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How to Feel Like a Hawaiian Family: Tips on Dining, Plus our Favorite Places to Eat

While in Hawaii, you'll encounter many labels that embrace the fundamentals of Hawaiian Regional Cuisine and the sophistication, informality, and nostalgia it encompasses. Euro-Asian,…

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How to Feel Like a Hawaiian Family: Picking the Place That's Right for You, Plus our Favorite Hotels

Hawaii offers all kinds of accommodations, from simple rooms in restored plantation homes and quaint cottages on the beach to luxurious oceanview condo units and opulent suites in…

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Las Vegas for Families: We Put it to the Test

Over the years Las Vegas tourism officials have spent a lot of money to convince travelers that their town was not only the perfect place for a bachelor party, a blow-out gambler's…

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Global Disney: The Mouse Marches On

The Disney empire is about to expand again, this time back into Asia, with the opening in 2005 of Hong Kong Disneyland, a joint venture between Disney and the Hong Kong SAR government.…

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Ski the Best When You Ski the West

October 19, 2004 -- It's that time of year when lodges start gearing up for the ski season. How can we tell? They're starting to offer those early season deals for those willing to…

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Midnight Scares in the Sunshine State

October 12, 2004 -- As if four hurricanes weren't scary enough, attractions across Florida are organizing spector-filled events to make this October memorable truly…

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Financial Perks for National Parks in Fall & Winter

August 10, 2004 -- Chock full of throngs of visitors during the peak summer months, our national parks may offer better weather, but they also charge higher prices for accommodations.…

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Slope-a-Dope: Early Booking Discounts for Skiers Plus Off-Season Savings

August 10, 2004 -- Ski season, already? No, but if fall fashion is filling out the mannequins at your favorite clothing boutique and pre-season football is on the boob tube, then you…

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Warm Weather Wishes: Savings for our Loyal Readers

August 3, 2004 -- Summer and early fall visitors to Orlando and Florida are a different breed from those who fly down in the cold months. Winter travelers are frantic to escape the…

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Jackpot! Reno & Vegas Vacations

August 3, 2004 -- Nevada isn't all casinos, but it's the state where most of the action is, with Reno as fascinating in its own way as Las Vegas. While Vegas has all the glitz, it can…

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Into the Wild "Blues" Yonder: Florence & Huntsville

From music festival to motorcycle tour, Frommer's shows you what's happening in northern Alabama.

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Family Fun and Learning in Parks in the Southwest

All the parks have ranger programs for children and adults, and some will even take the kids off your hands for an hour or two; but for an in-depth learning vacation, consider joining…

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Southeastern Summers: Pretty Packages to Florida and Georgia

June 22, 2004 -- The Southeastern USA represents a wide variety of places to visit, attractions to see, and entertainment to enjoy. From the mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina…

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Spas, Champagne and Suites, Oh My!

June 16, 2004 -- Every once in a while, you have to pamper yourself, and keepers of the keys at luxury resorts and spas do their best to oblige stressed sightseers. Even resorts with…

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Family Fun and Learning in the Rocky Mountains' Parks

All the parks have ranger programs for children and adults, and some will even take the kids off your hands for an hour or two; but for an in-depth learning vacation, consider joining…

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Hot Summer in the City, Part 2: We Look West

May 28, 2004 -- In the last issue of this Newsletter, we told you about promotional packages in some US cities in the eastern part of the country, in which the tourism officials there…

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Two-Wheeled Tours: More Bike Trips for Budget Travelers

May 28, 2004 -- As a veteran of a biking trip through Switzerland, I can assure anyone interested that cycling on a flat terrain is the best (or at least the easiest) way to go. That's…

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Micro-Prices for Wi-Fi at Microtel

May 19, 2004 -- Free, high-speed, wireless Internet in a $32 hotel room? Sounds like a dream. But budget hotel chain Microtel (www.microtelinn.com) is bringing full-on Net access to…

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Know Before You Go: Reading Up on the National Parks

Unless you're anxious or have spent little time in the outdoors, you don't need a book about how to camp with children. But if it will make you feel better, or if gaps in your…

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Safety, Sanity and Insurance: Learning to Drive Your RV

It might seem like a monster on wheels, but an RV can easily be put under your control. Read on to become a master of the highways and byways.

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Two-Wheeled Wanderings: Bike Tours in the US and Europe, Plus a Frommer's-Only Discount

May 3, 2004 - We can think of few better ways to truly experience a place than from the seat of your bike. No staring through the tinted glass of tour buses, no guide telling you what…

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Spring or Summer, Deal Yourself a Hotel Package

April 30, 2004 -- Maybe we should make it clear again about getting the best hotel prices -- never pay rack rates, the highest price a hotel expects to ever charge a guest for a room.…

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Roman Rooms and Italian Village Villas Under $60

April 21, 2004 -- Although prices are going up for travel to Europe (we're heading into summer, after all), there are still bargains to be had, if only you look and look and look.…

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Beat Around the Bush: South African City and Safari Getaways

April 19, 2004 -- Aware that one of their prime markets, the United States, is far away, the South African government's official tourism department has collaborated with eight US tour…

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Moderately Modern Prices for a Step Back in Time in Virginia

April 16, 2004 - Patriots, history buffs and families seeking a mentally stimulating vacation are drawn to Colonial Williamsburg and its recreations 18th century America. The steep…