Thu Jan 6, 2011 10:19 AM EST
Rebecca Klein’s kids were ski novices when they checked in at Vermont’s Smugglers' Notch resort for a weeklong stay recently. They didn’t stay that way for long.
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Tue Jan 4, 2011 9:45 AM EST
Ask anyone who flew before 1978 about the golden age of air travel, and they probably won’t hesitate to tell you about the glories of pre-deregulation flying.
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Thu Dec 16, 2010 9:23 AM EST
Traveling during the Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s season can be a frustrating, patience-testing, character-building experience, but there is one thing it isn’t: predictable.
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Wed Dec 8, 2010 10:24 AM EST
Before he downloaded an iPhone app called Cyclemeter two months ago, Donald McNeill had only a vague idea of where he’d skied on any given day.
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Fri Dec 3, 2010 12:16 PM EST
The pre-Thanksgiving standoff between the Transportation Security Administration and some airline passengers over the federal agency’s new screening techniques has left many industry observers wondering: What’s next?
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Wed Dec 1, 2010 8:56 AM EST
"Don't touch my junk" became a protest anthem against intrusive airport security screenings thanks to John Tyner's now-famous pre-Thanksgiving encounter with TSA agents in San Diego.
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Thu Nov 18, 2010 9:05 AM EST
There’s good news and bad news for motorists this holiday season.
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Wed Nov 3, 2010 1:42 PM EDT
In one video, a little boy dances during a parade at Disney’s Magic Kingdom. In another, a young girl dressed as a princess embraces her father. And in a third, two women explore Cinderella Castle.
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Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:03 AM EDT
The debut of two brand-new new cruise ships — Cunard’s new Queen Elizabeth earlier this month and Royal Caribbean’s massive 16-deck Allure of the Seas in December — coincides with the beginning of “wave period,” a time of year when most people book their cruise vacations.
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Tue Oct 12, 2010 10:09 AM EDT
Mary Gallagher recently received an e-mail from the Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau offering “hot deals.” But there was a catch: In order to receive them, she had to follow Tucson’s tourist authority on Twitter and friend it on Facebook.
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Thu Oct 7, 2010 11:43 AM EDT
Remember the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," where a valet takes a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT out for a joyride? Brandi Mahoney claims it happened to her when she stayed at the Embassy Suites Portland in downtown Portland, Ore., recently.
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Mon Oct 4, 2010 9:58 AM EDT
When Kathy Potvin told her grandson she was considering breaking a tradition of visiting Ocean Park, Maine, last summer, the 7-year-old protested.
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Wed Sep 29, 2010 10:00 AM EDT
Free drinks. Room upgrades. Better restaurants. That’s what the travel industry thinks you want from your next travel experience.
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Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:22 AM EDT
The border between Iran and Iraq may seem like a strange place for a vacation — specifically, to go hiking — but after , one of three American hikers held for more than 13 months in Iran, the whole world knows it happens.
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Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:51 AM EDT
It’s that time of year again.
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Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:34 AM EDT
Sarah Andrus was flying from Philadelphia to Phoenix on US Airways when she accidentally left her jacket underneath the seat in front of her. "The jacket was a gift from a friend and unique," recalled Andrus, a director for an Olean, N.Y.-based manufacturing company. "I called the airline with low expectations of recovering my jacket, but I thought I'd give it a try."
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Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:32 AM EDT
Be nice to your car rental agent. Otherwise you could end up like Hank Jeffries.
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Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:19 AM EDT
If you ever want to feel confused, outraged and powerless all at the same time, just read your cruise line’s ticket contract.
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Mon Aug 16, 2010 10:09 AM EDT
They’re loud. They smell bad. And their clothes would make Mr. Blackwell blush.
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Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:39 AM EDT
When JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater dramatically walked off the job — jumped actually — he became a poster boy for all that’s wrong with air travel today.
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Mon Aug 9, 2010 9:46 AM EDT
What kind of a complainer are you?
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Mon Aug 2, 2010 11:28 AM EDT
If you think your hotel clerk is out to get you, you might be right.
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Mon Jul 26, 2010 10:19 AM EDT
When Roger Bell takes a vacation, he normally flies to a national park or visits friends up north for two weeks. But like many Americans, Bell, a Woodstock, Ga.-based technical writer, lost his job in 2009. And that changed the way he vacations -- maybe permanently.
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Mon Jul 19, 2010 11:28 AM EDT
Tired of high hotel rates and airfares this summer? Just wait. Travel prices may be about to go into a tailspin — again.
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Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:26 AM EDT
This isn’t a political column, but when I heard the next president of the United States, Sarah Palin, announce she belongs to the party of “no” — actually, make that the party of “hell no” — I thought for a moment she was talking about the travel industry.
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