Tagged: health

Why High Gas Prices Could Cut Your Vacation Costs

Too bad gas prices are falling.While the rest of the world whined about the seemingly unstoppable rise in energy costs this summer, and the greedy oil companies that were probably…

3 Biggest Mistakes Business Travelers Make

A lot of business travelers come off as know-it-alls, moving effortlessly from their towncars to their first-class lounges to the front of the plane, where they're served mimosas as…

6 Summer Festivals Across America

 The specific promotions described in this article have now passed, but it remains online so that the resources named will be of future use to travelers.It seems the warmer the…

Travel Health & Safety: Tummy Tucks Abroad?

People travel for many different reasons, two popular ones are to look or feel better. That frequently means surgery, the plastic type to make you more attractive or the medical type…

Reports of Hawaii's Demise as an Affordable Vacation Destination Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

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.Here's a dirty little secret…

Airline Mergers Bring Little Good News to Travelers

Delta and Northwest are trying to merge, and United and some suitor and Continental and someone else might follow. That would leave the US with four major international airlines out…

Travel Troubleshooter: Help! Princess Confiscated My Cognac

When Jerry Leonard and his wife transfer from their cruise ship to a train, they give Princess their luggage, which includes a bottle of Cognac. The luggage is lost and later found,…

My Trip Planning Strategy: Divide and Conquer

There's an old saying: "You pay your money, you take your chances." When it comes to planning a trip, I prefer: Divide and conquer. Twenty years ago, I would phone my travel agent,…

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…

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,…

What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Maine Coast

The state of Maine is increasingly hyping its new Maine Maritime Heritage Trail (www.maritimemaine.org), a made-up travel route along the state's entire looooong coastline -- which is…

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…