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As befits a city of canals, Venice has a variety of cruising aptitudes. While a trip aboard a traditional Venetian gondola will empty your wallet faster than you can say, "Ciao bello! ", other watercrafts cost much less. Here, how to find the Cheapo ways to float your boat!
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Interview with Tom Peden, Founder of World Endeavors, about their immersive volunteer programs, globally.
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TechCrunch reported and Budget Travel confirms that American Airlines is pulling its fares out of the granddaddy of all airfare aggregators, Kayak. com. Effective August 1, you won't see AA fares on Kayak. TechCrunch also reports, citing "the CEO of a competing travel site" as a source, that American is "considering doing the same with Orbitz. If it does so, other airlines such as Continental and Northwest may follow suit. "
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Hidden in squats behind unmarked doors and ordinary shop fronts are some of the city's best late-night drinking dens. Graham Keeley goes on a clandestine bar crawl
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The European rail system is generally efficient, fast and affordable. But you must always keep in mind that on many routes, you'll have a choice between an airplane-style high-speed train and a slower one that makes more stops. Improbably enough, the slower variety, in addition to costing much less, are often more pleasant.
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When I first enter Yellowstone National Park I'm overwhelmed by the crowds around the Old Faithful geyser. The huge parking lot is packed and there's a number of people wandering around just trying to remember where they'd parked.
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Keith Lotman went to New Delhi on a two-week business trip. But a quick day of sightseeing in India's capital city left him enthralled and ready to see more of the country.
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So United Airlines and eight other Star Alliance members are asking the government for antitrust immunity. So what? First, the good news. If approved, the carriers will be able to offer more joint fares, reciprocal mileage accrual, which will count towards "elite" status, and entrance to each other's airline clubs. All nice things.
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Photo essay about places to see (and eat) in and around Stirling, Scotland
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Southwest has come a long way from its start-up days, when the "little airline that could" was luring business travelers with $26 fares and a free bottle of Chivas Regal. Kelly told me, with justifiable pride: "We have money in the bank, have very little debt and, after 37 years, we still have the lowest cost structure. "
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I tell you, this guy can write! Come along as he eats and visits the Foliage Trail.
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Whisper it quietly, but McDonald's is doing rather well in France. In fact, for the last three years "McDo" as the Parisians have it, has posted double-digit growth on average, culminating in profits of around €3bn from 2006-7. So how did the land of cordon bleu come to love the golden arches?
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THE man came down the jetway in San Francisco wailing that he had just been stung by a bee and needed an ice cube for his swollen wrist. The captain, G. Bruce Hedlund, who has been flying 25 years for airlines, was standing by the cockpit door with a couple of flight attendants.
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You've packed the bag. Actually what you did was stuff it full, and then most likely you had to sit on it while you zipped. . . the thing. . . up. . . there! You did it, you actually got that thing closed! You feel good, you really do, because you are not going to pay that ridiculous checked bag fee for the life of you. No freakin way!
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Beijing's two new subway lines and a new rail line should be running Sunday and serving millions of passengers by the opening of the Olympics in three weeks.
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You've heard of the "staycation," in which you behave like you're traveling but never leave town. And now there's talk of the "daycation," which is, I guess, a staycation of shorter duration. If the press-release predictions are to be believed, millions of us will be satisfying our wanderlust this way this summer as the costs of driving and flying creep beyond our reach.
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What did you do after you got out of the restaurant business in 1997? How'd you end up on the Travel Channel? After leaving daily restaurant operations, I started working for a local monthly glossy magazine and a local Fox news station, doing food stories for both.
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Twenty-five years ago this month, Clark W. Griswold first bumbled across theater screens on a quest for the ultimate family vacation. Starting line: Chicago, Illinois. Destination: Wally World, California. The results? Hilarious! Or were they?
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From 15-cent train rides to excellent, one-dollar meals, Thailand's tropical capital is teeming with budget options for the penny-pinching traveler. Where else in the world can you get a free vasectomy?
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Working for the airlines these days is sort of like living in America. Times are tough, and you just hope the people in charge know what they are doing, even though you have huge doubts.
