Travel Headlines - USA Today

• newTop 25 U.S. destinations: TripAdvisor's winners

  

  Website names best-rated domestic and international locales.
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• new10 ways to spend Memorial Day weekend in Las Vegas

  

  Celebrate the holiday with clubs, pool parties, DJs, a water park and more.
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• newTake the S.L.U.T. in Seattle and other transit tips

  

  Navigating the idiosyncrasies of big city transit systems.
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• Beachfront luxury: 15 decadent hotels on the sand

  

  Everyone loves a beach vacation, but where you stay can make a big difference on just how fabulous your trip is.
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• More hotels offering free breakfast

  

  In 2012, 79% of hotels offered complimentary breakfast, up from 55% in 2010.
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• What's in an airport name? Sometimes it's aviation history

  

  There's a tradition of naming airports and terminals for people with links to aviation history.
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• Royal Caribbean unveils Quantum of the Seas itineraries

  

  The 4,180-passenger ship will sail from Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, N.J.
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• Deal watch: Blount offers savings on New England cruises

  

  Blount Small Ship Adventures is offering a price break for cruises booked before May 31.
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• Virgin America tops 'Consumer Reports' airline ratings

  

  Virgin America soars to top of Consumer Reports airline ratings; Spirit hits bottom
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• Tablet use soars among U.S. airline passengers

  

  Passengers increasingly rely on their tablets for entertainment and work on flights.
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Travel News - New York Times

• newT Magazine: Happenings | The Parties at the First Week of the Cannes Film Festival

  

  These were the places to be (and be seen) during the first half of the annual bash for movie lovers in the South of France.    
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• newIn Transit Blog: Fees Take on New Altitude

  

  American air carriers took in more than $6 billion in fees from passengers in 2012, an increase of 3.8 percent for baggage and 7.3 for reservation changes over 2011.    
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• newHeads Up: Haiti, An Unlikely Location for Luxury

  

  Though Haiti remains a poor country, upscale hotels like the $15 million Best Western Premier are opening there.    
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• newUpdate : Luring Tourists Back to Greece

  

  A country still grappling with economic woes sees a flicker of optimism as travelers return.    
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• newIn Transit Blog: Speeding Customs

  

  The Chicago O’Hare International Airport will be the first airport in the United States to implement Automated Passport Control, a new technology designed to expedite customs clearance.    
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• Check In: Hotel Review: Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles

  

  This storied property, newly refurbished and reopened last year, is the latest player in this city’s lineup of stylish hotels that celebrate Hollywood glamour and history.    
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Global Travel - LA Times

• newLas Vegas deal: Free weddings for military members and vets

  

  For couples hoping to get hitched in Las Vegas , the offer for free weddings on Memorial Day (Monday) could prove to be the deal of a lifetime. Victoria’s Wedding Chapel is offering free marriage ceremonies, with roses included, for active-duty service members and veterans.
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• newBig Bear PaddleFest set to stand up to the competition

  

  Big Bear is combining the sweet cool of its mountain lake with the exploding popularity of stand-up paddleboarding, or SUPs, in a series of distance races and sprints June 29.
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• newAirline passenger poll: Wailing baby or stinky seatmate?

  

  Given a choice between flying next to a crying baby or a smelly passenger, 63% of fliers would choose the crying baby over the stinky seat companion.
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• newCanada: Richmond's 'Food Street' offers near-endless Asian options

  

  Fans of Asian food can sample dishes from a variety of nations without any jet lag during a visit to Richmond , British Columbia , the city that’s home to Vancouver ’s international airport (YVR).
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• newDaily Deal: Honolulu museum pass offered for Memorial Day weekend

  

  Those visiting Honolulu over Memorial Day weekend will have a chance to visit three museums at a discounted price -- and spend as much time as they like at each site. The Bishop Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Iolani Palace are offering a two-day pass good for unlimited visits.
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• newCuba: Globus now offers people-to-people tours

  

  Globus has joined the ranks of well-known tour companies offering trips to Cuba under a special U.S. Treasury Department license that permits people-to-people educational exchanges on the Communist island.
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Travel Articles - Washington Post

• Revisiting the Johnstown Flood

  

  When Elias Unger looked out from his front porch on May 31, 1889, he was astounded by what he saw. His house overlooked Pennsylvania’s Lake Conemaugh, a 2½ mile-long man-made body of water formed by one of the world’s largest earthen dams. On that morning, the rain-swollen lake was dangerously close to breaching the wall. Read full article >>    
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• Putting travel apps to the test on a tour of Atlanta

  

