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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Owners, renters can both benefit from off-season deals

S’more ideas: Author Christine Karpinski suggests leaving s’mores kits for winter guests.
By Associated Press
Winter is a traditionally slow season for vacation home rentals. But if you’re a would-be renter, you can score...
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Shh! Whispers of history in presidential libraries

Boston is home to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, honoring the legacy of JFK.
By Lynn O’rourke Hayes /  The Dallas Morning News
Visit a presidential library with your family to explore our country’s history and learn more about the leaders...

Persistence pays off with fare deals

Up, up and away: Savvy fliers will find travel bargains online.
By Sharon Harvey Rosenberg and Myscha Theriault / McClatchy-Tribune News
After landing $29 airline tickets, Barbara and Ben Harvey recently flew to Pittsburgh to see the birth of granddaughters...

Find brakes as rental-car costs keep accelerating

Lease they can do: Rental-car prices are on the rise.
By Associated Press
NEW YORK - Travelers have been able to score decent deals on hotel rooms and air fares over the last year. But car-rental...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline...
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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Largest cruise ship squeezes under Danish bridge

The Oasis of The Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship clears a crucial obstacle, lowering its smokestacks, to squeeze under a bridge in the Baltic Sea, Denmark Saturday.
By Associated Press
KORSOER, Denmark — The world’s largest cruise ship cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks...

Band voyage! Music stars board cruise ships for fun in key of sea

By Ellen Creager / Detriot Free Press
Scrreeeeech! For your listening pleasure, the soundtrack aboard Carnival Destiny next May will be industrial-metal rock. It’s courtesy of the Genitorturers,...
Saturday, October 31, 2009

Mexico’s death museum lives up to morbid name

In this photo taken Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, a visitor walks past a skeleton at the National Museum of Death in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
By Associated Press
PHOENIX — Dead men may tell no tales, but death itself is another story. In Aguascalientes, Mexico, the subject...
Friday, October 30, 2009

World’s largest cruise ship sets sail from Finland

Workers are seen aboard the ‘Oasis of the Seas’ cruise ship at a dockyard in Turku, Finland, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009.
By Associated Press
HELSINKI — The world’s largest cruise liner today began its maiden voyage to Florida, gliding out from...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Desert cities in S. Calif. in full bloom

Palm Springs, Calif., offers many resorts, such as Coral Sands, pictured.
By Carol Pucci / The Seattle Times
Many veteran Southern California desert vacationers prefer newer cities within a...
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Talking turkey about November travel

Bridge work: Thousands of New York City Marathon runners will pound the pavement this Sunday across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
By Margaret Backenheimer / Chicago Tribune
Sunday: New York City Marathon, 212-423-2249; ingnycmarathon.org. Runners take a long day’s journey to Central...

Explore Savannah’s historic squares, parks, homes

The Mercer House, located in historic Savannah, Ga., is the former home of the late antiques dealer Jim Williams whose story was the subject of author John Berent’s book ‘Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.’
By Associated Press
SAVANNAH, Ga. - Savannah was founded in 1733 and was one of America’s first planned cities, with a series of squares...
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When pigs fly: Dealing with swine flu on airplanes

By Associated Press
NEW YORK - Last spring thousands of travelers canceled trips to Mexico after a swine flu outbreak there emptied beaches and resorts. Staying home won’t...
Sunday, October 25, 2009

Family tradition lifts Big Easy eatery through history, hurricanes

By Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS - There’s an old story in New Orleans about a society matron who heard about a friend’s death. Grief-stricken but practical, the matron...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

In Amsterdam, explore everything from Red Light District to Rembrandt

Houseboats line an Amsterdam canal. In the distance, the Montelbaanstoren tower, built in 1512, is the headquarters of the office that controls the canals and water flow in the city.
By Ellen Creager / Detroit Free Press
AMSTERDAM - It’s crazy, cultured and classic, a triptych, a puzzle. Some of it is sketchy. Most of it is culturally...
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