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5 Easy Tips for Getting a Russian Visa

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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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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

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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

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New Cuba Travel Policy Doesn't Help Tourists

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

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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.

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