  Planning my first-ever trip to Atlanta was making me dizzy, and not only because of the city’s dazzling number of offerings. Hunched over a borrowed iPad, flicking among a too-large array of information-loaded travel apps, I soon realized that the kind of motion sickness that keeps me from ever going to an Imax movie apparently applied to large electronic tablets as well. Read full article >>    
  - 6 days ago, 16 May 13, 3:28pm -
• The basics of chip-and-PIN credit cards

  

  We’ve gotten a lot of questions from readers lately about chip-and-PIN credit cards, also known as EMV cards (for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, the originators of the technology). Although they’re almost universal in Europe, credit card companies have yet to widely offer them to American customers. For travelers headed around the globe, here are the basics: Read full article >>    
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• Atlanta, by the guidebook

  

  My visit to Atlanta started on Page 292. Immediately after landing, I wandered over to Map 14, Grant Park/Summerhill, to experience the “oddest Atlanta tourist attraction.” I had placed my utmost faith in this guidebook, and it honored that trust. At least when it came to Page 292. (Page 321, you are not off the hook. I will deal with you later.) Read full article >>    
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• FlightCar, a cheaper rental with a twist: It’s somebody else’s car

  

  On a recent trip to San Francisco, I rented a car for four days. But not just any car. Somebody else’s car. Somebody who was on a trip like me, except that while I was landing at SFO,this person was taking off — or more likely was already gone. I’d have the car back long before the person needed it, or so went the plan. Read full article >>    
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• Gadgets on planes: The electrified debate goes on

  

  When Kenneth Kirchoff notices that an airline passenger has failed to power off his gadget as instructed, he’ll politely point out the oversight. He might use a nonconfrontational line such as this: “Excuse me — did you realize that you didn’t turn off your device?” What he doesn’t mention during this brief interaction is who he is, what he knows and why you should listen to him. Read full article >>    
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Travel Advisor - Chicago Tribune

• Break from U.S. carriers lifts passenger spirits

  

  Flying foreign airlines can be so much more pleasant than our domestic options. On a recent KLM flight to Amsterdam, the Dutch airline behaved as if it was in the customer-service industry, not merely transporting a bunch of people from one point to another.    
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• Nevada's Valley of Fire a sure bet

  

  Valley of Fire sounds like the name of the latest Cirque du Soleil extravaganza, but this 42,000-acre state park, about 55 miles northeast of Las Vegas in Overton, is light-years away from Sin City's cacophony of slot machines and man-made galaxies of marquee lights. For travelers who want — or, more likely, desperately need — a chance to hike past something besides singing hotel fountains, Valley of Fire (parks.nv.gov) delivers a different kind of jackpot.    
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• Vacations with a payoff

  

  Volunteers dive into other cultures, return with a wealth of experiencePicking a volunteer vacation is a lot like dating: The choices are mind-boggling, but finding the right fit takes work. Treat the search like a job.    
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• DOT: 'Enforce the law? Who, us?'

  

  Despite having authority to regulate airline fees on international tickets, the U.S. Department of Transportation decided on Nov. 6, 2012 not to enforce its statutory requirement. This decision was in response to a formal July 2, 2012 complaint by Donald L. Pevsner, a long-time consumer advocate in air travel, arguing that the current fees to change nonrefundable international tickets, generally $250 to $300, are grossly excessive. Pevsner asked the DOT to enforce the law.    
  - 9 days ago, 14 May 13, 8:30am -
• The change-fee gouge: Worse than you thought

  

  The travel press has been full of reports that the four giant legacy lines — American, Delta, United and US Airways — just hiked the fees to re-issue "nonrefundable" tickets. The new fees are $200 for domestic travel and $250 to $300 for most international travel. The basic idea of the exchange fee is that when you cancel a "nonrefundable" ticket, you can retain that ticket's dollar value, less the fee. But the amount of the fee isn't the whole story. My friend Don recently had to cancel a trip to Europe on US Airways, booked with nonrefundable economy tickets costing $862 each, but when he tried to book a replacement trip he found five additional stumbling blocks:    
  - 9 days ago, 13 May 13, 10:00pm -
• Air travelers brace for another summer of fees

  

  It isn't shaping up to be a good summer for air travelers who are trying to stick to a budget. And let's be honest: Who isn't watching their bottom line?    
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Travel Articles - NY Daily News

• A U.S. citizen can stay abroad indefinitely and always return 

  

  Q: I am a U.S. citizen. On return from a recent vacation in Yemen, a Customs and Border Protection officer asked me about why I was abroad for so long. Since I am a U.S. citizen, can't I stay abroad as long as I wish?
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• New York City cruise industry on the grow

