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Four Nights in Aruba, from $689 With Air

Cheap Caribbean (tel. 800/915-2322; www.cheapcaribbean.com), travel packagers to warm and sunny Caribbean destinations, is offering a package to Aruba from $689 per person for four…

5 Travel Tips for Middle East Visitors

Mark Lammers planned his April trip to the Middle East in December 2010, months before the first government protests in the region took place. He watched nervously as the riots and…

Travel After a Disaster: 5 Things to Consider When Going Back

Footage from Tokyo's Narita International Airport last week showed lines of people trying to leave Japan after the country's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Meanwhile, travelers…

Three-Night Oahu Vacation, from $465 with Air

A good chunk of North America has been covered in snow this winter, leading to daydreams about warmer weather. This week's Smart Deal comes from Pleasant Holidays (tel. 800/742-9244;…

Are Travelers Frill-Seekers? No, But Here's What They Really Want

Free drinks. Room upgrades. Better restaurants.That's what the travel industry thinks you want from your next travel experience.American Airlines (www.aa.com) last month announced it…

Travel Troubleshooter: But I Asked Them to Hold My Ticket

Lizelle Figueroa calls Expedia to hold her ticket to California. But shortly after that, she's rushed to the hospital, where she spends five weeks. When she's released, she finds out…

Travel Writing 101: Traveling on the (Very) Cheap

"You have a dream job!" Half the people I meet for the first time tell me that, and I agree. It's heaven for me because I am intensely curious, always wanting to know what's around…

A Briefing on the World of Sustainable Travel and Ecotourism

Each time you take a flight or drive a car CO2 is released into the atmosphere. You can help neutralize this danger to our planet through "carbon offsetting" -- paying someone to…