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VG Keen: A New Airline Offers $500 Round Trip to Europe

There's a new airline crossing the Atlantic, VG Air, flying between the States to Brussels, and then, improbably, to Yerevan, in Armenia. For an unspecified duration they are offering…

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Saving on Round-the-World Airfare

We let you in on two companies who can make the seemingly impossible happen -- it's not cheap necessarily, but circumnavigation can be affordable.

Article / Hotels

Rest Your Heads on B&B Beds This Summer

With more Americans taking car trips this summer and fall (nearly half of them traveling at short notice), chances are you're one of those people looking for last minute…

Article / Packages

Go Bohemian or Go Imperial, Land-Only Tours for Less Than $100 a Day

Insight Vacations has a good record with our readers, and the price is right, averaging out at about $100 per person per day for many of their land-only tours that include first-class…

Article / Car, Bus, Rail

Get a Set of Wheels from under $20 a Day if You Plan Well in Advance

Budget Rent A Car has introduced special weekend and weekly rates for those drivers who reserve at least three weeks in advance. You can get a compact car for as little as $19.99 for…

Article / Cruise

Baltic Sea Elegance (And at a Discount)

The phrase "Baltic Elegance" is not an oxymoron, certainly not to discerning travelers who know how elegant the Swedescan be and just how scenic the Baltic is along its coastline and…

Article / Cruise

Leading Web Sites for Cruise Planning

We point out the best the Web has to offer for planning your cruise online.

Article / Packages

Six London Nights With Virgin Atlantic, From $879 if You Act Quickly

With spaces still left on some of its "Summer Fling" packages, Virgin Vacations has reduced the price by $130 for travel through August 31 of this year, but you must make your purchase…

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Weeklong Nearly All-Inclusive Christmas Market Tours in Germany and Austria

Here's a great idea! Why not buy your Christmas gifts in the Old World this year? The low prices being charged by Ski Europe for six-night packages to Austria and Germany are like a…

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Cool Savings on Three-Day Getaways in Cooler Canada

The heat wave in most of the U.S. during July has caused some fuddled thinking now and then, but if you keep a clear head, you can remember that Canada is ALWAYS cooler than the 48…

Article / Hotels

Dream Apartments in Paris, 30% Off

People love to talk about their dreams, but hardly anyone ever listens. You can brag about your dream apartment in Paris, though, because you can tell friends you got it for 30% less…

Article / Air Travel

ATA Reduces Summer Airfares a Little for Regular Roundtrips, A LOT for Flying Seniors

In light of the many major airlines (American, Delta, Northwest, and USAir) that dropped their senior discounts over the last few weeks, Indianapolis-based ATA has stepped up to the…

Article / Packages

You Won't Feel Jaded by This Gem of Deal: Air/Hotel in China from $599

Steadily working it's way up the most popular list, Beijing is chock full of wonder and history--think the Great Wall, think the Forbidden City, think the 2008 Summer Olympic…

Article / Hotels

Tips from the Publisher: Hotel Guest Habits

A recent poll pulls back the sheets and uncovers the behaviors and attitudes of hotel visitors.

Article / Packages

Taste Ireland This Fall, From $698

You've had your summer vacation already, or you're thinking of waiting until fall, toughing out the hot weather the better to savor the colorful ambience of autumn, perhaps even the…

Article / Air Travel

A Look at the Budget Airlines

The big six airlines may dominate the marketplace, but the smaller, no-frills carriers are giving the biggies a run for their money. Here are the standouts for budget flights.

Article / Packages

The British Are Coming, And They're Number One!

Great Britain ranks first as this year's most popular destination for European tours and vacation packages, with Italy and France behind in second and third place, respectively. So…

Article / Packages

Petrabax is Back with a Summer Tour, Viva Madrid!

Petrabax, supplier of inexpensive tours to the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco, is back, this time with a $799 summer bargain to Madrid. The package includes airfare from New York and…

Article / Hotels

Last Chance This Year to Play London's Palace and Parliament

In only two months of the year can foreigners get in to see the Houses of Parliament, though British citizens can arrange to go anytime. Those months are August and September, which…

Article / Air Travel

Southwest Air Brings a Bevy of Bargains to the Summer Travel Table For the Midwest, California and Florida

It's no secret that off-peak flying costs less, and Southwest's current deals stay true to form for their system wide sale. They're also offering discounted fares for anytime of the…

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Attention All Fliers! New Consumer Hotline for Federal Airport Screening and Security

David Lytle gives you the skinny on a new federal hotline to handle your questions and complaints.

Article / Cruise

Now It's Istanbul (not Constantinople): All-Inclusive from $699

There is something about Turkey that is infinitely irresistible, with its gorgeous blend of ancient tradition, exotic history, modern outlook--and affordability. So it's no wonder that…

Article / Packages

Conjure Up a Mystical Summer Season of Arts & Entertainment

From now through August, the Mystic Coast & Country Travel & Leisure Council of Connecticut is holding a season of arts and entertainment. If you book a place to stay from…

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Fab Trip for Beatles Fans, Just $925, plus Fall Packages to Spain and Italy

Still can't get The Beatles out of your mind? Can't live without them? You can retrace their glory in a "Footsteps of the Beatles" package being offered by Trafalgar Tours, the…

Article / Packages

The Land Down Under-a-$1000, with or without Wheels

G'day mate! Discount packager Discover Wholesale Travel is offering three different deals to the Land of Oz, each starting at just under a grand.The first package places you in the…