wailing at Chinatown street funerals, the latest fashions parading down the catwalk that is…

L.A.'s Museum of Contemporary Art Getting Rid of Admission Fees

Pretty soon, it won't cost you a penny to visit the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles. The institution announced it is reducing its $15 general admission fee to $0, a…

Acclaimed Houston Art Museum Open After Renovations

After more than six months of renovations, the Renzo Piano-designed main building of Houston's Menil Collection—home to an eclectic horde of 17,000 artworks, from antiquities to…

D.C.’s African American Museum Tests a Change to Its Admissions Policy

The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. is trying out a new admissions practice this month.Each Wednesday in April, visitors can simply walk up…

When Southern California Museums Open for Free This Month

The 13th annual Free-for-All day at Southern California museums will be Sunday, January 28. Nineteen institutions in the area will waive their admission fees on that day, offering…

Free Admission at L.A. Museums on Sunday, January 29

Here's some incentive for appreciating art, culture, history, nature, or science if you happen to be in Los Angeles this weekend: More than 30 museums in and around that city will be…

Amazing Northern Lights Video, a Senator Takes on New Airline Fees, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Good morning, everybody! Here's the latest from the world's museums and airplane cabins.* NY SEN. CHARLES SCHUMER TAKES ON OVERHEAD-BIN FEES (UPI)Following an example set earlier by…

London for Free

 No city in the world offers as many free museums and places to visit than London. Most major museums are open every day so there's no excuse not to admire a Renoir or delve into…

Celebrate New Year's Eve in a Free Hotel Room

And we're not talking the Motel 6 in Akron.CitizenM Hotels, a growing chain that has made a name for itself with stylish pod hotels (read: the digs are tiny, but very high…

All National Parks are Free (On These Days)

The National Park System is extending another gift to the American people in the form of fee-free days.And lucky us—there are two in a month, right when the weather is…

Free National Park Visits for Fourth Graders (And Their Families) For One Full Year

For years, a number of ski resorts have been allowing fourth graders to ski for free. The reasoning behind this move was that age 10 was the perfect age to develop a life long…

Free National Park entry April 19 and 20

The National Park Service and its supporting charity, the National Park Foundation, are once again throwing the gates open to the United States' national parks. The weekend of April…

Travel Freebies Of All Sorts from Services To Entrance Fees to Hotel Nights

There are few lovelier words in the English language than "free" and "travel". Combine them and you have a blockbuster of a phrase. Here are a few of the good deals--all very…

Family Travel: The New Rules of Holiday Flying

Spending the holidays with loved ones is a time-honored tradition, but it's become much harder in recent years to get to Grandma's house without going broke. The beleaguered airline…

5 Best Websites for Tracking Loyalty Programs

The next time you're fumbling in your wallet, purse, desk drawer, or e-mail inbox trying to retrieve your United Airlines MileagePlus or Hilton HHonors loyalty program account number,…

Best Smartphone Apps for Offline Use

With apologies to Bob Marley and one of his classics, one might say, "No Wi-Fi No Cry."Although Wi-Fi hotspots in airports and cafes may seem ubiquitous, sometimes when you are…

Travel Health Tips: Cell Phones on the Road and on Your Brain

Using your cell phone too much could cause brain cancer, the latest report says. No, it won't, says another. Even before the Internet, debates have raged for decades over whether or…

Egypt: Travel Tips for Canceled Tours and Upcoming Trips

The political uprisings in Egypt recently sent thousands of Americans on a mass exodus out of the country, and the rioting has left many more travelers wondering what to do with their…

Park of the Week: Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Though Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, the National Historic Site honoring him wasn't established until 1980. In addition to his boyhood home, the site includes…

Eight Nights in India, from $2,399 With Air

In homage to author Elizabeth Gilbert's soul-searching travels throughout Italy, India, and Bali, we've highlighted ways of eating, drinking, and cooking like an Italian. Now for this…

Travel Troubleshooter: A Hurricane Hit My Hotel, So Where's My Refund?

Kristin Budden's hotel promises her a refund for her nonrefundable hotel room after a hurricane strikes. But months later, there's no sign of the money and the hotel has gone into…

Park of the Week: Abraham Lincoln National Park

During this bicentennial celebration of Lincoln's birth (February 12, 1809), there are plenty of sites to which you can go to see some of his history. They include Washington, D.C.,…

Berlin Eats: 9 Ways to Surpass Schnitzel

Berlin -- a city that survived Hitler, a divisive wall and the Cold War -- has grown into its own. The thoroughly modern, architecturally savvy, post-war Berlin is…

Travel Troubleshooter: Help! My Online Travel Agent is AWOL

When Martha Schmidt tries to cancel her airline tickets, her online agent promises to help her reuse the credit quickly. But after eight hours on the phone and an email promising a…

Spring Broke: 6 Secrets for Traveling Free

The promise of a free vacation used to be such a predictable come-on from a shady timeshare salesman or a questionable travel club, that all but the most gullible travelers ignored…