Travel
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Foodstuffs command big bucks in Traverse City areaDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Money does grow on trees in northern Michigan -- and under them, too. Around Traverse City, cherries are a major money crop, celebrated by the famous National Cherry Fes...
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Tips for better photosDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Thanks to all the Daily Herald readers who shared their favorite vacation photos with us this year. Unfortunately, we weren't able to publish all of them, but a few ...
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Earn up to 20,000 miles through United VacationsDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - United Vacations is offering vacationers up to 20,000 bonus Mileage Plus miles when booking and traveling on multiple vacation packages to any United Vacations destinati...
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Savannah showcases musical talent in kid-friendly festivalDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - After countless "Sesame Street on Ice" shows, I was jazzed to experience a real music festival again as I hit the Voodoo Music Experience in New Orleans: Smashing Pumpki...
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Korean courtesy requires special scrutinyDec 29, 2007 10:00 pm - While dining in an upscale Seoul restaurant, a well-dressed, middle-aged gentleman at an adjoining table suddenly let out a very loud belch. I automatically averted my e...
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Make a list, check it twice, during holidaysDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Surrounded by mounds of paperwork with the day closing in on me, I sat at my desk making note of what to do next in the order of importance. This happened a long time ag...
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Hotwire refuses rain check for hotel in storm's pathDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. What happens when you've already paid for a hotel room but you can't stay in it? I recently booked a weekend at The Ocean Club Beach Resort in Palm Beach, Fla., t...
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Patience is definitely a virtue for delayed fliersDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Last week, on a flight from Chicago to San Francisco, I sat in front of a mother traveling with her 2-year-old daughter. The flight was delayed because of bad weather an...
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Crime hurting tourism in New Orleans
Dec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - NEW ORLEANS -- Amid misperceptions about New Orleans 27 months after Hurricane Katrina, the cold hard fact of a crime wave is creating headaches for tourism officials. J...
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Reach for the clouds at Whistler Canadian ski area will host 2010 Winter OlympicsDec 22, 2007 10:00 pm - The old adage "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" certainly applies to the folks who created British Columbia's Whistler Ski Area. In 1960, four skiing fanat...