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Airfares to Europe Can Be Cheaper Than You Think

With fewer flights across the Atlantic since the September 11 attacks, planes are more crowded than ever,and fewer bargains can be found according to industry trade journals. One wayto…

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Travel Writers Offer Top Ten Packing Tips

A Society of American Travel Writers poll helps you know what--and how--to pack before you go.

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Flex & Go Wild in Williamsburg Country

It's not often that two famous neighboring attractions, much less three, offer good value discounts simultaneously, but that's what's happening down Colonial Williamsburg way. With a…

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Away-From-Home for the Holidays: $429 Gets You to London This Fall and Winter

Yes, I know, summer isn't even here yet, but that stand-up outfit, Go-Today, has announced two new packages to London that coincide with two major holidays--Thanksgiving and New Year's…

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August Travel Writing & Art Workshops in Cool Maine

For a second year, Bob Fisher is presenting his travel-writing workshop in cool (in both senses of the word) Maine this August. If you want to try your hand at this top ten dream job,…

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Louisville Makes Travel More Affordable Through Late Summer

Trying to get its fair share of domestic travelers this late spring and summer, the Greater Louisville Visitors Bureau has come up with a couple of packages that might interest you,…

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Try a Free Cell Phone This Summer

You can try out a free cell phone this summer, paying only the actual charges for calls placed and received, yes you can. This innovative program is the good idea of TravelCell, which…

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On Top of the World for 8 Nights (or more) in Baffin Island

The Wild West frontier hasn't died, it's just moved to the top of the world. On Baffin Island, part of the former Northwest Territories in Canada, you'll experience what it's like to…

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Alexandria Offers VIP & Key Passes, 15 to 20% Savings

Not all good value concerns places to stay or eat, as a new duo of passes issued by historic Alexandria (Virginia) attests. They say that their VIP (Very Important Patriot) Pass, good…

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Two Hollands: Two Flowery Festivals and How to See Them

The first tulip bulbs were brought to Holland in 1529 from Turkey via Vienna and economic ridiculousness ensued-market speculation similar to our recent Internet bubble on Wall…

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All Aboard For Amtrak Discounts

If you're a fan of rail travel, you no longer have to go to Europe or Japan to really enjoy the experience. Finally the time has come for you to be able to have a great time on the…

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A Loonie 50% Love Letter from Virginia to Canadians Only

Our Canadian readers know quite well that a loonie is a Canadian dollar (the loon is shown in flight on the reverse of the coin), and it's for them that a new Virginia program is…

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Rolling, Gliding, Up the Alps & Skating For Pie

You're out there, you inline skaters, and you're in for a surprise. You may never have thought of touring France or Switzerland on your wheels, or even Florida or Minnesota, but now…

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BritRail Offers Day Excursion to Paris on Eurostar for $179

The road warrior isn't the only one to try squeezing important sites and sights into a busy schedule. There are leisure travelers, too, who can't make the time to see more than one…

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Tips from the Publisher: Using a Travel Agent

When the trip gets complicated, Mike believes it's still best to call a travel agent. He outlines his process to achieve the best possible success in this relationship.

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$49 Airfare Rolled into 4- and 5-Night Vegas Stays with Worry Free Vacations-Only if you Book by Thursday

This Newsletter reported on a couple of deals back in October when MLT and Worry Free Vacations were (literally) giving away air travel with a 3-night stay in Sin City and nearly…

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Contiki Lops off $100 for European Packages

"Europe has remained the top destination choice for young professionals and college students," says the marketing director for Contiki Holidays, Lis Wooldridge, after a survey recently…

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Try A Delightful Mix of Pandas, Kites & Wats in China or Siam

Go back in time a bit to sample childhood pleasures, perhaps go back enough to call Thailand "Siam" again, or take a slow boat in China, not to it. You can do all this, and go fly a…

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The Super Highdeck Road to Rome, From $123 a Day

English and American philosophers and theologians used to drone on and on about "The Road to Rome" years ago, talking mostly about the implications of converting to Catholicism. Those…

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Go, Go Gaugin! Tahiti and Moorea Starting at $699

We reported earlier on Tahiti Vacations great $999 deal to New Zealand. Now they're shortening the distance and the price on two packages, but you'll have to be ready to leave soon-the…

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Pursue the Classics in Canada or Italy, From $139 Per Diem

You don't have to read Latin to pursue the classics with the University of Toronto's St. Michael's College this summer, but you do need an interest in literature, the arts or just…

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Tuscan Farmhouses This Spring From $962 Per Week

One of the finest tour operators of moderately-priced trips to Italy is Tourcrafters, an Illinois-based outfit that has been taking satisfied travelers abroad for 21 years now. For the…

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The Pros & Cons of Escorted Tours

Insights into helping you choose the vacation that suits your needs best.

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Escorted Tours (Trips with Guides)

Escorted Packages defined.

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All Aboard For Online Amtrak Discounts, Up to 30%

If you book online between now and May 19th for travel from now through June 15, 2002, you can get 30% off Amtrak's regular adult fares. (And if you're traveling with kids, try their…