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Editor's Choice: Our Favorite Sporting Events

What better time for the sports-loving editors at Frommer's to step up to the plate and single out a few of our favorite sporting events from across the globe. Know that one of the…

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Get Plenty of Puerto Vallarta Starting from $559 for Five Nights

Right now, many deals to Mexican destinations are focused on either short, last-minute deals designed to get you out the door cheaply and quickly, or packages for fall travel. Suffice…

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El Cheapo on the Beacho: Cancun Calls with Air and Hotel Combos from $306

With tour operators offering specials and old favorites coming down in price to accommodate the summer traveler in search of bargains, Cancun is an easy on the wallet option.

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Travel Europe like a Diva with Opera Vacations and Tours

Experiencing opera in one of the great historic opera houses of Europe is an unforgettable event. Many of these buildings have hosted operatic productions for several hundred years,…

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Go Just a Little Farther to Reach Far-Out Japan

Within Japan, where the usual top spots are Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara, much of the rest of the nation is less-visited but alive with seemingly secretive and strange cultural activities --…

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Editor's Choice: Overrated Travel Experiences

Because travel experiences, even in the most revered locales, are never the peaches and cream you're promised in the brochure . . .

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The Return of the King: The Tut Tour Comes Back to the States

A traveling exhibit titled 'Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs' is scheduled to stop in four American cities over the next 27 months. Having opened on June 16 in Los…

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Introducing Editor's Choice: We Purport, You Decide

These are the trips we'd suggest to you if you sat next to one of us on a plane and we swapped travel stories -- experiences that are still fresh in our minds. Whether we visited for…

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Mudslide Hobbles Access to Yellowstone National Park

Mudslides have had one huge year in 2005. They decimated southern California, displacing people from their homes and radically altering landscapes. In New York City, just last month,…

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The Write Way to Travel: Literary Workshops to Push Your Creative Boundaries

There are as many writing workshops as there are beautiful places to travel. Pick an idyllic spot in the midst of a beautiful mountain range, summer haven, or picturesque city…

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No-Salt Solutions: Lake Resort Vacations Across North America

Note: These promotions have ended and these prices have increased since this article was written. Please verify the current promotions and rates before booking.

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Budget Surfing Safaris At Prices That Won't Wipe You Out

A surfing vacation is a great way to not only improve your board technique, but a perfect way to meet like-minded surf enthusiasts from around the world and discover foreign cultures…

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June's Prize: Win a Trip for Two to New York City!

Frommers.com and ILOVENY are sending one lucky winner & a guest to New York City! Register now to win this vacation!

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Horsing Around on Vacation: Don't Say Nay to Equine Adventures

Imagine a vacation where you saddle up each morning and see your destination at a peaceful pace, the way travelers would have a century before. Back roads and trails reveal so much…

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Lose Yourself on the Tiny, Exclusive, Still-Affordable Mackinac Island

Home to six hundred horses, unspoiled beaches and the famous but by all accounts fictitious peaches that Kramer rapturously described and coveted on Seinfeld, Mackinac Island is an…

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A-Fore!-dable Golf Getaways: Hotel, Green Fees and More

The coming of baseball and spring flowers bring the blooming of the country's best golf courses as they enter prime conditions. May flowers look great next to perfectly cut fairways…

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Get Back to Schoolin' with In-Depth and Intense Study Tours

If you're going to take an escorted tour, and sacrifice freedom for so-called guidance, it can pay to put your trip in the hands of the most seasoned experts -- even if it costs a bit…

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(Happy) Birthday Suit! Shed More Than Just Your Cares at Naturist Camps This Summer

The idea of attending a nudist camp feels so risqué, vaguely European and possibly outdated. But according to the results of a recent opinion survey, one out of seven people say…

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All the State's a Stage: Massachusetts Summer Theater

Besides being the birthplace of summer stock theater, Massachusetts hosts what is arguably the country's richest concentration of progressive summer performance programs. Whether your…

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Personal Guides to WWI Battle Fields in Europe

With Memorial Day approaching, history buffs and descendants of the American soldiers stationed in France and Belgium during World War I may be interested to learn of the growing…

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Memorial Day Getaways to Scenes of Historical Significance Across America

Since Americans began observing Memorial Day, during the Civil War, few characterizations of the holiday have rivaled Abraham Lincoln's, in his commemoration of the more than 43,000…

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Made in America: A Summer of Odd Events and Festivals

There must be something about the temperature rising that makes regular Americans do some pretty weird things during the summer months. Here is a selection of some of the most unique…

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May's Prize: Trip for Two to Las Vegas!

Frommers.com and MGM Mirage are sending one lucky winner & a guest to Las Vegas! Register now to win this vacation!

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A Festivus for the Rest of Us: A Calendar of International Events

Each season, Frommer's scours the planet for the festivals and events we find unique, compelling and chock full o' fun. Summer brings a plethora of activities and celebrations that can…

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Book Ahead for Day of the Dead on this Guatemalan Adventure

Guatemala, the land of eternal spring, is a country of contrasts and ultimate beauty. Steeped in history with magnificent relics of a Mayan past in its rainforests, and cities…