Enough With Airline Fees!
A group of frequent travelers channeled their frustrations with airline fees into this open letter to the major airlines in the U.S. Their bottom line: Fees used by the airline industry to generate...
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Driving the Wild Atlantic Way on the West Coast of Ireland
Ireland hasn't changed much since I was last here in 1969. The scenery is still beautiful, the people friendly, the music lively, and driving is as harrowing as ever. What has changed is the food. In...
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A Film Lover's Guide to London
Today, the tourism industry is inspired by the entertainment industry more than ever -- and Hollywood just might be the world's most successful travel agent! It's difficult to think of Great Britain...
View ArticleWhy Traveling the World Isn't as Perfect as it Seems
I am writing this entry enroute to Taipei, Taiwan where I will be spending two nights and then taking off again to Vietnam where I will be possibly for the rest of the year. It amazes people how I am...
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5 Tips for Great Spring Skiing
Spring is here! With the sun shining and the snow deep, this is my favorite time to be out on the slopes, enjoying a spring storm or carving up corn snow. Here are a handful of tips to help you make...
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Heli-Skiing Is the Best Drug I Have Ever Taken
I am floating down on a cloud of my own creation, leaving my mark in symmetrical carved turns on a pristine white landscape of four feet of untracked powder -- a dream world, as close to heaven as I...
View Article10 Foreign TV Shows to Watch Now
TV has never been better than it is now. Shows like House of Cards, True Detective and Mad Men have raised the bar by miles and managed to attract millions of viewers without pandering or sacrificing...
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17 Things You Need to Explain to International Visitors About America
Credit: Fotopedia Foreigners are kinda like parents: Sure, sometimes they can be annoying, but we really wouldn't be here without them. And since we're not exactly the most gracious of guests when we...
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Carnival Marches on Stomach
Co-owner of Golden Wheel Amusements Jacqueline Leavitt makes pancakes for the crew at the Bear Paw Festival in Eagle River, Alaska last July. "An army marches on its stomach." -- Napoleon Bonaparte No...
View Article13 People You'll Meet in Seattle
It's a whole different breed in the Emerald City. I was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. Some of that was spent in a small town, some in Portland for college. I left the PNW to attend Berkeley...
View Article10 Restaurants Rome Locals Won't Tell You About
by Elizabeth Minchilli An insider's guide to where to eat now in Italy's capital city It used to be very easy to keep up with Rome's restaurant scene since nothing ever changed. The same comfortable...
View ArticleWorld's Strictest Airport Security? Forget Tel Aviv. Think Kashmir.
The soldier and airport security guy are pointing, pointing. What do they want? Not my camera. Not my car clicker. It's my pen. A Paper Mate soft grip. See-through plastic, flattened cap. Also -- I...
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John Steinbeck and the Coconut Monk
John Steinbeck IV was first in Saigon in 1965. He served as a war correspondent for the US military after being drafted. It was not really his choice. His father, a great supporter of the war who had...
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Five Insanely-Tested Top Travel Tips for Summer
Summer is nigh, the fulfillment of travel promises of earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that the fresh young loveliness of hitting the road will ever fade. The author and son Jasper...
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From Alligators to Ghost Stories, Here Are 4 Ways to Do Charleston
A pulled pork sandwich at Poe's Tavern. Photo courtesy of Poe's Tavern. By Kate Donnelly for Fathom | The beach bum, the adventurer, and every traveler in between will feel at home in Charleston. Have...
View ArticleDreaming of My 2014 Travels: Portugal
I've been giddier than usual this week as I'm finalizing my travel plans for 2014. I've got an amazing itinerary promising four months of fun and learning--and there'll be lots of great new information...
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Innovations in Learn to Ski and Snowboard Programs
Ask people to describe their first day on skis or a snowboard and you'll likely get a variety of adjectives: exciting, fun and thrilling, but also scary, frustrating and intimidating. Ski area managers...
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Amster-Damn
Let me start at the beginning. We were on a tour bus in Amsterdam when the guide mentioned Hans Brinker. "Who's that?" my daughter asked me. "You never heard of Hans Brinker? The boy with the silver...
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Where to Stay in Istanbul
Photo courtesy of Annminina / Dreamstime.com. Article by Caroline Patience, contributor to Budget Travel. Istanbul -- the only city in the world that straddles two continents -- just took the No. 1...
View ArticleThe Craziest Places to Have a Meal
We love good food here at Condé Nast Traveler. But we can't lie -- location matters, too. And there's no doubt we'd go out of our way to visit a restaurant in an an amazing and unexpected location --...
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