  

  Nearly 633,000 passengers either passed through or stayed in hotels before and after their cruises, up 50,000 from 2010, says a new study from the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
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• Coney Island Boardwalk gets fake wood makeover

  

  The city got the nod Monday for its controversial plan to give the Coney Island Boardwalk a concrete and fake wood makeover.
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• New York City kicks off plan to attract younger tourists 

  

  Bent on reaching younger tourists, the city's tourism arm, NYC & Co. announced plans to launch a new youth-focused initiative, NYC 30, along with a partnership with MasterCard to create exclusive NYC offers for MasterCard cardholders.
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• Cruising on Disney ship is a Dream

  

  Being no cruise aficionado, I approached the Disney Dream with tremendous skepticism. This was only my second cruise, and the sail was only for three nights. Adding fuel to the fire, we were cruising without children. No matter.
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• A well-worn Christmas card's years if joy

  

  It’s the Christmas card that kept bringing holiday cheer. For six decades, the same well-worn greeting card traveled back and forth between two friends.
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Travel News - NY Post

• Redbury heads to South Beach
  A Redbury hotel will open in South Beach later this year, The Post has learned. Redbury South Beach, a conversion of the old Fairfax hotel on Collins Avenue, is the first hotel collaboration between Sam Nazarian’s SBE, Levy Restaurants founder and ch...
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• Take a break from the tourists on your Roman holiday

  

  With landmarks like the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps, Rome hardly has a problem attracting tourists. But toss a new pope into the mix, and there’s a renewed interest in seeing the Eternal City (and, naturally, the Vatican). For ...
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• When in Rome

  

  Where do Rome’s top chefs go when they can’t stand the heat and have to get out of the kitchen? We asked chef Heinz Beck of the three-Michelin-starred La Pergola, and chef Giuseppe Di Iorio of Aroma, a Five Star Diamond Award-winner atop the Relais &...
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• Soothe by Southwest

  

  New Mexico, which was part of the Spanish empire and Mexico before becoming a US territory that turned into a state, should be on your must-visit list. It’s the perfect place to be awed by how gorgeous your country is (high desert is crazy colorful) ...
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• Just back: Norwegian Breakaway

  

  The Norwegian Breakaway has started sailing from Pier 88, and contrary to the nonstop TV ads pumped out by Norwegian Cruise Line, it is not crowned with fake skyscrapers like a Vegas version of New York.But it is a mega-ship for Manhattan: 1,062 fee...
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• Georgian splendor

  

  Mind your manor Live the “Downton Abbey” dream, no passports needed. The Lodge at Sea Island Golf Club — a “premier hideaway” inspired by English country manors — on the coast of Georgia is offering an “English Manor Experience” package from June 2...
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Travel Guide - Dallas News

• Las Vegas package cuts costs for summer
  
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• Looking for a better airline seat? There’s a site for that
  
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• 5 places to be a kid again
  
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• Riding the elephants in Thailand
  
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• Party like a princess at Disney World
  
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• What’s new in Disney’s New Fantasyland
  
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Travel News - Star Tribune

• Cruise passengers who get sick sometimes face tough road
  A stark truth of taking a cruise: In cases of medical emergency, you’re beholden to your surroundings.
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• Tall ships to sail to Duluth again this summer
  
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• Cold War era sites feature weapons of mass attraction
  Every day, the Cold War gets a little colder. And as it does, interest in nuclear relics heats up.
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• Woody Guthrie Center opens in Tulsa, Okla.
  Handwritten lyrics for “This Land Is Your Land” inspired the legendary singer/songwriter’s daughter to push for a museum to commemorate his legacy.
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• How to find gay-friendly vacation spots
  John Tanzella gives tips about how lesbian, gay, bisexual or transsexual travelers can figure out which places and companies are truly gay-friendly.
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• Piecing together the art of mosaics in Italy
  The ancient art of mosaics thrives in Ravenna, the Italian city known for the art form. A master's five-day crash course teaches the technique to visitors.
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Travel News - Atlanta Journal

Travel Blog - Arizona Republic

• newMCCCD approves tax hike
  MCCCD approves tax hike
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• newPhoenix police battle for proof in 2 fatal crashes
  Phoenix police battle for proof in 2 fatal crashes
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• newNew growth spurt for Valley
  New growth spurt for Valley
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• newJodi Arias jury can't decide on death penalty
  Jodi Arias jury can't decide on death penalty
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• newReport clears DPS officer in killing
  Report clears DPS officer in killing
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• newArizona House non-prayer sparks Christian re-do
  Arizona House non-prayer sparks Christian re-do
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Travel News - SF Chronicle

