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Rental Agencies For the Road: Useful Toll-Free Numbers & Websites for Cars, RVs and Motorcycles

Here's a quick and handy list of outfits who can rent you a set of wheels. Most, if not all, will have seasonal and regional specials posted on their individual sites. Just look for…

Article / Air Travel

A Compendium of Resources for Travelers and Residents Affected by Hurricane Katrina

We're offering this rundown of what airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, travel insurance companies and more are doing to get up and running -- and to meet their customers' needs.…

Article / Air Travel

Regional and National American Air Carriers: Useful Toll-Free Numbers & Websites

Here's a quick and handy list of airlines that matter. Most, if not all, will have seasonal and regional specials posted on their individual sites. Just look for 'Special Offers,' 'Hot…

Article / Hotels

Major Hotel & Motel Chains: Useful Toll-Free Numbers & Websites

Here's a quick and handy list of accommodations proprietors that matter.

Article / Hotels

Cape May, NJ: A Victorian Paradise, a Beach Lover's Dream and a Foodie's Fantasia, All in One

In the early fall, when the summer crowd's drift further away, Cape May comes alive with the crisp air off the ocean breeze.

Article / Air Travel

Lock in a Visit to Panama for a Few Days or the Rest of Your Retired Life

With rain forests, a vibrant capital city with a growing skyline, pristine beaches and land -- so much undeveloped land, it's no surprise that travelers to Panama are going back in…

Article / Air Travel

Fares with the Most from Across the Sea or Coast to Coast

British Airways opens up Europe for cheapie flights in the fall and winter, Aloha lets you say, 'Aloha!' for a few bucks and multiple carriers are doling out affordable seats for…

Article / Hotels

Southern Hospitality in Renovated Appalachian Kentucky Digs

Kentucky is home to a multitude of overnight options to please tastes of all kinds. History seems to come to life as old high schools and nursing clinics have been reconstructed into…

Article / Miscellaneous

Editor's Choice: Travel Items We Can't Do Without

When it came to compiling this list of essential travel items, we found quite a few differences of opinion. From alarm clocks and books to lucky talismans and queasy pops, here are our…

Article / Packages

Worldwide Travel (Even the North Pole) for the 50-Plus Set

As the boomer population continues to well, boom, and the age seems to be dropping precipitously for one to be considered a 'senior,' there ought to be a surfeit of companies springing…

Article / Air Travel

Fall on the Mall: The District Comes Alive

The nation's capital comes alive in the fall. Congress goes back to session. The President and his cabinet return from summer breaks, and the business of running the government…

Article / Packages

Get Yourself into Hot Water at These European Spas

European spas, broadly speaking, usually include more than massages and facials -- many are based on what's called balneotherapy -- the science and art of bathing with the goal of…

Article / Packages

West Africa: A Life Changing Safari of a Different Sort

With a touch of French and Dutch colonial history and a vast lot of Africa old and new, the West African experience contains expansive seashores, gleeful harmonies, and villages filled…

Article / Miscellaneous

New Orleans: A Post-Katrina Update

At this time, there is no predicting precisely what will happen or when. However, we remain cautiously optimistic that New Orleans will recover, albeit slowly and in unpredictable ways.

Article / Cruise

Take Your Board, Cam and Card on Board: Ships Update to Stay with the Times

We've got the latest on new passport requirements, discounts for union members, surfing on board, Wi-Fi, digital images and more.

Article / Health, Insurance, Security

Cosmetic Surgery Tourism: A Tummy Tuck in Thailand, a Breast Augmentation in Brazil

You normally wouldn't pair 'surgery' and 'vacation' in the same thought, but a growing trend marries the two. They do so for a variety of reasons -- but the overriding issue is cost.…

Article / Packages

Save on South America: Cheap Spring Packages Just Around the Corner

Just as it starts to cool down here in America, things begin to heat up in Brazil, Argentina and other South American hot spots as winter shifts into spring south of the equator.

Article / Cruise

The ABCs of Bringing The Whole Brood on Board

Kids are way more traveled than they used to be. Now cruises are one of the many must-do family vacations, along with trips to Orlando and jaunts to Europe.

Article / Cruise

Cruise Lines React to Hurricane Katrina Disaster

Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, the vacation plans of New Orleans-bound travelers is just a small footnote compared with the vast loss of life and the drowning --…

Article / Hotels

Party At Your Place In Two Victoria Hotels

British Columbia's capital city is more known for high teas than for parties, but we found two hotels there that will not only let you crash in a newly-renovated room, they'll keep you…

Article / Air Travel

Martinique Edges Towards Affordability

The latest bargain on this tropical French island is the decision made by most of the hotels and some of the more intimate family-owned places to peg rates to the dollar rather than…

Article / Packages

Don't Waffle, Decide on Big Package Savings to Small Belgium

Who wouldn't want to visit a country that has over 2,000 chocolate shops and makes arguably the best beer in the world?

Article / Hotels

Ice, Ice Baby: Plan Now for Brrreathtaking Ice Hotels of the North

More like living sculptures than buildings, these massive engineering feats rise majestically during the midst of the northern hemisphere winter and then gracefully melt away in the…

Article / Packages

Holy Roman Empire, Batman! Take a Gander at These Air and Hotel Packages

Rome remains a consistently popular destination (and a mythological wonderland - -literally). You'll never forget the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican, your first glance at the Coliseum.…

Article / Air Travel

Net Big Savings on Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard for the Fall

While a visit to Cape Cod and its nearby islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket may seem like an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous during the peak summer season, post…