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America’s Rust Belt: A political force and a destination
From its culture to food, ‘flyover country’ should not be missed
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Sink neck-deep in hot mineral waters at Budapest baths
Romans tapped hot springs, now you can soak in their grandeur
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Massive geodesic dome inspired by fly’s eye
Buckminster Fuller creation to be installed at Arkansas museum
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Roaming fees can catch you by surprise; protect yourself
du1-i-syn On a weekend visit to Vancouver, B.C., the San Francisco-based anthropologist did everything she could to avoid international roaming charges, declining to make calls or send text messages. The…
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Hot travel destinations for 2017: Where you should go
Total solar eclipse, weak British pound drive choices
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A list of top travel lists: So many places to go
Lonely Planet Top 10 U.S. destinations: Asheville, North Carolina; Western Washington; Lincoln, Nebraska; California’s southern desert region; Montana’s Flathead Valley; Atlanta; New York’s Adirondack Mountains; Texas Hill Country wine region;…
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Proposed bill could protect online reviewers, until then be careful
Associated Press file I hadn’t either until a knock at my door on a January evening seven years ago. A process server pushed an envelope into my hand. “You are…
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Bora Bora: A bucket list trip in the South Pacific
Living over a lagoon in the secluded South Pacific
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Planning holiday travel? You’ll join a record-setting horde
103 million Americans expected to travel 50 miles or more
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Fines on airlines nearly double, but will that help?
The DOT’s Aviation Consumer Protection Division, which is responsible for ensuring that airlines follow federal regulations, issued 23 consent orders – voluntary agreements worked out between the agency and an…
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Step into America’s fight for liberty at the Museum of the American Revolution
Get a whiff of the war at extensive Philadelphia exhibit
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Is demand for travel to Cuba flattening?
Uncertainty about Trump policies, rising hotel prices, Zika take a toll
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Asheville, N.C., is Lonely Planet’s top destination in 2017
Guidebook company lists its Top 10
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Is hard-sided luggage an essential tool or a signal of incivility?
The latest travel bags, available just in time for the holidays, are the most exciting ones I’ve seen in years. Thanks to tracking technology, they’re harder to lose. They weigh…
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This middle-class home attracts thousands
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian house moved to Arkansas
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Nose to nose with polar bears on the continent’s edge
There we were, landlocked in Alaska’s center. Farther north, beyond the massive Yukon River valley, was Deadhorse, an oil town at the mouth of Prudhoe Bay. East of Deadhorse, cleaving…
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Wildlife officials offer tips for avoiding collisions
An elk runs out onto U.S. Highway 550 north of Durango, but it turns around as traffic approaches. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are reminding drivers that with dusk arriving…
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Travelers fight unfair treatment by reversing credit-card charges
Chargebacks are on the rise in travel. A chargeback voids a credit-card transaction by withdrawing funds that were previously deposited into a merchant’s bank account and applying credit back to…
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Airports add charges for taxis, limousines and Uber drivers
A traveler heads to a waiting taxi outside LaGuardia Airport in New York. Airports across the country add surcharges of up to $5 a ride, typically passed directly on to…
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Buddhist shrine, damaged in earthquake, reborn in Nepal
Private donations revive popular site
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How to plan your holiday vacations
You don’t need me to tell you that the airports and roads will be busier than ever, or that travel somehow feels different from last year. (You’d be right on…
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Sarajevo hostel offers guests a taste of life during war
Bosnia-Herzegovina – A hostel in Bosnia is offering visitors a unique experience: the opportunity to live like civilians in a war zone. But at the Sarajevo War Hostel, guests have…
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Airlines’ service issues with unaccompanied minors unnerve parents
This summer, the Calzarettas paid American Airlines an extra $300 for their son to fly round-trip as an unaccompanied minor in order to join a 10-day educational tour of Belize.…
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Artists’ homes tell the story of visionary Hudson River School
On either side of the Hudson River, two artists’ homes tell the story of that famous genre of American landscape painting known as the Hudson River School. In the village…
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A short, but rich, tour of N.Y.’s Little Syria
For 60 years, a Manhattan home for Arab-Americans
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Hobbit-fueled tourism tops New Zealand economy
According to new figures released, tourism has overtaken dairy as the nation’s top earner of overseas dollars. And tourism officials say the success of the fantasy movie trilogy “The Hobbit”…
Letter from Korla
Building relationships one misstep at a time
Guanxi is a Chinese word describing relationships that may be beneficial to all parties involved through the exchange of favors or networking. Here, David Scott is having a guanxi meeting…
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San Juan Mountains Association examines women’s visit to South Pole
The San Juan Mountains Association Members’ Series Event, “American Women’s Antarctic Expedition” will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Public Lands Center in Durango. Anne Dal…