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Travel Articles - Newsday

• newNYC Weekend Picks: 'Far From Heaven' on stage, 'Frogs' at Natural History Museum
  Our picks for what to do in the city this weekend.
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• new12-year-old Mass. boy wins National Geographic Bee
  12-year-old boy from Massachusetts wins National Geographic Bee
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• newVolunteers needed to maintain Appalachian Trail
  Volunteers needed to do maintenance on Appalachian Trail in the Smokies on June 1
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• newVolunteers needed to maintain Appalachian Trail
  Volunteers needed to do maintenance on Appalachian Trail in the Smokies on June 1
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• newVets get into Milwaukee Art Museum free all summer
  Milwaukee Art Museum offers free admission to veterans, military members all summer
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• newVets get into Milwaukee Art Museum free all summer
  Milwaukee Art Museum offers free admission to veterans, military members all summer
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Travel News - Cleveland.com

• Places to honor fallen soldiers and pay respects to history: closer to home
  Honor fallen war heroes with road trip to Ohio sites.
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• Get out, Ohio: A Summer Travel Guide to the state's natural attractions
  Ohio may not be home to soaring peaks or canyons grand. But natural beauty? We've got it in abundance, from Southeast Ohio's stunning Hocking Hills to the delicate beauty of Northwest Ohio's Oak Openings. Make this your summer to see it all.
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• Northeast Ohio: National park, Lake Erie show Mother Nature in all her glory
  People unfamiliar with Cuyahoga Valley National Park are often astounded to find it listed among the most-visited national parks in the nation (No. 10 in 2012, right after Acadia in Maine). Those of us in Northeast Ohio, however, aren't surprised at all.
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• Top Northeast Ohio events
  Northeast Ohio festivals celebrate Dean Martin, duct tape.
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• Northwest Ohio: Slow down upon the Maumee River, or on Lake Erie
  In Northwest Ohio, there are no rugged Appalachian glacier cuts as in the southeast, and no forested regions such as those that dot the northeast. What can be found is water -- lots of it.
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• Top Northwest Ohio events
  Celebrating in Northwest Ohio: from walleye to Toledo's Old West End.
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• Central Ohio: The perfect place to jump for thrills or paddle for pleasure
  Thrill-lovers won't find much in the way of mountain climbing or ocean surfing in central Ohio. But plenty of other outdoor adventures await area residents and visitors willing to seek them out.
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• Top Central Ohio events
  Sample everything from strawberries to zucchini in central Ohio this summer.
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• Southeast Ohio: High adventure on a zip line or in balloon, and ground experiences at various speeds
  From wild to mild, a variety of outdoor adventures beckons in Southeast Ohio.
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• Top Southeast Ohio events
  This summer, Southeast Ohio celebrates everything from washboards to sternwheels.
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Travel Articles - Seattle Times

• newHead to Kitsap Harbor for festival fun
  Kitsap Harbor Festival, Bremerton and Port Orchard, Saturday and Sunday
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• newCycle to adventure on five big bridges
  The watery Northwest is a land of many bridges, and biking across them can be an adventure in itself.
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• newCommunity calendar: festivals, fairs and more
  A detailed, categorized calendar of events all over Seattle and Western Washington, May 24-30, 2013.
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• newA very cautionary tale for summertime air travelers
  One passenger’s many mishaps show an airline system stretched impossibly thin, just as a peak summer travel season approaches.
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• newCredit-card option that travelers should avoid
  “Dynamic currency conversion” — paying for an overseas credit-card purchase in your home currency — ends up costing travelers extra.
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• newA sunburst teaching moment
  Seattle Times reader Molly Todd’s photo of a sunset at Golden Gardens.
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• newCruise lines announce passenger bill of rights
  After the Carnival Triumph debacle, the Cruise Lines International Association puts some guarantees in writing on refunds in case of ships’ mechanical failure.
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• newVandals cut cruise-ship lines at Port Townsend
  Lighting and security are being improved at a cruise ship dock at Port Townsend where vandals cut mooring lines last week.
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• newTrial for captain in deadly shipwreck in Italy
  An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship to stand trial for manslaughter in the vessel's shipwreck off the coast of Tuscany, which killed 32 people.
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• newGetting to the San Juan Islands car-free
  If you’ve taken a car to the San Juan Islands in summer, you’ve probably sat and fumed in the long ferry line, especially on weekends. Here are some ways to avoid the crush by going to, and getting around, the bucolic Washington islands car-free for the summer season. (Or for those who n
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Travel Articles - STL Dispatch

