Rental car rates have more than doubled in the past year
Brad Tuttle recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:
Holy moly! Travelers are paying through the nose for car rentals right now.
Three new ways to snag a free hotel room
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At least one night of your lodging bill could be covered thanks to special fall promotions from Choice Hotels, Country Inns & Suites, and Sheraton.
Ask Trip Coach: Ski Vacations
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(Illustration by Chris Gash)
Too early to think about skiing? Perhaps. But planning ahead truly gives you the best chance at doing a ski trip right.
Skiing is often thought of as an expensive sport, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Last winter, for instance, many resorts offered phenomenal deals to attract skiers and boarders out to the slopes in what was a tough, recession-dampened season. This winter may very well shape up the same way.
Ask Trip Coach: Ski Vacations
Brad Tuttle recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:
(Illustration by Chris Gash)
Too early to think about skiing? Perhaps. But planning ahead truly gives you the best chance at doing a ski trip right.
Skiing is often thought of as an expensive sport, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Last winter, for instance, many resorts offered phenomenal deals to attract skiers and boarders out to the slopes in what was a tough, recession-dampened season. This winter may very well shape up the same way.
In New England, it’s a peak year for foliage
Brad Tuttle recently posted this on This Just In… Newsweek’s Travel Blog:
There’s an upside to what was a drearily wet summer in much of the Northeast: Thanks to all the rain, this autumn is shaping up as a particularly spectacular season for foliage.
The national parks: Best deals for “America’s Best Idea”
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Autumn is arguably the best season for visiting national parks. The weather is crisp and beautiful, and summer’s crowds and peak-season prices have both disappeared.
Airfare for $149 round trip, no names or dates required
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A special sale from Direct Air allow you to buy round trip tickets for $149, all taxes and fees included, and you can decide later who is going to use them and when they’re going to travel.
Ask Trip Coach: Responses to questions about all-inclusives
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Thanks to everybody who submitted questions, and special thanks to folks who chimed in with resort reviews and insights about their all-inclusive experiences.
The perfect city, where the pubs are Irish, the cooks are Italian, and the Wi-Fi is free
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Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne offers his take on what constitutes the perfect city in the Wall Street Journal. To him, the ideal city is one that’s approachable yet big enough to guarantee anonymity, where the streets are safe and the people are unpretentious, with plentiful public parks, plazas, open waterfronts, and other public spaces, and with downtown neighborhoods that don’t empty out at the end of the workday.
Free admission to hundreds of museums on September 26
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Museum Day is coming. Smithsonian magazine is sponsoring a day of free admission to hundreds of museums and cultural centers on Saturday, September 26.