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VAT Chance: How to Cut Your Vacation Costs with Tax Refunds

Tax free or tax off means a lot to the serious shopper. Whether you're a buyer of big ticket items or a big buyer of any ticket items, you'll love the Value Added Tax system employed…

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Give a Limb a Lift: Volunteer Opportunities in the American Outdoors

Hiking trails don't grow on trees -- as do the leafy green canopies that drew more than 276 million visitors into the U.S. National Park system in 2004. Faced with a $5 billion…

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Sip the Sweet Life: Sample Luxury Lines on Short-Term Itineraries

Do you dream of moving up the cruise chain, graduating from the big megas to the much smaller and more refined luxury ships? Do you hunger for truly elegant service that harkens back…

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European Cruises Offer Value for Cash-Poor Americans

Whatever happened to the U.S. dollar? Once the undisputed heavyweight champ among international currencies, it's fallen into such a slump over the past four years that economists and…

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It's Cruise Wave Season: Book Your Cruises Now at Lower Costs for Sailings Throughout the Year

Here's some of the best deals a handful of major travel agencies are advertising this week. Cruises are capacity-controlled and offers may be withdrawn at any time. Similar deals may…

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Weak Dollar? There Are Still Some Places Where You Can Find a Bargain

British, European Community and Japanese tourists continue to flock to the United States to enjoy the comparative strength of their currencies against a weak American dollar. That…

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Everything's Coming Up Tulips: Spring Flings to Birthplace of the Bulb

In the 1630s, tulips were so highly prized in Holland you could trade one in for a small estate or even a wife, as a single bulb was considered suitable dowry. The flowers aren't…

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We Love Paris in the Springtime, Especially at Remarkably Low Prices

While we're in the middle of deep freeze so cold it hurts to breathe outside, it's the perfect time to consider a spring fling to someplace romantic, fanciful and, ideally, warmer.…

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Thirian Lies the Deal: Air and Hotel Offers to Santorini, Mykonos & Athens

With whitewashed, cliff-side villages, electric blue waters and black sand beaches, Santorini (also known as Thira) is the dangerous beauty of the Greek Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea.…

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What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Alaska Cruises & Ports of Call

Planning an Alaska cruise or cruisetour this year? Here's a word of advice. Book it now or you may be out of luck. If that sounds like something the cruise operators say every year, be…

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Western Winter in Northern New Mexico: Look to Santa Fe Savings

Tucked into the Sangre de Cristo mountain range in northern New Mexico, Santa Fe has been a haven for thinkers, artists and lovers of American Indian culture since the mid-1930s. Just…

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Warm Up in Phoenix and Scottsdale: Save on Air, Splurge on the Room

Tucson has its history, and Sedona has the Grand Canyon -- but only Phoenix-Scottsdale has James, the 200-room, luxury boutique hotel hatched by Equinox founder Danny Errico and…

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Southwest in New York and Minneapolis? Well, Not Quite, Plus an Update on USAir

Travelers to and from Boston, New York, Minneapolis and Denver will feel the "Southwest Effect" starting Feb. 4 -- but don't look for those happy orange planes to grace your runways.As…

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Continental Brakes: Fast Fly and Drive Offers to Points Across Europe

The days for booking winter travel bargains in Europe are numbered, though many of the continent's greatest off-season events have yet to occur -- carnival festivals begin erupting the…

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Humbly-Priced Hollywood: Star Maps, Fancy Cars and Movie Stars on a Budget

If you love star-sightings, the shining sun (most of the time), and cling to the hopes that you, too, will become famous, then Tinsel Town is the place for you. The Walk of Fame,…

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Edible Options: Airline Food You Can Stomach

Flying and food don't often make a good combination. Travel within the United States for three hours or less in economy class, and you might not be able to find out, as the practice of…

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Ring in the New Year with a Cruise Vacation that Fits your Budget

It's that time of year to plan out and book your cruise. We've gathered up the most interesting and affordable itineraries currently available.Crystal Adds Low-Priced Alaska Cruise to…

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It's No Wonder Cruis'n with the Mouse is So Popular

Disney's the big cheese when it comes to family fun. Mickey's two cruise ships, the Wonder and Magic, are especially proficient at offering lots for families to enjoy together -- and a…

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Frommer's Cruise Spotlight: The Maine Windjammer Association

Head to Maine and the antique schooners of the Maine Windjammer Association, a collective of fourteen privately owned classic schooners offering sail-powered summer trips along the…

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I Love Me, I Love Me Not: Valentine's Day for Singles

If you're uncoupled, you might be feeling like the world is conspiring against you, as Valentine's Day looms around the corner with the offering of romantic getaways for two that crop…

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Stuck at the Airport? Improved Services Take the Edge Off the Wait

You're stranded at an airport for 12 hours during a strike and you've already been flying all day. You don't care about transport or picking up your baggage, but you do want to take a…

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The Magnificent Azores: A World Apart, So Close at Hand

Halfway between Europe and North America, the Azores are one of the most spectacular island groups in the world. They rival New Zealand in scenic beauty; old Europe in historical…

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Long Distance Love with Valentine's Day Getaways

Valentine's Day falls on a Monday this year, which is a windfall for the tourism industry and traveler alike as a three day weekend seems almost mandatory to celebrate the festival of…

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Frommers.com Relaunches with a New Look and New Features

With each new year come the resolutions to improve ourselves and the lives of others. In 2005, we at Frommers.com resolve to serve you better we our redesigned site.

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Trinidad and Tobago: The West West Indies

Off the coast of Venezuela residing in the warm and exotic West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago are separate island locales often phrased together, and thus, visited together. With small…