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China to overtake France as top travel destination

LONDON – China is set to overtake France as the world’s No. 1 tourist destination by 2030 as a growing middle class in Asia looks to spend more on travel, according to experts at market rese...

DATE: Nov 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Traveling abroad with young kids? Tips for an easier trip

Some questioned my sanity: I was taking young children on a vacation abroad, mostly alone. It was just the three of us – my infant daughter, 6-year-old son and me. We’d board a pl...

DATE: Nov 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Finding solitude just hours from downtown Los Angeles in Joshua Tree National Park

We were surrounded by trees that could have been drawn by Dr. Seuss. A desert hare had just crossed the trail in front of us, its ears translucent in the still-rising sun. But it was somethi...

DATE: Nov 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Come see forests and peaks, but clean up, New Zealand says

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – New Zealand has a message for the visitors drawn by its deep mossy forests, bubbling mud pools and magnificent peaks: clean up after yourselves. A new ca...

DATE: Nov 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Airbnb landlords agree to pay San Francisco $2.25 million

SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco couple has agreed to pay $2.25 million to the city for illegally renting out 14 apartments as Airbnb units. City Attorney Dennis Herrera announced ...

DATE: Nov 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Upgrade your next trip without paying top dollar

Let’s shatter one myth right now: Airline passengers typically can’t talk their way into upgrades from the cheapest coach seats to first class just by dressing up and asking politely. ...

DATE: Nov 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Soaking up Alaska: A kayak adventure, undeterred by the rain

ON FOX ISLAND, Alaska – A torrential downpour lulled me to sleep the night before my all-day kayaking expedition in the waters around Fox Island off Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. Through the cra...

DATE: Nov 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Ancient mariners: Greek navy offers taste of life in galleys

ATHENS, Greece – For a NATO-member warship, Greece’s Olympias is pretty unusual. It’s got a zero carbon footprint, no whale-zapping sonar and an antiquated propulsion system. The ...

DATE: Nov 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Indian couple who died in Yosemite took risks for photos

SAN FRANCISCO – She was a self-described “adrenaline junkie,” and he took “wow-worthy photos” of the couple posing at the edge of cliffs and jumping from planes that appeared on social media...

DATE: Oct 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Indonesian airline whose plane crashed a low-cost high flyer

BANGKOK – Lion Air, the airline whose plane crashed early Monday while traveling from Jakarta to an island off Indonesia’s Sumatra with 189 people on board, is a fast-growing low-cost airlin...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Careful planning can add up to a debt-free vacation

Whether you’re planning a trip to a country across the globe or packing the car for a weekend road trip to a local campground, you can have a debt-free vacation with some careful planning. ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Reno’s motor lodges aren’t home to vacationers anymore

RENO, Nev. – They were the toast of Reno in the 1950s, when the growing casino industry sparked a boom that for a time turned northern Nevada into the West’s top gambling destination. ...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday