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Airfare Absurdity: 6 Tips for Navigating the New World of Airline Tickets
Airlines break out their fares in confusing ways because it makes prices look lower. Here are a few tips for seeing your way around surprise fees.
Deal or No Deal? 6 Secrets for Spotting a Bargain
All across the travel industry, people who thought they were getting deals are discovering that they aren't. But how do you know? Here are a few tips.
What Does it Really Cost to Take a Cruise?
The cruise lines are coming up with more and more ways for you to spend your money once on board. Here's what you'll really spend for that bargain cruise of your dreams.
Travel Troubleshooter: Forced to Buy Another Ticket
Our reader is forced to buy a one-way ticket because Expedia made an error. Now it wants him to work for his refund. Can it do that?
Is London Finally Becoming Affordable?
London has been scarily expensive for the past few years. Is it now time that Americans reclaimed the right to visit and smile when the bill arrives?
Posting Power: 7 Tips for Blogging Your Way to a Better Trip
Had a problem with your last trip? Fire up your PC and post something online -- you just might change the travel industry.
Travel Troubleshooter: Is My Insurance Claim Lost in Translation?
Our reader falls ill on a trip to China, and files a travel insurance claim. Three months later, there's no sign of the money. Is there anything left to do?
Travel Q&A: Here's What the Experts Think About Cruising Alaska
If you can spare the dough, now's the time to go and explore Southeast Alaska's gorgeous fjords, glaciers, and forests. Here's what a handful of experts say about what to book, when to…
Roll Models: Post-Fee Luggage You've Gotta Have
It's been almost a year since American Airlines started charging passengers for their first checked bag, a move that every other legacy airline quickly followed. It's taken almost that…
5 Adrenaline Rushes in the Snowy Pocono Mountains
The Poconos' charms are many and varied. And during these long, cold months, snow bunnies looking for a weekend getaway will find a seriously wintry destination, with an average low…
Rockies Report: Cheap Slopes for Cheapskates
Heli-skiing in Kootenay, family packages in steamboat, last-minute discounts for Vail and Keystone, plus much much more.
Greenwich Mean Time: Beating the Jet Lag Blues
Good old Greenwich Mean Time can be mean, all right, if you crisscross timelines and travel a lot. But what's a tired world traveler to do?
Travel Troubleshooter: My Valet Got a Parking Ticket. Now What?
Our reader's rental car gets a ticket when she leaves it with the hotel valet. She wants the ticket refunded, but the hotel is stringing her along. Is she stuck?
How to Navigate Airport Security Without Losing Your Liquids -- Or Your Mind
With airlines charging for checked baggage, more travelers are carrying luggage on board. To learn how to speed up the line, we turned to a TSA expert for advice.
A Big Ship Veteran Tries Something Smaller and Fancier
The Mariner is a perfect mid-size ship with huge staterooms and all-inclusive fares, so the higher per person rates for a Regent cruise can make it more than worthwhile on the right…
The Most Romantic Cruises: A Valentine's Primer
Only a handful of cruises is categorically, subjectively, and unquestionably romantic, and these five choices are the best of the best, veritable floating love machines, and Harlequin…
Travel Troubleshooter: Is My Cruise Refund Really Sunk?
When our reader cancels the credit card he used with Princess Cruises, he complicates his refund. After hours on the phone and promises of a check, he's no closer to getting his money.…
Keeping Valuables Safe on the Road
You don't want to mar your vacation by losing money, or even worse, your credit cards and passport, when you're out having a good time. Here are five ways to avoid trouble.
Travel Writing 101: Know Your Market
If you want people to read your words, for the satisfaction it brings or for the money you might earn as a travel writer, you should know your market and know it well.
"Green" Travel is Dead -- and That's a Good Thing
No one is saying that being environmentally responsible is irrelevant when you travel. On the contrary, it's that being green is so important that it shouldn't become another marketing…
How to Go Around the World on One URL
The global frequent flyer program Oneworld has created an online booking tool that allows you to plan and book around-the-world trips and multi-city itineraries with relatively few…
Extreme Excursions: The Evolution of the Cruise Line Shore Tour
Hats off to the cruise lines for offering more intriguing stuff than ever, leaving the boring bus tour shtick in the dust with bike tours through nature preserves, kayaking in scenic…
Travel Troubleshooter: A Few Points Short of a Ticket
Our reader is wary of the fine print on the 'free' ticket offer by American Express and extracts promises from the company. When they fail to honor them, our reader is left ticketless.…
Rockies Report: Recession Results in Savings for Skiers
Aspen's cheaper than ever this season with airline deals, discount tickets, and special offers from hotels, while the rest of the Rockies respond to tight budgets with savings of their…
Global Ski Report: Discounts, Lessons, and New Builds
Canadian mountains offer savings on classes and lift tickets, Squaw Valley shares avalanche survival techniques, and the French Alps gets a U.S.-style resort.