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Wish You Were Here: Send Postcards from your Mobile Phone
You can stay in touch while abroad without a stamp using this wireless technology.
Boutique, So Chic! Families & Seniors Save with Two Kimpton Hotel Offers
May 30, 2003 -- The Kimpton Hotel group, based in San Francisco, operates 38 hotels and 34 restaurants across the US, and can be counted on to come up with money-saving deals to keep…
Terror Alerts: What They Mean and How They Affect Your Travels
As the security alert goes up to a new level, so go the unknowns and insecurity for travelers. Here's what you need to know before you go.
NYC Is Cruise Central This Summer, Hosting Royal Caribbean's Newest and Sixteen Others
May 30, 2003 -- Continuing the trend of cruise lines spreading their vessels around the country, closer to U.S. population centers, fully seventeen ships are sailing from New York City…
The Boons of London in June: What's Doing Across the Pond
May 28, 2003 -- Really old folks in London used to live by dates of The Season, basically corresponding to when the royal family was in town. That tradition is long since gone, but the…
Lower Prices for Younger Travelers: Two Firms Offer Discounts
May 28, 2003 -- Two well-known travel companies have come up with separate promotions for travelers of a certain age. Contiki, which specializes in travel for the 18-to-35 crowd, is…
WHO Lifts Hong Kong & Guangdong SARS Travel Advisory
In a sure sign that the SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) epidemic is abating, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday lifted its travel advisories against Hong Kong and…
Eureka Costa Rica! Budget Packages to Central America throughout the Summer
If you can get yourself to any Delta Airlines gateway in the USA, you can take advantage of a fabulous travel deal in Costa Rica, with a five-day (four-night) vacation starting from…
Disney Does Discounts: We're Not Kidding, The "Empire that Wouldn't" Finally Cuts Its Prices
May 23, 2003 -- This never happens. Who would have thought that mighty Mouse, Disney, would be offering deals? Quite simply, times are financially perilous, and even the folks in…
Cut-Rate Cancun: Off-Season Opportunities for Beachy Big Savings
May 23, 2003 -- Cancun in summer? If you like it hot and healthy, this is the place to go. You can live in your swimsuits from early morn to late at night, even in some discos, in…
Value Vegas, Cost-Cutting Caribbean and South of the Border Savings with Funjet's Family Packages
May 21, 2003 -- It's hard work being the flagship brand of a conglomerate tour operator, but the folks at Funjet Vacations are having a good time at discounting dreamy vacations to…
Formal Russian Dressing: White Nights Festival Celebrates the Arts in St. Petersburg
May 19, 2003 -- Occasionally, a travel experience comes along that is downright expensive, but if it's splendid enough, we're willing to ignore the steep price and recommend you give…
France Wants You to Feel the Amour by Lowering the Price on Just About Everything
May 19, 2003 -- France loves you -- and wants you to come back.The recent political disagreements between the US and France have led US tourists to think they're not welcome in France,…
Take a Bud for a Buck: Tour Company Offers $1 Companion Fares for Packages to Europe
May 19, 2003 -- Trafalgar Tours, a long-established tour operator specializing in Europe, has teamed up with leading airlines to offer "Europe for a Buck". This is a $1 companion…
Bequia Bequeath: Hoteliers Offer Half-Off Stays for Frommers.com Readers
May 16, 2003 -- Who doesn't dream of escaping to a tropical paradise? After spending one two many cold and snowy winters in Connecticut, one couple acted on that dream and leased a…
The Second City Gives 'Em the Ol Razzle Dazzle with Free Summer Festivals, Cut-Rate Rooms and More
May 14, 2003 -- Blowing hard on its own trumpet, Chicago (the city) is taking every advantage of the ongoing popularity of Chicago (the movie musical), hitting positive notes with a…
The Eternal City is Temporarily Cheap: Six Nights' Air and Hotel from $499 -- Plus, London on the Low, Low Down from $369
May 14, 2003 -- Wintertime travel to Rome just went on sale, and, Chef Boyardee, what a sale it is! For east coast departures out of Boston, New York, Newark and Philadelphia prices…
The Right Call: Free World Cell Phones
Keep in touch overseas. The rental fee is waived, you just pay for the calls you place, but not the ones you receive.
Budget Biking All Across the U.S.
Bikers of the world, unite! With Adventure Cycling Association, you have nothing to lose but, possibly, your breath. Especially if you sign up for their 77-day Lewis & Clark…
Be It Hawaiian Island or Canadian Mainland, Affordable Packages Will Get You There
May 9, 2003 -- United Vacations, the vacation packager linked to United Airlines (though a separate business entity and not part of the recent bankruptcy filing), has brewed up a nice…
Safari, So Good: Adventurous African Escapes for Our Frugal Followers
May 9, 2003 -- Stunning sights -- and some simple savings -- await you on two separate, but equally life-changing, journeys to this oft-thought out-of-reach continent for just a touch…
This Just In: Unsold Seats Make for Great Tahitian Savings for One Date Only
May 9, 2003 -- Tahiti Vacations has a single flight on Saturday, May 31, that has plenty of empty seats. Why? Because a group of travelers chartered that particular plane on a one-way…
My Cheapie Miami: A Special Air and Hotel Package to Florida for Our Newsletter Subscribers
May 9, 2003 -- For just $249 per person, Frommers.com readers can fly into Miami or Fort Lauderdale from New York and stay for four days and three nights at the Dezerland Resort &…
Economical European Packages: Friends Fly Free Promo Helps Keep Those Costs Down
May 7, 2003 -- If you book by June 6, 2003, you can take your friend along with comped airfare when you buy a vacation package to Europe for travel now through early fall. This deal's…
Future Travel Writers Take Note: It's Time to Register for Summer Workshops in Maine
Here's one way to find out if we really have a dream job. Sign up for travel writing workshops in Easternmost Maine.