Tagged: web

How to Protect Your Computer from Airlines and Hotels That Snoop on You

When you get a price from a website, that price is rarely fixed in stone. Many web pages are essentially created from the ground up each time you click based on algorithms that…

Free Wi-Fi at All Hyatts Now (With a Catch)

Another hotel brand, Hyatt, has decided it should change the way it approaches Wi-Fi access. Everyone staying at any Hyatt hotel after today can access the Web for free.But…

Newscast Blows the Lid off Fake Online Reviews

Do you trust the reviews you find online? You shouldn't. Watch as PBS' NewsHour exposes user-generated review sites—that is, sites where you primarily find reviews written by past…

Finally! This Site Shames Hotels with Lousy Wi-Fi

One of the great annoyances of hotel stays today is that although nearly all properties boldly advertise they have Wi-Fi, not all of them prove to be truly high-speed once you check…

New Hotel Bidding Site Stayful.com Cuts Out the Chains and Slashes Rates on the Boutiques

Although the big Web hotel reservations booking engines are undoubtedly helpful and convenient, they also tend to favor the same old corporate chains. But a newly launched booker…

New York City Subway Stations Get Tricky Free Wi-Fi

After years of waiting, 36 stations in the New York City subway system, including the stations most popular with tourists (Times Square, Rockefeller Center) have been equipped with…

Photo Slideshow: The World's Best Hot Springs

Click to view slideshowWhen you really need to escape, seek out the therapeutic qualities of these hot springs for some rest and relaxation.

Travel Gift Registries: Giving the Ultimate Wedding Present

Toaster or Tahiti, flatware or Fiji, bedding or the Bahamas? It's your big day, so spend time in the perfect destination rather than spending it returning unwanted carving knives and…

The Able Traveler: A Touch of Nostalgia in Eastern Tennessee

Located just 25 miles west of Knoxville, the city of Oak Ridge has long been veiled in secrecy. Created by presidential order in 1942, this Eastern Tennessee town, was an integral…

What to Expect from a Trip to Uruguay

For some reason, I am one of the few people I know who has been to Uruguay. On the odd occasion when I do meet someone who has visited, generally it has only been for a weekend and…

Slope Specs: Looking at Killington, the East's Traditional Season Opener

For as long as I can remember (with the exception of one anomalous situation), Killington (tel. 800/621-MTNS; www.killington.com) has been the Northeast's first ski area to crank up…

Education Vacations: Take a Trip and Expand Your Mind with Educational Odysseys

In the past, we have reported on Interhostel and Familyhostel, which used to be affiliated with the University of New Hampshire. After 25 years, the company reformed in February of…

Editor's Choice: Favorite Markets Across the Globe

We may not all be born to shop, but Frommer's staffers agree that you haven't really visited a country until you've seen its markets. Pick through designer duds in Cambodia, salivate…