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Visiting National Parks: The Essential Gear and Packing List
When heading out with your family to visit any of our national parks for an extended stay, it's good to have everything you need -- not too much, and not too little.
Travel Troubleshooter: Mystery of the Canceled Mexicana Ticket
Our reader's ticket from Chicago to Acapulco is canceled, but no one can tell her why. Shouldn't the carrier honor its promise?
4 Secrets for the Perfectly Timed Vacation
If you've seen one tourism brochure that refers to itself as a 'year-round' destination, you've probably seen them all. They lie, of course.
Trouble for NCL Hawaii: "Aloha" Means Both Hello and Goodbye
Just one year ago, it seemed like Norwegian Cruise Line had Hawaii by the coconuts, with three U.S.-flagged ships operating in the islands full-time Now comes the question: Is it all…
11 Tips for First-Time Cruisers
How to save money, get room service, relax, and make the best of your first time at sea -- without looking like a newbie.
Travel Troubleshooter: No Refunds for the Dead
A couple plans a 50th anniversary trip to Europe, but one spouse dies unexpectedly. Shouldn't the airline give the survivor a refund rather than vouchers?
Travel Troubleshooter: Hey Marriott, Where Are My Miles?
Our reader books a vacation where she's promised a 25,000-mile bonus, but the loyalty points fail to show up. How can she get Marriott to make good?
The Longest Airport Security Waits -- And How to Skip Them
Learn new ways to predict how long airport checkpoint lines are going to be, and find out free and paid ways to dodge them.
Travel Troubleshooter: Hey, Where's My Airline Seat?
Half of our reader's airline seat is missing. An extra-large passenger is sitting in it, forcing her to lean into the aisle or sit on the passenger's lap. What can she do?
Travel Health & Safety: Decoding Airlines' Special Meals
Don't make enemies with your stomach when you fly: Find out how to get a better meal before you take off again.
Single and Loving It: Valentine's Day Travel for One
Treat yourself to a getaway where the words 'single supplement' can be accepted as a badge of honor.
The Best of European Port Excursions
Cruise lines are racking their collective brains these days to offer more exciting, hands-on options that break the tired tour mold and inject some fresh air into the port experience.
Travel Insurance: When You Need it and What You Need to Ask
It may be a good time to be in the travel insurance business, but is it a good time to buy travel insurance?
Travel Troubleshooter: Not An Ice Vacation, JetBlue
A vacation to Puerto Rico is put on ice, thanks to winter weather. Months later, the airline has refunded the tickets, but the hotel is holding onto the money.
The Travel Insurance Question: Do I Really Need It?
Travel Troubleshooter: Mystery Rental Charge in Madrid
What is 'Super CDW' and why is it on our reader's credit card bill? The car rental company's website isn't clear and the credit card company won't help -- is all hope lost?
13 Lessons Learned on a Flight from Hell
What's a mother of two to do when airline staff decides that help is a four-letter word?
5 Things Airlines Won't Tell You About Their Food
Although some airlines have made an effort to improve the food, there are a few things they aren't telling you about the fare up there.
Europe by Sea: Top Tips for Bagging the Cruise of Your Dreams
The cruise lines are deploying a record number of ships in Europe for 2008 and that means beaucoup choice for you.
Travel Troubleshooter: When the Check's Not in the Mail
A hotel offers a priest a tax refund. No, that's not the opening line of a joke -- unless playing phone tag and hearing excuses is funny to you.
What's Happening on Mountains and Slopes Around the World
Great ways to get downhill, from trains in Vermont to cable cars in France; plus more news from mountains around the world.
Travel Writing 101: What Exactly is Travel?
Anyone can be a travel writer. But what makes a travel writer different from, say, a mystery writer, or one who crafts sentences about romance, children's stories or even humor?
Follow the Crowd: 4 Secrets of the Herd
The conventional wisdom on traveling -- which is not to do what everyone else is doing -- is often wrong. Sometimes, the mob knows best.
Travel Troubleshooter: Two Years Later, Still No Refund
Two years after being promised a refund from Lufthansa, the 890 Euros our flyer thought she'd get is nowhere to be found. Is this a lost cause?
Travel Tech: Do Air Purifiers Work on Plane Trips?
Our health expert makes sense of the mini purifiers that promise to make your next trip sniffle free.