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How to avoid toll roads on your next trip
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How to avoid toll roads on your next trip

February 5, 2017

In Orlando, Florida, it’s called State Road 528, also known as the Martin Andersen Beachline Expressway. In Miami, it’s Florida State Road 112, also called the Airport Tollway. In Denver,…

Alabama town expanding Harper Lee attractions
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Alabama town expanding Harper Lee attractions

February 2, 2017

Working with Lee’s attorney Tonja Carter and others, local businessman and philanthropist George Landegger has purchased the 1909 bank building that housed the one-time office of Lee’s father A.C. Lee…

Travelers, get ready to be your own advocates
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Travelers, get ready to be your own advocates

January 22, 2017

The incoming presidential administration has signaled that it intends to undo a wide range of federal regulations, many of which protect consumers. Although it hasn’t yet targeted any rules that…

Harriet Tubman National Historical Park becomes reality
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Harriet Tubman National Historical Park becomes reality

January 18, 2017

Members of the state’s congressional delegation joined U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell in Washington, D.C., for the official signing ceremony Jan. 10 that makes the park part of the National…

Cuba is high on this year’s must-see travel lists
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Cuba is high on this year’s must-see travel lists

January 15, 2017

A classic American car passes the Francisco Blanco tobacco farm in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba.Associate Press file The U.S. Tour Operators Association singled out the island nation…

Tips for traveling the length of the Mother Road
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Tips for traveling the length of the Mother Road

January 15, 2017

The Route 66 Museum in Clinton, Okla.Michael S. Williamson/The Washington Post Late spring, summer and early fall are the best seasons to drive the entire route. During summer, book lodgings…

Frommer’s marks 60 years of guidebooks
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Frommer’s marks 60 years of guidebooks

January 13, 2017

Frommer’s philosophy – stay in inns and budget hotels, sightsee on your own, eat in small cafes instead of fancy restaurants – had a huge impact on the way Americans…

Guest surveys count; fill out those comment cards
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Guest surveys count; fill out those comment cards

January 8, 2017

“I found a wet towel and someone’s hairbrush under the bed,” she recalls. “I noted it on the survey.” A Four Seasons representative replied quickly. Holland, who works for a…