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The great getaway: Start planning your summer adventures in Colorado

No matter how long you’ve lived in Colorado and how much you love it, I’ll bet there still are places you haven’t explored. I’ve lived here 40-plus years and continue to discover...

DATE: Mar 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Exploring the enduring bond between dogs, people

Exhibit allows you to see, smell with powers of a canine

DATE: Mar 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Fur flies over travel industry pet cleanup charges

Two weeks after Kim Bruno returned his rental car in San Francisco, he received a surprise $285 charge from Budget. The reason? “Pet hair,” says Bruno, a lawyer in Washington, D.C...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

The Vessel: Soaring sculpture is centerpiece of massive NYC development

NEW YORK – A towering sculpture called Vessel – made up of 2,500 twisting steps the public can climb – is the visual centerpiece of Hudson Yards, a $25 billion urban complex on Manhattan’s W...

DATE: Mar 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Flight attendant detained by immigration on return to U.S.

A Texas flight attendant who was enrolled in the government’s program for “Dreamers” flew to Mexico for work and was stopped by immigration authorities who forced her to spend more than a mo...

DATE: Mar 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Tens of thousands converge on California ‘poppy apocalypse’

LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. – Like Dorothy in the “Wizard of Oz,” the Southern California city of Lake Elsinore is being overwhelmed by the power of the poppies. About 150,000 people ov...

DATE: Mar 19, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Rain ignites super bloom in California desert

BORREGO SPRINGS, Calif. – It started with the desert lilies in December. Since then, a wave of wildflower blooms has been crescendoing across Southern California’s Anza-Borrego desert in a b...

DATE: Mar 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

How do you fix your most common travel problems? Hang up the phone

The phone – by which I mean voice communication – puts travelers at a significant disadvantage when it comes to problem-solving. But there’s a notable exception, a time when you ...

DATE: Mar 17, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Yes, this is Colorado: Discover canyons, grasslands and chilling history in state’s southeastern corner

The eastern third of Colorado, some joke, might as well be part of Kansas or Oklahoma. The undulating plains are marked by relentless heat waves in the summer and bitter winds in the winter....

DATE: Mar 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Airlines to give customers ‘nonbinary’ choice under gender

DALLAS – Major U.S. airlines say they will soon change their ticketing process to give passengers the option of identifying themselves as other than male or female. The gender opt...

DATE: Mar 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Travel

Why you should be wary of virtual destinations

Think the real world is a dangerous place for travelers? Try visiting the virtual one, a place filled with shady travel offers and criminals who want to steal your personal information. ...

DATE: Mar 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter