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Clearance Sails: Book Now for Big Savings on Routes Throughout the Year

We round-up the best deals from big-box discounters and take a closer look at sales for singles on Crystal, groups on Windjammer and a whole fleet of smaller vessels.

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Whale-Watching, Great Views, Cheap Rooms and More in the U.S. Parks

America's national parks are protected and designated as such because, quite simply, they are the most gorgeous outdoor landscapes this country has to offer. See for yourself.

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London's Calling in Spring: Air and Three Nights' Stay from $329

Ah, London in spring. Some might think this is a misnomer, but traveling to this fabulous city in March often yields surprisingly sunny days (or at least some bright patches).

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Head to the Caribbean During High Season from $259

Yeah, yeah, everybody wants to head south where it's warm, but that doesn't mean you have to pay top dollar. Carrie Havranek digs in and uncovers a slew of budget-priced offers (and a…

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Chocolate, Beer, Canals, Castles and Tulips: Best Budget Trips to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg

Known in the tourism industry as Benelux, the triumvirate that is Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg would have to be one of the most underrated yet visually stunning parts of…

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Accommodations You Can Afford in Hawaii on a Budget

Hawaii offers all kinds of accommodations, from simple rooms in restored plantation homes and quaint cottages on the beach to luxurious oceanview condo units and opulent suites in…

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Pick an Island, Any Hawaiian Island: Airfares and Packages for Budget Travelers

Happiness is a Hawaiian vacation and if you plan sooner rather than later, there are some significant discounts available.

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Accommodations You Can Afford in Paris on a Budget

If you don't mind the occasional oddly shaped (and usually tiny) room or lugging your baggage up some stairs, you'll find that staying in a hotel in Paris doesn't have to significantly…

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Post-Wilma, Miami Welcomes Back Winter Travelers

Although the city of Miami was spared most of the major damage from Hurricane Wilma in October, the storm blew through and disrupted power and water supplies, forced closings of some…

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Cruising into History: Ships That Send You Back in Time

They're living, physical presences from a time before we were born, or maybe from our youth. If they've been well maintained, and not ruined by misguided refurbishments, they have few…

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Cruise News You Can Use: Niche Itineraries and New Routes & Services

Check out the latest on golf-themed outings, special passes to King Tut exhibit in Fort Lauderdale from HAL, WWII and Vietnam oriented itineraries, remote luggage check-in, kosher…

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Practical and Field-Tested Tips for Cruising with the Kids

As we rack up our ocean odysseys, we learn a little more each time about works best for all of us.

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$599 for a Week in the Caribbean? Save on Scores of Seven-Day Cruises

Here are some of the best deals a handful of major travel agencies are advertising this week.

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Rhythm, Culture and Travel Come Together in West Africa at Surprisingly Affordable Prices

Any way you look at it, West Africa offers travelers get a look at African roads less traveled. Best of all, West Africa travel is usually extremely affordable as tour providers try to…

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Our Resolution? To Help You Take to the Skies as Cheaply as Possible

While one carrier will discontinue all flights on Thursday, the new year still finds new sales at carriers big and small.

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Hit Rock Bottom (Prices, that is) in Europe: Air and Hotel Packages Get Cheap, Cheap, Cheap

We've rounded up some of the rock-bottom-cheap winter packages currently offered throughout Europe. Maybe Santa will bring you a plane ticket to one of these places?

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Think About Alaska Now? Well, the Early Bird Gets the Room

Now is the time to be thinking about a summertime vacation in Alaska. Summer will be here before you know it and soon enough you'll be dying to get out of the sweltering heat and head…

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What's New, Nearly New and Otherwise in Cruising

Carnival orders four new ships, HAL prepares to christen Noordam, MSC Cruises hosts a beauty pageant, RiverBarge returns to the Big Easy and SeaDream reconfigures upcoming South…

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Steal Away for a Last-Minute New Year's Countdown

Even if it's tough to find a place to 'get away' from loud New Year's revelry, celebratory shakers and paper hats with rubber band chin ties, it isn't that difficult to find a spot to…

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Luxury Class Options Expand for Fliers and Prices Come Down a Notch

A few new, small, luxury airlines are showing there's another way to fly. Luxury flying doesn't make you wait on long lines or play knee-battles with your neighbor's tray table. And…

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If You Can't Give the Gift of Travel, Give a Travel Gift Instead

With so many things to choose from, where to start can be as confusing as deciding where to go. Here are a few sites to help.

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Summer Down Under: Round-Trip Air LA to Sydney Starts at $998; San Francisco to Auckland from $910

Sure there may be more beautiful beaches in Brazil, or better shopping in Paris, richer red wines in Italy and plenty of sport right here in the U.S., but for a combination of all…

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The Amazing Azores: An Atlantic Oasis Close to Home with Stays Under $100 a Night

Long the play ground of discerning European travelers and adventure seekers, particularly the Portuguese and English, the Azores remains largely undiscovered by Americans and therefore…

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Packages Worth Perusing: Take a Nine-Day Inca Holiday from $799 for Starters

Surprising to some, Peru includes surf beaches, desert oases, traditional indigenous cultures, architecturally significant colonial cities, fine cuisine and the southwestern section of…

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Heidi Ho, Switzerland: Three Night Stay in Zurich for $499 Plus Skiing, Railpasses and More

Whatever happened to Heidi, the little Swiss goat herder who was such a goody-goody? If you haven't heard since third grade, be happy that you can find her legend still very much alive…