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White Knuckle Combat: How to Conquer the Fear of Flying, Part II: Understanding Air Safety

Learning about air safety standards and piloting in difficult weather conditions can go a long way in helping someone to overcome aviophobia.

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White Knuckle Combat: How to Conquer the Fear of Flying, Part III: What Can Be Done About It?

Sascha Segan takes you through current approaches for dealing with the fear of flying.

Article / Air Travel

Tour the Orient Your Way in Your Own Time with the Return of this Popular Airpass to Asia

Chinese air carrier, Cathay Pacific, is once again selling its "All Asia Pass" from as little as $999. What's the pass good for, you ask? In a betel nutshell, you can fly to as many as…

Article / Air Travel

Save On Air to Reno, Blow It at Roulette

The little airline with the big name, National, has just opened up a new route from Las Vegas to Reno/Lake Tahoe, and is celebrating the fact with fares as low as $39 one-way from…

Article / Air Travel

Tips from the Publisher: Recent Air Travel Reports

Statistics don't lie. Find out which airlines will get you there on time--and with your luggage.

Article / Health, Insurance, Security

White Knuckle Combat: How to Conquer the Fear of Flying, Part I: Identifying Aviophobia

Sascha Segan explains how to identify the symptoms of aviophobia in the first in a series on understanding and overcoming a fear of flying.

Article / Packages

An Avalanche of Seasonal Packages at Unseasonably Low Prices: $499 for a Week in Austria, $679 for France and More

Now's the time to wax those skis in preparation for some midwinter savings from Ski-Europe and their "Super Ski Weeks" packages. All deals include roundtrip airfare, lodgings in two-,…

Article / Hotels

The Weak Canadian Dollar Brings American Travelers Even More Savings at Muskoka Sands Resort

As the U.S. dollar continues to weaken overseas, it can thank Canada for allowing it to gain strength there, difficult as that may be for our peaceful neighbors to the north. So it is…

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Pronto to Toronto! Take in the Good City from as Little as $107 Per Night, Including Air and Lodgings (Rental Car Just a Tad More)

Who knew? Toronto, once considered good but boring, is now the third largest theater center in the English-speaking world after London and New York. If you love the stage--and shopping…

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San Francisco Treat: Boutique Hotel's Rates Just Get Lower the Older You Are

This deal proves the maxim that age has its benefits. From November 15, 2002 through January 19, 2003 the recently renovated Galleria Park Hotel is offering room rates based solely on…

Article / Air Travel

Euro-Hopping out of Heathrow: bmi Airlines Makes Intra-Continental Travel More Accessible--And More Affordable

Many of our readers have taken advantage of the incredibly cheap bmi (formerly British Midlands Airways) fares out of airports around Britain for onward flights to the continent. Until…

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Goofy Prices for Mickey Mouse Cruises

If you book early, you're likely to get one of the incredible rates being offered now for winter cruises on Disney Cruise Lines. The three-night cruises start at just $419 per adult,…

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Princess Starts First Fully Accessible Shore Excursion in St. Thomas

Princess Cruiselines and Accessible Adventures team up to make shore excursions available for disabled travelers.

Article / Hotels

Too Cool for School: Get a Jump on Ski-Lessons, Lodgings Included, by Booking Early

Now is the right time to plan for the winter ski season, but if you're not quite sure of yourself on the slopes, you may want to get an edge on others by studying technique at the…

Article / Hotels

Earn Free Weekend Nights with the Return of Marriott's "Take 2" Offer

This deal is easy enough to understand. If you stay three different times in any of Marriott's properties between October 14, 2002 through January 31, 2003, you'll get two free weekend…

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Trod Where Monks and Monarchs Dwelt: An Iberian Journey At Just Over $100 per Day

Trying to cover the entirety of this vast peninsula in a single trip is seemingly insurmountable and possibly insane; it contains two whole countries, Portugal and Spain, and the tiny…

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Holy Roman Empire! Three Nights in the Eternal City from $549 Including Air, Hotel and Morning Meals, Equally Affordable Getaway Packages to Five Other Eurocities as well

Far and Wide Travel is offering free companion airfare on certain five-day/three night air/hotel combos to further reduce their prices good for daily departures from November 1 through…

Article / Air Travel

Lop Off an Additional 5% on Already Discounted Fares to the Caribbean and Latin America at Delta.com

To celebrate the addition of new routes and new flights to the warmer parts, Delta Airlines is offering an extra savings on top of its introductory fares to such tropical favorites as…

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Bless My Sol! Big Savings Make These Packages to Spain the Perfect Cure for those Wintertime Blues

If you've ever read Don Quixote or listened to Man from La Mancha, you know that the weather in Spain isn't always sunny. But it should be no surprise that people enjoy the Iberian…

Article / Air Travel

Canny Air Canada Sells Fall & Winter Seats Cheaper

If you can plan ahead for trips to Canada or destinations beyond this fall and winter, get your wallet out and book before September 30, 2002, for trips that can begin as early as…

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All's Fair with These Fares! Even More Savings on Flights for Home and Abroad

Announcements of new sales and discount fares continue to stream into our inbox here at Frommers.com. Today we're here to tell you about current savings for flitting about within…

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Scholarly Journeys: Learn the Language and more with a Study Abroad Program

For some years now, NRCSA has been offering students and anyone else interested in learning foreign languages the chance to go abroad to hit the books, parlez and sprechen with the…

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Save $100 on Inexpensive Italian Insights Into Spring

If you book an Amazing Italy Tour from Insight Vacations by September 30, 2002, you can save $100 per couple on an already low priced nine-day tour of that country, starting from…

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Getaway to Galway, Dublin and More, Plus a Discount Card Good Across Ireland

Despite the oft gloomy weather, Ireland is always inviting with its verdant, sheep-dotted hills, incredibly friendly (and talkative!) people, an overwhelming number of ancient and…

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Schushhhhhhhhh! Don't Swiss-Miss These Two Discounted European Ski Packages

Attention all slope addicts, the Swiss Alps are calling you, and right now they are practically irresistible with a double shot of air/lodging/ground transportation/meal combos to luxe…