• newStaying at: Doubletree Suites by Hilton in Downers Grove, Ill.
  I'm a full-fledged hockey mom now, having just taken my kids to a hockey tournament by myself (my husband had to work) in Chicago. 
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• Try these 'Gatsby'-inspired vacation ideas
  Whether its the Gold Coast or farther south, these hotels will extend your love for the roaring '20s. 
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• Business travelers' reward? Food, says survey
  More than 200 wineries and other wine-related businesses are hosting events for the public throughout Canada and the United States.
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• Got a couch? Host a traveler
  The cost of airfare and a hotel can take a huge chunk out of a travel budget and even cut short a vacation by several days. However, for travelers who enjoy venturing off the beaten path, ther…
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• Looking for a better airline seat? There's a site for that
  If you fly, chances are you have a story to tell about an uncomfortable airline seat.
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• Bring it on Home: New Zealand
  Who and where • Bob and Debbie LePoire pose in Akaroa, New Zealand.
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Travel News - Baltimore Sun

• newOcean City visitors urged to 'Walk Smart!'

  

  After two pedestrians died and 13 were injured last summer on Ocean City streets, city officials and the State Highway Administration devised a campaign to get motorists and those on foot to be more aware of each other.
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• newBeach Guide 2013

  

  At last, the beach beckons, summoning us in from the cold and gray that has crept ever closer to our favorite season. Summer is not official yet, but we can¿t wait any longer to play at the shore. Whether it¿s a week or a weekend, there¿s an ocean of fun to be had every day.
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• 'Strong' Ocean City ready for visitors

  

  Resort brushes off last remnants of Sandy as rebuilt pier is set to openAfter $1.1 million in Superstorm Sandy clean-up work, Ocean City is ready for Memorial Day weekend and beyond, said Mayor Richard Meehan. Even the damaged century-old Ocean City Inlet Fishing Pier will be opening Friday.
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• Saving soldiers' lives: Tour, exhibit and festival honor Gettysburg work of Daughters of Charity

  

  Daughters of Charity, a nursing order, tended to men wounded at Battle of Gettysburg. Their riveting stories are highlighted on walking tour and exhibit and during a June festivalWhen the Daughters of Charity awakened June 27, 1863, the pastoral grounds of their Emmitsburg, Md,. property had become a Union Army encampment for thousands of Union Army officers and men destined to fight during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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• Runway closures scheduled for BWI this weekend

  

  Baltimore/Washington International Airport said on Thursday that scheduled airfield improvements will prompt closures on both of its primary commercial runways this weekend.
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• Airline baggage and reservation change fees hit record, but you can avoid them

  

  As you shop for airfare for your summer vacation, don’t overlook the cost of fees for bags or changing a reservation that can add quite a bit to your travel bill.
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Travel Blog - Miami Herald

• Four more years for Art Basel Miami Beach

  

  Art Basel Miami Beach plans to stick around in its current location through 2015, though organizers aren't wild about the idea of casino resorts in the neighborhood. My colleague Douglas Hanks reports that the fair's rental agreement with the Miami Beach Convention Center was recently renewed, but organizers have said...
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• New eats, updated look for the Delano
  The Delano, which ushered in a new era of South Beach chic when it relaunched in 1995, is about to enter a new phase. Gone will be the Florida Room lounge and the Blue Door Fish restaurant, replaced with a new nightlife venue (details still TBA) and an Italian restaurant,...
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• Smells like Miami
  Expert noses will descend on Miami this week for the ScentWorld Expo, a conference dedicated to scent and sensory marketing. The event will be held at the Gansevoort Hotel in Miami Beach (signature scent: green tea). The idea of using smell in marketing -- scenting the air in a hotel...
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• Getaway for the recently single
  After noticing our post about the Conrad Miami hotel package for the soon-to-be-betrothed, an eagle-eyed public relations coordinator reached out with her company's kinda-but-not-really similar package. The Newly Single Package at the Ritz-Carlton, South Beach is aimed at solidarity, pampering and drinking away worries with "Freedom" cocktails. So it's slightly...
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• A night for artsy insomniacs

  

  For those of us (an estimated 130,000 people) who wandered South Beach for hours during a windy November night in 2009, this year's version of Sleepless Night will be a welcome repeat. For one, the weather shouldn't force the cancellation of any performances like it did last time. Another plus:...
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• A hotel package for the soon-to-be-betrothed

  

