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Something Wicked This Way Comes: Spooky Halloween Haunts Across Massachusetts

September 19, 2003 -- To reinforce its ghostly image, the commonwealth infamous for the Salem Witch Trials is dragging some old skeletons out of the closet and rattling a few chains…

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Hotel Chains Big and Small Open the Doors with Budget Rates (Fall Colors Free of Charge)

September 22, 2003 -- I was impressed by my first visit to a Microtel Inn, and remain so, especially by their prices. There are several budget-oriented hotel and motel chains around…

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Rome for the Holidays: The Cheapest Week Yet in the Eternal City

September 17, 2003 -- We were excited to tell you back in June about some incredible deals to the Italian capital. Now we're positively beside ourselves with this latest offer from…

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Leafers, Peepers: Fall Foliage Tours in Canada and the Northeast for Cheaper

September 15, 2003 -- It just wouldn't be fall without journeying off to take in the brilliant vistas of an autumnal landscape painted in bright swaths of reds, oranges and yellows.…

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Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Deal: Disney Discounts Again for Fall & Winter

September 10, 2003 -- Theme parks across the country are still feeling the post-9/11 pinch, and while numbers of visitors across the board increased slightly in 2003, they are still…

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A Three-Fer We L.L.ike: Gift Certificates from Quikbook

September 8, 2003 -- The best kind of freebie is one you get for doing something you were going to do anyway.In the case of hotel discounter Quikbook (www.quikbook.com), they're giving…

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Cheap China Set: Three Asian Cities at Bargain Basement Prices

September 5, 2003 -- Two of my favorite tour operators are having a little competition for visitors to Hong Kong this fall and winter, each with prices starting at just $499, including…

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Soar with the Eagles: Mongolian Adventures for the Fit and Brave

September 1, 2003 -- Normally I wouldn't recommend a "new" festival, much less one dreamed up by a tour operator just three years ago, but the Golden Eagle Festival in Mongolia should…

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Squirrels on Film: Point, Shoot and Sleep in Yosemite with Packages for Photographers

August 25, 2003 -- Ever since Ansel Adams set up his tripod in Yosemite National Park, the venue has been a dreamscape for photographers anxious to match, or (improbably) to better,…

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South of the Border Double Feature: Costwise Combos to Uruguay and Costa Rica

August 25, 2003 -- Sometimes, it seems, our Canadian friends seem more adventurous than we do, with companies like GAP offering tours to Bangladesh, for instance. But now, The Great…

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Europe Bargains Racing On, For Fall & Winter

August 22, 2003 -- Americans are trickling back to Europe, not in droves, mind you, but enough to keep hope alive in tourism industry breasts from Ireland to Austria, Portugal to…

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Package Pricewars: Asian is Still up for Grabs at the Lowest Cost in Ages

August 20, 2003 -- With Asia suffering most from the lengthening downturn in air traffic this year, prices for travel to Far East destinations continue to drop further reducing the…

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A(sia) Flat Minor: Two Cultures, Nearly Two Continents from Vienna to Istanbul

August 13, 2003 -- "Minarets & Minuets" is the great name for an unusual package put together by Austrian Airlines Vacations, and who should know better about both topics, after…

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Scoot to Nova Scotia: Pretty Leaves, Even Prettier Prices for Fall Tours

August 8, 2003 -- It's time to plan for fall foliage tours, and that means, most famously, New England on the east coast and the Rockies in the west. But don't forget Canada where the…

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Book a Low-priced European Hotel Room for August

August 6, 2003 - If you're like me, suffering through the oppressive heat andhumidity right now, you may find yourself thinking that August, not April, is the cruelest month(sorry,…

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How Low Will They Go? Beijing for $499 from Thrifty Go-Today

August 6, 2003 -- The price war on packages to Asia seems to be heating up, withalmost all operators cutting prices in an attempt to stay competitive, making it a great time…

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Visit da Second City for First Class Arts and Music

August 4, 2003 -- Prompted in part by the success of the movie "Chicago," the city tourist fathers and mothers have put together a big bundle of musical offerings, many of them free,…

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Orient Your Attention to the East with These Japanipackages

August 4, 2003 -- The tourism industry in Japan seems to have awakened after a year-long snooze, devising bargains galore for foreign visitors. Even staid old Japan Air Lines is doing…

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For Frommer's Readers Only: Half-Off Cell Phone Rentals

August 4, 2003 -- A cell phone can be invaluable on a foreign trip. Not only can it let you keep in touch with the babysitter, the cat-sitter, the house-sitter and your boss, it can…

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Get the Royal Treatment in London this August and September

July 28, 2003 -- Ever dreamed of living like royalty? However untenable that might actually be, you can give it a vicarious shot with a visit to London in the next couple of months…

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Prices for Travel to Europe Still Fall-ing This Autumn

July 25, 2003 -- The summertime bargains are here, with a vengeance. But now comes fall, and even the more conservative outfits are getting in on the act, some at prices nearly as low…

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When The Mercury Drops, So Do the Prices: Check Out Paris in the Autumn

July 23, 2003 -- During the summer months, the always-popular Paris is especially crowded with the mobs of tourist that flood the city.When the hot weather has passed and some of the…

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Slow Down, You Move to Fast: Get Back in Balance at Maui's Lifefest Celebration

July 21, 2003 -- Laura Crites, co-author of the outstanding guide The Call to Hawaii, advocates the taking of what she terms "wellness vacations." She defines a wellness vacation as,…

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Dynamic Duos! Two-Country Packages to Asia at Bargain Basement Prices

July 16, 2003 -- "I've never been to Asia, where should I go first?" It's a question I have been asked many times, and with a plethora of bargains staring us in the face, it's hard to…

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Onyer Marc (Chagall), Get Set, Go! The City by the Bay Readies Itself for an Important Retrospective

While the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art gears up for its Chagall blockbuster, area hotels are bundling up packages that include rooms, drinks, catelogues and tickets to the show.