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Booking Cruises Online: Who Offers What?
Matt Hannafin and Heidi Sarna explain how to book your cruise online -- and tell you what companies you can trust.
Take To The Rails This Summer With Canadian and U.S. Discounts
June 9, 2003 -- If you're thinking of a summer road trip, consider taking the train instead. Especially for families, traveling by train in North America can be a new, exciting…
Midsummer Night's Dream: Skip Around Scandinavia Where the Sun Shines Day and Night
June 4, 2003 -- Do blondes have more fun? Head to the land of the midnight sun to find out for yourself with some surprisingly affordable land-only packages for five-nights in…
Win a Trip for Two to Las Vegas!
Frommers.com & TravelWorm.com are sending one lucky winner & a guest to Las Vegas! Register now to win this vacation!
Achin' for Asia: Go-Today Opens Up a New Continent with Two New Packages
June 2, 2003 -- Since the company is an affiliate of Europe Express, it's never been a surprise to us that they offer great deals to most points, well, European. Then they threw in a…
Royal Wedding: Imperial Majesty Purchases Regal Empress
The Empress gets a second chance, and disgruntled Regal customers get a refund center.
Accident Aboard NCL's Norway Kills Six Crew, Line Cancels Cruises
A May 25 boiler room accident aboard Norwegian Cruise Line's venerable Norway resulted in the deaths of six crewmembers and the cancellation of June sailings.
Looking for Low Room Rates? Here's Where to "Axe" Your Questions
Cut to the chase in finding affordable rooms with Travelaxe, a new hotel booking application.
Rent a Car from Auto Europe Just for the Halibut
Auto Europe's a great discounter, but occasionally they do something really fishy.That's understandable -- they're based in Portland, Maine, where their headquarters is about 75 feet…
Retired and Retooled: Rotterdam V Heading for Home
A classic old ship is getting a whole new life as an in-port tourist attraction.
NCL Wraps Itself in the Flag for Easier Hawaiian Cruising
May 16, 2003 -- It's almost axiomatic that immigrants make the best Americans, so it should be no surprise that a cruise line named "Norwegian" is positioning itself as a veritable…
Railly Reduced Passes and Fares for Euro-Travelers
May 16, 2003 -- Summer's coming -- time for thousands of young Americans to head across the Atlantic, rail passes in hand, on voyages of self-discovery. Those who buy their passes soon…
Ocean Club Joins Short-Cruise Fraternity
Today marked the inaugural voyage of Club Mirage, a vintage 1973 former ferry and Mediterranean cruise ship now operating out of Port Canaveral, Florida, for the new line Ocean Club…
Regal Cruises Sinks as a Company; Here's What to Expect if You Are a Ticketed Passenger
Regal Cruises, which for years has operated its single ship, Regal Empress, out of seasonal homeports New York and Port Manatee, Florida, announced on April 28 that it is ceasing…
Cruise News: Carnival Swallows Princess Whole and an Update on SARS Screening for Passengers
Resident cruise industry expert Matt Hannafin rounds up the latest on what's happening on the high seas.
Brussels Sprouts Great Rail Fares
April 28, 2003 -- Last week, we wrote a column on European train fares where we said that "bizarrely, tickets from Brussels to Paris aren't on sale."Someone must have been listening,…
Take Your Time and Save: Amtrak Juggles Its Schedule and You Benefit
April 23, 2003 -- When is a slower train better? When it's overnight.That seems to be the principle behind Amtrak's latest schedule juggle, and they've got a point. An overnight trip…
Save Our Ship: Norwegian Cruise Line Buys United States
The future holds promise for a long neglected ship -- formerly the fastest boat on the seas.
Do You Know the Way to San José? Try This New Budget Bus in Cali
When the tourists stopped coming, Kaz Nakagawa got an idea.Formerly a tour operator for Japanese groups visiting California, Nakagawa's business had been battered by the war, the…
Go West, People, Way, Way West, If Only for the Halibut
April 7, 2003--You say you want to travel to some place far, far away? But you don't want to leave the country? Here's your chance: One of our favorite tour operators, the Great…
SARS: What Is It and How Can You Deal with It?
Bob Fisher examines the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak and how it can affect you.
Consider These Ports for Caribbean, Bermuda, and East Coast Cruises, plus a New Ship Sets Sail
Consider this list of ten US port cities when planning for a cruise. You may live closer to one than you think.
Win a European River Cruise for Two!
Frommers.com & Amadeus Waterways are sending one lucky winner & a guest on a European River Cruise! Register now to win this vacation!
A Serious Tome for Serious Times: Recommended Reading for Wary Citizens and Travelers Everywhere
The Survival Guide: What to Do in a Biological, Chemical, or Nuclear Emergency is a must-read for today's uncertain world.
Amtrak Rolls Out its Special Rates for Friends & Those Without
Repeating a popular program from last year, Amtrak is bringing back its One-Two-Three discount. Tickets must be purchase by April 30, 20032 good for travel through August 28, 2003.…