  For the first time this year, Miami-Dade's tourism bureau dedicated June to romance-related deals: weddings, honeymoons, babymoons (yes, they exist), anniversaries, etc. And now one Miami hotel has expanded that, creating a package for those who want to pop the question. The Conrad Miami's Down-on-One-Knee package includes an overnight stay...
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Travel Blog - Oregonian

• newRogue Creamery in Central Point wins Small Business Administration award
  Rogue Creamery has been named one of the Top 100 Best Green Companies in Oregon for the fourth consecutive year. David Gremmels currently serves on Oregon’s Sustainability Board as a board member.
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• newSouth Umpqua Falls Campground opens in time for big camping weekend
  The rehabilitation of the meadow was a community effort. The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians provided equipment and volunteers to get the project rolling.
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• newHillCrest Winery in Umpqua Valley awarded historical status as birthplace of Oregon pinot noir
  The planting of this historic site in the Umpqua Valley near Roseburg and the release of HillCrest's first pinot noir in 1967 marked the beginning of the modern fine wine industry in Oregon.
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• newPainted Hills photo by reader shows why he misses central Oregon while living in Florida
  An ex-Oregonian, the photographer lives in Floraida. He flies fly into Portland, rents a car, and drives the scenic routes throughout the state taking pictures, visiting friends and family along the way.
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• newCrater Lake photo by reader shows southern Oregon at its best (he misses it living in Florida)
  An ex-Oregonian, the photographer lives in Floraida. He flies fly into Portland, rents a car, and drives the scenic routes throughout the state taking pictures, visiting friends and family along the way.
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• Oregon celebrates State Parks Day with free day of camping first Saturday of June
  Three Let's Go events will be offered on State Parks Day. Rangers will lead the activities and provide the necessary gear so that families can try new outdoor activities with confidence.
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Travel - Kansas City Star

• Finding real flavors in the low country
  Before Ted Lee and his brother, Matt, became the ambassadors of Southern cooking known as the Lee Bros., they were just those Yankees who moved from New York to Charleston, S.C., as children. Their status as outsiders gave them "a sense of wonder as it relates to the food of Charleston," Ted said recently.
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• Cincinnati offers everything from bridges to parks
  After decades of declining growth, Ohio's third-largest city is on a huge upswing, pumping billions of dollars into new development and revitalization. In less than 10 years, the city has transformed itself back into a growing, bustling destination as businesses and residents flock to downtown and surrounding neighborhoods.
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• 5 Free Things | California's Napa Valley
  Lush and lovely Napa Valley has never been an inexpensive place. In the late 19th century, writer Robert Louis Stevenson moved his honeymoon to the rustic but free setting of an abandoned mining camp when the $10-a-week going rate for Calistoga hotels proved too much for his slender purse.
  - 20 days ago, 3 May 13, 6:00am -
• Louvre Abu Dhabi gives peek at collection
  The Abu Dhabi Louvre is building its collection to open in 2015, one of the centerpieces of a planned cultural district that will also include a branch of New York's Guggenheim and a national museum.
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• A guide to exploring Jackie Robinson's Brooklyn
  With the movie "42" bringing the Jackie Robinson story to a new generation, fans young and old may be inspired to visit some of the places in Brooklyn connected to the African-American athlete who integrated major league baseball when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947.
  - 27 days ago, 26 Apr 13, 6:00am -
• THE RULES
  The Kansas City Star's Travel Photo Contest is open to amateur photographers of any age who are residents of Missouri or Kansas.
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Travel Guide - OC Register

• newGallego: Summer getaway obsessions
  My idea of packing light means jamming everything into the biggest bag I can find till it weighs one ounce below whatever the weight is that makes airlines charge you an extra $100 to put it on their plane.What can I say? I get anxious at the...
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• newTravel: What beauty products to take along
  You've been sitting behind a desk for almost five months, you can't believe it's almost summer and you're ready to set yourself free. Here are beauty tips that will help you look and feel your best as you explore the open road.1. Pack spill-proof...
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• Show me the money: Visiting mints
  What would you do if you had a million dollars? Tomorrow is your day to dream, as May 20 is observed as "Be a Millionaire Day."The first multi-millionaire in the United States was John Jacob Astor (1763-1848). Astor made his fortune in trade and...
  - 3 days ago, 20 May 13, 7:00am -
• Warner: To customs, I have an honest face to travel
  The long-awaited envelope finally popped into my mailbox last month. I tore it open and came face-to-face with a picture of what looked like a drunken transient having a stroke.It was me.The laminated card with a worse-than-any-driver's-license...
  - 4 days ago, 19 May 13, 12:00am -
• Triple-digit Tucson
  Heat and dehydration are lethal out in the desert, especially during the summer. I thought about water a lot during three days driving around southern Arizona. Bring plenty of water. I mean lots, enough so you think you are overdoing it. Like one...
  - 4 days ago, 18 May 13, 11:09pm -
• Terrain Warrior: For the road less paved
  Most campers are content to pitch a tent and cook over a campfire. Then there are the more adventurous types, who travel to countries populated with animals most Americans will see only in a zoo. It's these extreme expeditionists the new All Terrain...
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Travel Articles - Columbus Dispatch

