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Cowboys, Oil & A Prairie Song in Bartlesville, Oklahoma

A pleasant city in northern Oklahoma, Bartlesville bills itself as a city of legends, naming oil barons, Frank Lloyd Wright and Native Americans as three good reasons to come for a…

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November's Prize: Win a Trip for Two to Greece!

Frommers.com and Gate 1 Travel are sending one lucky winner & a guest to Greece! Register now to win this vacation!

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Editor's Choice: Traveling for Seasonal Foods

For many travelers, a vacation is about seeing the world's great sights and attractions, a perfectly respectable reason to get out of the house. For others, trips are for de-stressing…

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New York Chocolate Show Returns! Free Wine & Chocolate Pairing For Frommer's Readers

Few food festivals can reduce us to a state of schoolgirl giddiness quite like New York's Annual Chocolate Show. For one, it's a festival dedicated to chocolate, so they have us at…

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Nothing Could Be Finer than a Week (or Two) in China from $699

Fall and winter mark the low season for travel to China, so prices generally fall and there are some excellent vacation packages with offers to help you navigate your way around this…

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Don't Say Eek to Responsible Travel: Do Your Homework and Embrace Ecotourism

The concept of ecotourism is sometimes misunderstood and, in practice, is often exploited as a marketing tool to promote tourism that is related to nature. If you are interested in…

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Cooperstown, Synonymous with Baseball, Also Traffics in Art, Opera and Beer

At the south end of a gorgeous watery gem, Lake Otsego, Cooperstown lives off tourism and second-homers, with streets full of curious shops, clean restaurants and historic houses.

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Canada eh? Discover Montreal and Ottawa this Fall

The weak U.S. dollar still goes a long way in Canada, making Montréal and Ottawa far bigger bargains for U.S. travelers than pricey Paris -- especially during the fall and winter…

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Discover the Mystique of Mongolia

If Mongolia is not the most mysterious destination in Asia, it certainly makes the short list. This distant sprawling land of camels and nomads, shrouded behind legends of Chinggis…

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Bolivia It (Or Not!): Delve into the South American Wonder for a Full Three Weeks

One of country's greatest benefits is that fewer tourists visit, prices are generally lower and with less exposure to western influences, you end up with a more culturally authentic…

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Antiques, Bric-a-Brac and Hidden Treasures: Find Them All At Markets Across Europe

I have one motto that I swear by when it comes to shopping while traveling and that is 'You Only Regret What You Don't Buy.' It is an adage that I strictly adhere to and espouse to…

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Go Stomp the Grapes on Wine Tours in Lesser-Traveled Regions

Historically, California has enjoyed the lion's share of wine, accounting for nearly 90 percent of the US production. Many states are establishing new wineries as we speak, eager to…

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Live Like the Locals: Learn More about Your Destination with Indigenous Home Stays

What better way to really discover the country you are traveling in than to stay amongst its people and experience their lives and culture first hand.

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Go Looney for St Louis: Plan a Fall Getaway to the Gateway to the West

St. Louis, city of about 332,000, the famous arch, a fabulous zoo, and some of the friendliest people in the Midwest, offers more than sixty free things to do, a number that's second…

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Domestic List: A Rundown of State Fairs and Fall Festivals in the U.S.

Late summer and fall see the state fair season in full swing and no matter what part of the country you're traveling in, you're sure to find a fun family day out.

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Futuristic Tokyo Still Expensive (Unless You Know Where to Look)

You can economize easily by staying in moderately-priced hotels and eating in moderately-priced restaurants, just like the locals do. You can also find discounts that are offered…

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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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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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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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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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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…