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Travel Insurance: What You Need to Know Before You Buy

Here's the good news: travel insurance covers more than it used to. Since I first wrote about trip insurance in Frommer's Fly Safe, Fly Smart in 2001, travel insurers have come up with…

A Different Side of Spain: Majorcan Monastery Stays

Majorca has a surprising number of guest-accepting monasteries for an island its size. A prime example, on the northern side of the island at Escorca -- 540 m (1,772 ft.) up a…

Deal or No Deal? Why a Free Night Isn't Always a Smart Move

Hotels and resorts are always giving away free nights these days. But free nights won't always save you money. That's because the "free night" may be calculated at a nightly rate…

Travel Troubleshooter: Your Airline Ticket's No Good Here

When Eileen Mather lands in Mexico City on her way to Tapachula, Mexico, she learns her airline ticket isn't valid. Her airline forces her to buy a new one. Mather asks her online…

New Cuba Travel Policy Doesn't Help Tourists

Bad news for tourists: President Obama's new Cuba policy doesn't change anything for would-be American tourists to Cuba, unless you're ethnically Cuban-American."There's no…

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…

6 Ways to Keep a Natural Disaster from Ruining Your Vacation

Talk about adding insult to injury. When a natural disaster strikes -- like the recent earthquake in China or Myanmar's devastating cyclone -- travel companies like to play the God…

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…

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: These Websites Tell You Where To Go

The web is a wonderful thing, not least for travelers. I've been on the road a lot the past few months, and I've found several relatively new websites that have helped smooth the…

Touring Tennessee's Appalachian Towns

"I started it for the people," says John Rice Irwin, speaking of his role in founding the Museum of Appalachia. "And so it's about the people." He's not kidding, either, as I…

Travel Troubleshooter: A Changing Rate at the Inn

Cheryl McClure reserves a room at the Hampton Inn in Asheville, N.C., and is offered an $81-a-night rate. Then the hotel has second thoughts and changes the rate to $149 a night. Can…

10 Mountain Destinations Where the Dollar Goes Further

Snow is falling on the high peaks of the Alps and the Rockies, and ski resorts have cranked up their snowmaking systems. Ski season gets serious this week, and by holiday time…

Put These Free Travelers' Services On Your Speed Dial

Even though we'd prefer otherwise, not everyone carries Frommer's guidebooks with them everywhere they go. But that's okay: you still have a powerful travel information tool with you…

How to Check Out European Apartments Before You Check In

With the Euro now above $1.50, there are far more reasons than mere coziness to start looking away from hotels and towards apartments in Europe. Savvy travelers have settled in empty…

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 Company Jet-A-Way Jets Away -- But Doesn't Completely Abandon Its Customers

Here's a rarity: a travel company that does right by its customers as it's going out of business. Relatively so. On August 1, Jet-A-Way Holidays, a well-known specialty tour operator…

Exclusive and Reclusive: Escape to Georgia's Sea Island

Looking to isolate yourself in a luxurious beach surrounding but don't want to stray too far from the U.S. mainland? Check out Sea Island, located off the coast of Brunswick, Georgia…