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Swank Hotel Group Offers Internet Price Match Guarantee

Tired of being underpriced, perhaps, by Internet quotes on their hotel rooms? The Kimpton Group has decided to fight back and with results. They're guaranteeing a match for any price…

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It's Time for Anaheim (and the Mouse) with these ATA Packages

With a wave of his sorcerer's wand, Mickey Mouse (disguised as ATA Vacations) is turning a three-night stay at Disneyland into four nights, with no increase in price, for vacations…

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African-American Culture High in Orlando

Some folks down in Orlando have been trying to get the word out for years--"this town isn't just about theme parks, we've got culture, too." And it's true, as I can attest, having seen…

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Plan Ahead for Stanley Cup, a Refund If Your Team Doesn't Make It

If you're a hockey fan and want to see your team in the Stanley Cup Finals next June (2003), you have a dilemma. If you wait until you're sure they will be in the final play-offs,…

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Big Deal Saves You Fairly Big Bucks in Portland, Oregon

Out in super gorgeous Oregon, the city that should call itself "the kinder, gentler Portland" is casting around for visitors to get its tourist industry safely through what promises to…

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Boomers Get Beach Discounts in Daytona

How much does Daytona Beach want you to visit?A lot.They're offering every kind of discount from free hotel rooms to cheaper meals to lure visitors to this attraction-filled part of…

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Paris & Provence This Winter for $775, Truffles Extra

Forget about Paris or Provence in summer, when they're crowded with tourists, getting in the way of real travelers like you and me. The time for smart people to go is winter, when…

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Tips from the Publisher: Visit Andalusia

Dropping temperatures and dropping prices make the fall a great time to visit this region of Spain.

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A Room with a Boo! Things Go Bump in the Night in these B&Bs on Halloween

Halloween is one of those holidays when everything can seem so predictable--the trick-or-treating, the doling out of candy, the same old costumes--so it's nice when someone comes up…

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An Urban Phoenix from the Ashes: Chattanooga is Reborn

Rediscover this beacon of southern hospitality where you can find new and remodeled hotels, tasty eats and activities that will appeal to the whole family.

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America's Black Hills: Sacred Mountains With Faces

Take the climb up to two of America's most well-known, and possibly most controversial, manmade monuments in South Dakota. Plus, explore caves, handle snakes and more.

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People Get Ready, There's a Train A'Comin': Reduced Fares, Both Public and Private

We've got two sales to tell you about, one for the masses and one decidedly more upscale.Whatever your opinion regarding our beleaguered national rail carrier, a sale's a sale and…

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Bike, Boat and Climb Your Way Through Costa Rica

You've read about Costa Rica Expeditions, that pace-setting outfit that was one of the first eco-tourism companies, in this space before. For the rest of the summer and into the fall…

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What's New in Europe

Here's where you'll find out what recently opened, what's changed, and what's hot for your trip in the year to come.

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Choo Choo Choose This Rail Pass to Follow the Royal Comings and Goings

All of 2002 is Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, celebrating her 50 years on the British Throne, and she is visiting every region of the island at some point before December 31.…

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You'll Want to Give Thanks for these Budget Cottage Stays Across the Pond

Country Cottages, which has been providing vacations in the British Isles for many years now, has come up with a neat idea--spending the quintessentially American holiday of…

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Tips from the Publisher: Vacation Days in America

Americans get the shaft when it comes to vacation days.

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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…