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Sin City’s typical tourist: 45, married

Majority of visitors love Las Vegas

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

Travelers find new ways to do good

After hundreds of business trips and a vacation or two, Clement Quintyne’s Briggs & Riley Rollaboard was ready for the recycler. The wheels were worn and the outside was frayed. H...

DATE: May 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Where birds count

In suburban South Florida, a wetlands attracts 150 species

DATE: Apr 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

What’s in a hotel name? A growing industry

Large companies target millennials with niche lodging

DATE: Apr 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

Business travelers turn to Uber for rides

NEW YORK – Business travelers are bypassing the taxi queue with greater frequency, choosing instead ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies. A new report by expense manage...

DATE: Apr 18, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

In Portland, airport carpet turns celebrity

Made famous by the ‘foot-selfie,’ design inspires beer, socks

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

Showing their age

National Park Service aims to repair decay, build new generation of visitors

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

Airline denies injured woman her Skycouch

Susan Crookall books an Air New Zealand Skycouch – three seats across in economy class – for the marathon flight from San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand. When she doesn’t get it, she wan...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Airbnb now booking Americans in Cuba

HAVANA – The popular online home-rental service Airbnb is allowing American travelers to book lodging in Cuba in the most significant U.S. business expansion on the island since the declarat...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

Tulsa reinvents itself as a hipster haven

Artisans find their niche in this Midwestern city

DATE: Mar 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

Wild, cold, irresistible

Antarctica draws adventurous, well-heeled travelers

DATE: Mar 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Travel

Are airlines about to charge more for kids?

If your blood pressure spikes when you think about the words “kids” and “plane” in the same sentence, as you just did (sorry about that), then this story may have a calming effect. ...

DATE: Mar 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter