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Travel Troubleshooter: Forcing a Rental Car Upgrade

The rental car that Earnest Hoenck reserves from Hertz isn't available when he arrives in Hamburg, Germany. He's offered two choices: A smaller car that won't fit his luggage, or a…

British Columbia's Original, Aboriginal Cultural Treasures

British Columbia represents perhaps the oldest and newest of the peoples of Canada. This province was reached near the end of the trek across Canada by European immigrants, but it was…

Park of the Week: Olympic National Park

View Larger MapSeattle says it's the only major U.S. city from which you can see three different national parks (Olympic, Mount Rainier and North Cascades National Park), but there's…

Is Virgin America Fit to Fly?

As our venerated and venerable leader, Arthur Frommer pointed out in last week's blog post, low-fare carrier Virgin America spread its wings to start booking flights between New York,…

Must-Have Summer Spa Treatments

Rapper Nelly was probably not talking about the stresses of summer heat when he said, "It's getting hot in here, so take off all your clothes." But, there's no denying that when…

Two Itineraries for Taking in the National Parks of the American West

Even though distances seem vast in the western United States, it's possible to visit more than one of the region's national parks in a single trip. In fact, people often combine visits…

Launch Party: New Ships and Industry Expansion

Much as I and a lot of other people would prefer to see cruising as a self-perpetuating Fantasy Island, removed from the everyday world, the fact is that it's a big capitalist…

Fly Cheap and Help Children at the Same Time

It's that time of year again. Not holidays, shoulder season or spring, but that time of the year for the Kid's First Fund Great Online Travel Auction…