• An explosion of colorful blooms remakes the landscape in Arizona
  TUCSON, Ariz. — For the past decade, I’ve headed to Arizona in midwinter to visit family and catch a respite from cold weather. Each year, as I leave its warm, dry air to return to my snowy home, I’m told, “You really should come when the desert is in bloom. It’s spectacular.”
  - 4 days ago, 19 May 13, 2:22am -
• Hello, Columbus: Reader-submitted vacation photos
  Just back from a trip? Where did you go? What did you do? Travel would like to share your experience.
  - 4 days ago, 19 May 13, 2:22am -
• Civil War tour: Retracing Morgan's Raid
  BUFFINGTON ISLAND, Ohio — When Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan began his raid across Ohio 150 years ago this July, little could he know that his pillaging and plundering would one day become a boon for tourism. Morgan and more than 2,000 Confederate mounted troops crossed the Ohio River near Louisville, Ky., then spent more than two weeks in Indiana and Ohio tearing up railroad tracks, burning bridges, “requisitioning” private property and keeping Union soldiers occupied in their own territory. 
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• Tips help lower cost of trips in summer
  NEW YORK — Memorial Day and the end of the school year are in sight. Suddenly, you’re thinking about a summer vacation.
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• Show notes reach of punk
  Punk didn’t play nice. Whether in music or attire, it wanted to provoke and offend, disrupt and incite. Good manners, good taste and marketable skills were considered the kiss of death.
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• Trip of the Week: Rome
  Each week, Travel Editor Cindy Decker highlights an interesting travel package sent to her inbox.
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Tourism News - Orlando Sentinel

• newMemorial Day holiday travel tips

  

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• newMemorial Day travel: Slow start to a promising summer-vacation season

  

  There are hints this year's summer-travel season could be a busy one, but it's not likely to start off with a bang.    
  - 9 hours ago, 22 May 13, 3:50pm -
• Early Easter leaves Orlando hotels with April hangover

  

  After four months of year-over-year growth, business dipped in April at Orlando-area hotels, likely because of an early Easter this year and the absence of a couple of big conventions in town.    
  - 1 day ago, 21 May 13, 4:20pm -
• Universal parks 1 s t with 1-day pass above $90

  

  Universal Orlando raised ticket prices once again over the weekend, becoming the first of Orlando's big theme-park operators to lift base prices above $90.    
  - 2 days ago, 20 May 13, 9:00pm -
• Two I-Drive convention hotels partner to attract big "under-one-roof"-type meetings and events

  

  With more than 5,000 hotel rooms, Las Vegas' MGM Grand offers more rooms — by at least a couple thousand — than any single convention hotel in the Orlando market. And Sin City's Mandalay Bay boasts more meeting space than the four-biggest convention hotels in Orlando combined.    
  - 2 days ago, 20 May 13, 4:00pm -
• AAA: stable gas prices for holiday

  

  Prices at the gasoline pump are stabilizing ahead of Memorial Day weekend, a boon for motorists throughout the Southeast who plan to hit the roads for the long holiday weekend.    
  - 2 days ago, 20 May 13, 2:20pm -

Travel - Sacramento Bee

• newSacramento City Council plans to boost parks budget for first time since '07

  

  Of all the services to take a hit, the upkeep of the Sacramento's vast parks system has been affected perhaps the most. That cycle of cuts now seems likely to end.All but one of the city's 12 pools would open this summer.
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• Holiday weekend has a parkway booze ban
  Sacramento County officials remind the public not to consume alcohol on the American River Parkway this Memorial Day weekend.
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• Parking fees increase at regional parks
  Parking fees at Sacramento County regional parks go up this Memorial Day weekend.
  - 2 days ago, 21 May 13, 7:57am -
• Odd winter brings mixed bag of – splash! – whitewater runs

  

  Frosty the Snowman went on a crash diet this year. Despite growing fat on big storms in early winter, the white giant of the California snowpack had slimmed down quite a bit by spring.A raft full of paddlers plunges through rapids on the Merced River flowing out of Yosemite Valley near El Portal last spring.
  - 7 days ago, 16 May 13, 12:00am -
• Provisions: Perfecting campsite cooking

