Today in Travel News for January 25th 2010

Bringing you what’s new in travel for January 25th 2010 Paris airport rolls out free strollers – Kate Appleton recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:Here’s a small innovation that will be a big relief for overburdened parents traveling through sprawling Charles de Gaulle airport. Forty free strollers are now available at [...]

Today in Travel News for January 22nd 2010

Bringing you what’s new in travel for January 22nd 2010 Readers’ best reflection photos – Kate Appleton recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog: Click the image to launch the slide show. (Courtesy dougmcj/myBudgetTravel) Classic spa treatments from Malibu to Morocco – RobinD_travel recently posted this over on the Bing Travel Blog:What [...]

Travel News for December 21st 2009 through December 23rd 2009

Bringing you what’s new in travel for December 21st 2009 through December 23rd 2009: Paris Treat Dec. 23: Les Christmas logs – Meg Zimbeck recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:It’s especially difficult now to find treats in Paris because of the weakened buying power of the dollar in France. Score Free [...]

Travel News for December 10th 2009 through December 11th 2009

Bringing you what’s new in travel for December 10th 2009 through December 11th 2009: From Twitter – RT @SanDiegoNews Free Gift-Wrapping At Lindbergh Field Ticketed passengers traveling through San Diego Int'l http://bit.ly/7CvWq3 Where are you going in 2010? – Budget Travel recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek's Travel Blog: Almost every traveler has [...]

Naples: Ex-cons hired to help tourists

Kate Appleton recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

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A former criminal escorts a signora across the street (Courtesy Escodentro)

Florence’s main piazza bans traffic

Kate Appleton recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

Good news! Mayor Matteo Renzi has claimed Florence’s crowded central piazza—home to the Duomo and the Baptistry—for pedestrians. Cars, buses, and horse-drawn carriages are officially unwelcome as of October 25, when the city will celebrate with an open-air concert.

U.S. Virgin Islands’ hotels on sale for 25 cents

Kate Appleton recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

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Trunk Bay, USVI (Courtesy rgtmum/myBudgetTravel)

Readers’ best Hawaii photos

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Click the image to launch the slide show. (Courtesy mayd0002/myBudgetTravel)

Russia’s new high-speed trains cause a commotion

Kate Appleton recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

Moscow and St. Petersburg are about to join the ranks of major European and Asian cities linked by high-speed rail service. Russian Railways has purchased Siemens’ cutting-edge trains—dubbed Sapsan, Russian for a peregrine falcon—at a cost of $52 million each. Instead of a traditional locomotive, the Sapsan has electric motors attached to wheels all along the train cars. It’s also been modified to contend with notoriously frigid Russian winters.

Readers’ best England and Scotland photos

Kate Appleton recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:

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Click the image to launch the slide show. (Courtesy verdoonie/myBudgetTravel)