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5 Easy Tips for Getting a Russian Visa

Getting a visa is straightforward for most international destinations. But you might need a little help when traveling to some countries, such as Russia. Here's what to expect when…

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5 Travel Tips for Middle East Visitors

If you are undecided about an upcoming trip to the Middle East, here are a few resources that may help you decide whether you should go.

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Packing Tips: How to Bring Wine Back Home

Determined to bring back a bottle of wine? Remember these five packing tips and shipping shortcuts on your next vacation.

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Government Shut Down: What it Means for U.S. Parks and Landmarks

If the U.S. Congress can't settle on a budget, visitors to sites run by the Park Service will be faces with shuttered parks, monuments, and museums.

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Travel Safety Tips: I Lost My Wallet, Now What?

Losing your wallet can happen to even the most seasoned traveler. Either you forgot it on a counter or left it in a cab, or worse, a pickpocket makes off with it. So how can you board…

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How to Store Your Information Before Leaving Home

Use these tips to save flight information, passports, and credit cards, so they're always just a few clicks away when you're on the go.

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Fly Safe, Fly Smart: When Kids Fly Alone

Sending an unaccompanied minor on a flight can be anxiety-inducing for everyone involved. Streamline the trip by following these simple steps and knowing what to pack for your child.

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Lessons Learned From Your Worst Travel Gaffes

We've all made travel mistakes, but here are some stories that should make you feel better: booking a flight at the wrong time, overpaying for a rental car, and getting separated from…

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Help Me, Uncle Sam! How to Get Government Assistance When You Travel

Here are a few tips on the whens, wheres, and hows to effectively complain to the government about a travel-related matter.

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10 Questions Most Frequently Asked By Travelers

With governments imposing new security rules, airlines teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and many hotels facing foreclosure, travelers often have more questions than answers. Here…

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New Cuba Travel Policy Doesn't Help Tourists

Bad news for tourists: President Obama's new Cuba policy doesn't change anything for most would-be American tourists to Cuba, but there are glimmers of hope.

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Obama and McCain Strike Out on Travelers' Issues

In this intense presidential campaign, the two major candidates have talked about many issues, but they've said very little about issues affecting travelers. Here's where we think they…

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Travel Troubleshooter: Help! Princess Confiscated My Cognac

When our couple transfers from the cruise ship to a train, they give Princess their luggage, which includes a bottle of Cognac, which Princess refuses to return. Why did they swipe it?

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6 Travel Issues the Next President Should Care About

Whether you're a Democrat, Republican or independent, what you do at the ballot box in November may be meaningless as far as your travel is concerned.

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Travel Troubleshooter: AirTran, Where's My Refund?

Our traveler accepts an unorthodox offer from AirTran, but now they won't process a refund as promised. What can he do?

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The Longest Airport Security Waits -- And How to Skip Them

Learn new ways to predict how long airport checkpoint lines are going to be, and find out free and paid ways to dodge them.

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Travel Troubleshooter: When the Check's Not in the Mail

A hotel offers a priest a tax refund. No, that's not the opening line of a joke -- unless playing phone tag and hearing excuses is funny to you.

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Follow the Crowd: 4 Secrets of the Herd

The conventional wisdom on traveling -- which is not to do what everyone else is doing -- is often wrong. Sometimes, the mob knows best.

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Tariff Trouble: 6 Airline Ticket Rules You Need to Know

When it comes to airline ticket rules, the devil isn't in the details. The devil is the details.

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12 Lessons Learned from a Life on the Road

I asked some of the most experienced travelers I knew to tell me what traveling has taught them. Here are a dozen tips from of them, in their own words.

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7 Strange Surcharges You Could Find on Your Next Trip

A barrage of fees, levies, surcharges and extras has pelted travelers for years. But just when you were convinced that the travel industry had thought of it all, it comes up with yet…

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How to Check Out European Apartments Before You Check In

With the Euro now above $1.50, there are far more reasons than mere coziness to start looking away from hotels and towards apartments in Europe.

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Editor's Choice: What to Do When Something Goes Wrong

Flat tire? Full passport? Lost luggage? Our in-house travel experts dish on the best way to solve common travel problems.

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Road Work: How To Live Abroad (Legally) Without Going Broke

If you want to stay somewhere longer than a few weeks and you aren't independently wealthy, the problem of money will always come up. Fortunately, several countries have plans where…

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Pot Growers Put Parks at Risk, Rangers on Alert

What with slashed budgets and petty, destructive politics -- not to mention bears -- the last problem rangers should have to worry about is being out-gunned by drug cartels.