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In the Heartland: An Ohio Road Trip by RV, Part I

In this first of a two-part series, husband-and-wife travel writing team Harry Basch and Shirley Slater focus on some handy tips, cover an extensive route through southern Ohio and…

Article / Family & Kids

Tips from the Publisher: Grand Deal to the Grand Canyon

I just received information from Xanterra Parks and Resorts, operator of the lodges in Grand Canyon National Park, and wanted to share the good news with you.Xanterra is offering a…

Article / Family & Kids

Callaway Celebrates 50 Years & Summer, Too

High on any list of the South's most beautiful gardens is Callaway, in Pine Mountain Georgia, which is adding to its allure this year by running a Summer Celebration Special. From now…

Article / Beach & Water Sports

Have a Happy Holi-lei on Hawaiian Cruises--with the Added Gift of Free Airfare

GalaxSeas Cruises has wrapped up two cruise packages with comped airfare from select markets--just in time for Christmas and New Year's, so you can make this your present to yourself.…

Article / Road Trips

On the Road to Hershey, With a Kiss

Bob Fisher takes you to the town that chocolate built, plus a visit to nearby Harrisburg.

Article / Road Trips

Doing Delft, Quiet & Pretty to a Fault

There's more than just blue and white china in this (double) Dutch treat of a town.

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

More Bangkok for your Buck: Circling Thailand at $83 a Day Gets You Airfare, Room, Transfers, Tours and More

Earlier this year, I wrote in this space about an 18-day tour to Thailand costing from just $1,560 per person (sharing a double room), air inclusive. Now Grand Circle has come in with…

Article / Beach & Water Sports

Tips from the Publisher: Rhode Island Beaches

Mike Spring let's in on his favorite--and secret--beaches in New England.

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Unbelievable, Unvisited Unalaska: $1,175 With Air

If you want to be the first on your block to visit a spot few people go to, consider Unalaska, an island in the Aleutians, one of the most remote parts of North America. You remember…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Thomasville, a Well Kept Georgian Secret

Bob Fisher takes you on a tour of this enclave once the vacation destination of choice for the well-heeled.

Article / Family & Kids

Tips from the Publisher: Swinging into the National Pastime

Here's a deal well-heeled baseball fans won't want to miss: Roadtrips World Series is offering a package that guarantees tickets to the first or second game of the World series,…

Article / Beach & Water Sports

Cancun, Where You Can Think and Swim

Bob Fisher takes you on a cultural tour in and near Mexico's tourist Mecca.

Article / Family & Kids

A Small Hit (to the Wallet) for Cooperstown Getaways

Cooperstown (where in 1839 Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball, it's claimed) likes to call itself "America's Most Perfect Village," and many who have gone there find that…

Article / Family & Kids

Southwest Air Inaugurates Complete Disney World Packages

Starting today, Southwest Airlines ("the little airline that could") will begin offering complete vacation packages to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. The bargain airline that is…

Article / Road Trips

Maryland's Ladew Topiary Garden: Secret Weekend Country Reprieve

Author Mary Tilghman introduces you to one of Maryland's best kept secrets.

Article / Senior

Tips from the Publisher: Zip to the Continent with Eurostar

Trying to decide between Paris and London this summer or fall? With the arrival of the Eurostar train, why not visit both?

Article / Local Experiences

Musical Leipzig, or There and Bach Again

Beethoven, Brahms, Bach and more in a tour of this Saxony city.

Article / Family & Kids

A Grand Ole Time in Nashville

This Tennessean city has grown into a new kind of cultural Mecca offering ancient and modern art, new hotels and, of course, the Grand Ole Opry.

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Two Weeks in Andalusia Includes Airfare (and a) Car (and a) Farmhouse (and a) Paella Dinner--(and a) $240 per person Discount

We told you earlier aboutthe benefits of booking packages through Untours as demonstrated in their Budapest apartment stay. Now for the fallseason, Untours is lopping off over 200…

Article / Family & Kids

See Italy Like a VIP, Avoiding the Lines with Select Italy's Advance Tickets, Passes and Tours

While offering a whole menuof travel services and products, the best thing going for Select Italy is itsability to get you into where you want to be, whether it's a museum, the operaor…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Save a Little Green on the Greens in British Columbia from $1,425

You can join in Queen Elizabeth II's year-long Golden Jubilee celebration without an over-the-oceanflight to the UK. How, you say? Head to British Columbia in Canada--aCommonwealth…

Article / Family & Kids

Two Weeks in Bifurcated Budapest Living in a Furnished Apartment, No Less, for Just $107 a Day

This is one of the best deals for travel to Europe this summer, and it's brought to by that smartoutfit, Untours. This package includes roundtrip airfare on British Air fromNYC, Newark…

Article / Local Experiences

Tips from the Publisher: Vegas Picks

I just got back from a business trip to Vegas. It's too easy to knock the place, so let me tell you about three experiences that I liked.

Article / Senior

Musical Munich, Not Quite for a Song

Your average visitor to Munich may think of beer halls and brass band music, but more discerning types will plan to spend their evenings listening to good opera, classical concerts and…

Article / Outdoor & Adventure

Lend an Ear to Audio Tours: Arizona, Nevada and the Northeastern U.S. with a Special Discount Thrown in Just for Frommer's Readers

Nothing makes a guided tour better than a really good narrative, and if you're lucky, the person taking you around can provide just that. Much of the time, however, you wish the guide…