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New York City Tour Packages: The Best, The Worst, and How to Find Them

Planning an affordable vacation in New York City is no easy trick. Booking your own accommodation comes at a cost: Gotham’s hotel rooms are the priciest not just in the United States,…

Counting Down the Top 6 Travel Stories of 2015—And Looking Ahead to 2016

(Photo by Zach Dischner/Flickr)Unusually dramatic events and trends shaped the way we traveled in 2015 and should continue to impact our wanderings in 2016. Counting them down,…

Numerous Parts of the Travel Industry are Rapidly Being Dominated by Monopolies—and Relief Does Not Seem at Hand

It is slightly more than a year since final Justice Department approval of the merger between American Airlines and U.S. Airways, but most of the travel industry is still dazed and…

A Sharp Reduction in the Number of Important, Independently Owned Travel Websites is Threatening to Harm the Quality of Their Advice

Based on the ground-breaking research and analysis of travel expert Reid Bramblett, I recently wrote in these blogs about the shocking consolidation of what used to be three large…

The New "Big Three" of Travel Search Engines: Competition Dies

Not too long ago, when you referred to the “Big Three” in online travel you meant Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity. Well, all three of those brands do still have something in…

Consumer Choice Shrinks: Expedia, Having Just Gobbled up Travelocity, Is About Buy Orbitz, Too

As it is above, so it is below. Just as the airlines have been scooping each other up, swiftly reducing a field of 12 companies competing for American patronage to a field of only…

Frequent Changes for Frequent Flyer Programs: Another Consumer Unfriendly Switcheroo Is on the Horizon

Lassie may be loyal. But flyers—at least those who aren’t business travelers—may want to ditch that strategy.That’s the only conclusion to come to after the latest announcement…

Getting Engaged in Vegas: Making a Proposal You (Hopefully) Can't Refuse

Though there are no stats, I would guess that as many people get engaged in Vegas as get married here. Of course, there's no right or wrong way to do it -- well actually, having…

London and Sochi Ready for Their Olympic Moment

The next two Olympic competitions seek to set the tone for the next century of global competition. London, U.K. 2012 London 2012 aspires to host the "most sustainable" games including…

Going Inland: What to Expect on Alaskan Cruisetours

In case you haven't looked recently, Alaska isn't connected to the rest of the United States. In fact, it's a whole lot closer to Russia than it is to its nearest U.S. neighbor,…

Set Your Sights on Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon), an island nation that lies off the south east coast of India in the Indian Ocean, was one of the hardest hit countries by the December 2004…