Tagged: vaccinated-travel

5 Common Travel Mistakes -- and How to Fix Them

Waiting. That's the worst mistake a traveler can make these days.It's what Femi Adenuga did after buying tickets for his parents to fly from Lagos to Pittsburgh through…

Travel Troubleshooter: Claim Denied on a Terrorism Technicality

Diane Gandara cancels her vacation to New Delhi after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. But her insurance company won't honor her claim because she wasn't visiting Mumbai. Is the…

Discounted European Airfares and Getaways this Fall

Fall has the seemingly contradictory honor of being both the most economical and most attractive time to visit Europe. Airfares are significantly reduced, hotels offer lower prices,…

Pauline Frommer's Spend Less, See More Tips for Healthy Travel

In this series of monthly tips, you'll find some terrific ideas to help you get the most out of every trip. This time around, I share some insight about taking care of yourself while…

3 Ways to Deal With Emergency Travel

These days flying can be a real hassle. We're paying for meals and pillows and sodas and the ability to stow a reasonable amount of luggage. Forget about changing your plans at the…

Travel Health & Safety: Finding Travel Companions

How would you like a traveling companion who never argued with you, never talked back, and always deferred to every one of your whims? Maybe you'd find such a person on your…

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…

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,…

Travel Health & Safety: Buying Insurance

Do you need travel insurance? If you think so: What kind and how much? Are you likely to run into an Asian tsunami, a Caribbean hurricane, an English flood, a Colorado mudslide? Who…

Travel Health & Safety: Can I Drink the Water?

"Is it safe to drink the water here?" These were the first words uttered by a young American tourist appearing at my door in London when I lived there some years ago. Well-traveled…

How to See the Planet and Save It at the Same Time

Travel pollutes. Cars burn gasoline; airplanes burn even more (though they burn less of it per person). If you're concerned about global warming, that should worry you. But the…