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How to avoid toll roads on your next trip

Whether you’re heading down to Florida for spring break, or out to Denver to go skiing, you need to know about one of the worst kinds of tourist traps you could fall into. In Orla...

DATE: Feb 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Winter in Athens: History without the heat

Explore the cradle of Western civilization without the crowds

DATE: Feb 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Alabama town expanding Harper Lee attractions

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Nearly a year after the death of Harper Lee, a group in south Alabama hopes to develop new attractions and bring more tourists to the novelist’s hometown of Monroeville, w...

DATE: Feb 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Nearly 9 million visitors traveled to Hawaii in 2016

HONOLULU – The number of people traveling to Hawaii neared 9 million in 2016 as visitor spending and arrival figures hit records for the fifth straight year, the Hawaii Tourism Authority sai...

DATE: Feb 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

On location: Real places that inspired scenes in Oscar-nominated films

NEW YORK A diner in Miami, a house in Pittsburgh and a pier in Los Angeles: All of them are real places where Oscar-nominated movies were filmed. Part of “Moonlight” w...

DATE: Jan 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Travel Q&A: How to sleep on red-eye flights, vet vacation rentals

Q: It’s hard for me to sleep on planes, but I have a red-eye flight coming back from Los Angeles to Washington next month and was interested in any tips people might have to help sleep o...

DATE: Jan 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

How to be an American tourist in Tokyo

Answers to questions about toilets, menus and naked bathing

DATE: Jan 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Henry Ford Museum changing name to reflect innovation focus

DEARBORN, Mich. – The Henry Ford Museum in suburban Detroit has changed its name to better convey the museum’s collection and its core focus on innovation, officials announced Monday. ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

National park visits hit a record high

But with more people, come more problems

DATE: Jan 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Travelers, get ready to be your own advocates

American travelers fear they’ll be left to fend for themselves when they hit the road this year – and for good reason. The incoming presidential administration has signaled that i...

DATE: Jan 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter