Travel
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New border-crossing requirements take effect Jan. 31
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- If you're accustomed to driving across the border to shop, ski or sightsee in Canada, you need to know about new border-crossing requirements. Starting Jan...
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Visitors avoid Mexico beach area south ofSan Diego
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - PLAYAS DE ROSARITO, Mexico -- Assaults on American tourists have brought hard times to hotels and restaurants that dot Mexican beaches just south of the border from San ...
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Flying with Fido and other 'pet' problemsJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Part 2 of 2 During the past 12 months, readers' airline-related letters landed on my desk with more regularity than many scheduled flights landed at O'Hare. Last we...
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Mush the team toward a cool Midwestern winter festJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Everyone knows the old saw, "if life gives you lemons, make lemonade," but we Midwesterners know that saying to be more like, "if you can't melt it, belt it with a winte...
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Waikiki resort offers restaurant credit while pool is renovatedJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Visitors to Waikiki in early 2008 can receive a dining credit worth $100 to $300 by booking a three-night or longer stay at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach. Valid throug...
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Hotel prices are headed up this year
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Be prepared to pay more for a hotel room in 2008, according to the annual lodging industry report from PricewaterhouseCoopers' Hospitality & Leisure Practice...
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Falling in love with the lifestyle of Italy's Alpine resortsJan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - Diana, my longtime Italian lady friend, made her last morning run on the grand ski slopes of Cortina D'Ampezzo, Italy. She executed expert turns down a chute called Eye ...
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Online travel bookings hit 51 percent
Jan 12, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Last year was the first in which more travel was purchased online than off-line in the U.S., according to the PhoCusWright Consumer Travel Trends Survey. The...
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NFL planting trees prior to Super Bowl
Jan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - PHOENIX -- The NFL is planting thousands of trees in Arizona forests blackened by wildfires to help offset greenhouse gas emissions from the Super Bowl, to be played in ...
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Tips to stay on your toes while on the roadJan 05, 2008 10:00 pm - I was fascinated by a colleague who traveled with me for four days through Spain. Quite the fashionista, she changed clothes often -- and her shoes even more than that. ...