  

  A guide for what you need to buy, read or consume to enhance your recreation and travel experienceThe California coast along Highway 1 south of Big Sur – a popular driving route.
  - 11 days ago, 12 May 13, 12:00am -
• 3 million hatchery salmon released into American River in Sacramento

  

  State Department of Fish and Wildlife officials on Monday and Tuesday released 3 million juvenile salmon at the mouth of the American River in Sacramento.Scientific aide Justin Mather guides thousands of juvenile chinook salmon, or smolts, into a holding tank Tuesday at theNimbus Fish Hatchery, where they were raised. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife released 3 million near the mouthof the American River, in hopes that they will return in greater numbers than when they were trucked to San Francisco Bay.A sea lion cruises Tuesday at Discovery Park in Sacramento. Three were seen near the salmon release.Scientific Aid Justin Mather corals thousands of chinook salmon smolts into a holding tank at the Nimbus Fish Hatchery in Rancho Cordova on Tuesday, May 7, 2013.…
  - 14 days ago, 8 May 13, 7:52pm -

Travel Articles - Tampa Tribune

• newMan charged with selling African elephant tusks

  

  
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• newJapan stocks dive after benchmark bond yield spike

  

  
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• newLeBron saves Heat at buzzer of Game 1

  

  
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• newBC-BBO--Expanded Standings, BBO

  

  
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• newBC-BBO--Attendance Report, BBO

  

  
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• new2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt

  

  
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Tourism - Charlotte Observer

• newIron Man, other Avengers find home in Myrtle Beach
  Believe it or not, Iron Man and some of his superhero buddies have found a new home along Ocean Boulevard.Click to Continue »
  - 15 hours ago, 22 May 13, 9:49am -
• newAAA: 31.2M drivers to take Memorial Day road trip
  It's going to be another busy Memorial Day weekend on the nation's highways.Click to Continue »
  - 17 hours ago, 22 May 13, 8:26am -
• SLIDESHOW: San Francisco... from above
  Sure, I had a lot of fun on a recent trip to the West Coast. Like many, I may have left my heart in San Francisco. But I also came…Click to Continue »
  - 5 days ago, 17 May 13, 8:19pm -
• Okefenokee Swamp is fully stocked with wilderness wonders
  It’s a chilly spring day, with lots of wind, so I was pretty startled when Okefenokee Adventures guide Joey Griffin commanded me to take off my shoes and climb out…Click to Continue »
  - 5 days ago, 17 May 13, 2:17pm -
• Myrtle Beach Speedway hopes to lure bikers back to rally
  The revving of engines pierced the bright blue sky Monday as the Myrtle Beach Speedway opened its arms to bikers in town for the spring Harley-Davidson Bike Rally.Click to Continue »
  - 9 days ago, 14 May 13, 11:28am -
• California’s Legoland Hotel built, brick by brick, with kids in mind
  The Legoland Hotel, which opened April 5, got plenty of little things wrong in its first weeks. But its designers got one thing enormously right, and that will make this…Click to Continue »
  - 15 days ago, 8 May 13, 12:16pm -

Travel - SJ Mercury News

• newTravel Q&A: Lady Liberty is worth the ferry trip
  The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island, which reopens July 4, is worth the ferry trip even if the nearby Ellis Island museum is closed for the year.
  - 8 hours ago, 22 May 13, 4:54pm -
• newTravel guide: Italy's famed Isle of Capri
  Vincent Copeland, general manager of the Villa Le Scale, a boutique hotel in the town of Anacapri on Italy's Capri, talks about the island's allure.
  - 10 hours ago, 22 May 13, 2:51pm -
• newAround the Web: Springpad app
  With the Springpad app, you can collect and organize vacation ideas before your trip, as well as digital memorabilia afterward.
  - 11 hours ago, 22 May 13, 1:58pm -
• newAAA: 31.2 million drivers to take Memorial Day road trip
  During Thursday and Monday, 31.2 million Americans will drive 50 miles or more to a beach, campground or other getaway, according to car lobbying group AAA.
  - 18 hours ago, 22 May 13, 7:23am -
• Travel: 5 California music festivals; world's sexiest nationalities
  Looking to get away for the Memorial Day weekend? Music's a top choice in California, with festivals both new and renewed.
  - 1 day ago, 21 May 13, 4:10pm -
• United restarts 787 Dreamliner flights after grounding
  United Airlines put its 787 back in the air on Monday, with both the airline and Boeing hoping to put the plane's four-month grounding behind them.
  - 1 day ago, 21 May 13, 3:21pm -