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Don’t panic: A guide to handling pre-trip anxiety

If you feel a little jittery in the moments before you leave for the airport, you might be suffering from pre-trip anxiety. It’s an increasingly common malaise in a world of uncertainty and ...

DATE: Sep 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

A living history museum looks at how it presents lives of blacks, women

BOSTON – A Massachusetts living history museum that depicts life in the early 19th century is looking to overhaul the way it presents the past in an effort to stay relevant to a 21st-century...

DATE: Sep 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Cape Cod beaches: Playgrounds for tourists – and young sharks

BOSTON – As another beach season draws to a close on Cape Cod, researchers are trying to figure out what’s driving the increase in shark sightings and encounters – including the state’s firs...

DATE: Sep 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Tiny Alaska village experiences boom in polar bear tourism

JUNEAU, Alaska – A tiny Alaska Native village has experienced a boom in tourism in recent years as polar bears spend more time on land than on diminishing Arctic sea ice. More tha...

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Arizona canyon famed for waterfalls reopens after flooding

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – Weeks after flooding rushed through a world-famous gorge off the Grand Canyon, sending tourists fleeing to higher ground, the Arizona tribe that calls the area home i...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Get the window seat, and more tips to stay healthy while flying

Clean that tray table, too

DATE: Sep 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Is it time for warning labels on plane tickets?

Airline tickets are more complicated and confusing than ever. Do they also need warning labels? Maybe. A provision in the Senate version of the Federal Aviation Administration Rea...

DATE: Sep 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

North Korea allows tourists to climb rarely seen peak

MOUNT PAEKTU, North Korea – Foreign tourists looking to go off the beaten path in North Korea can now camp out on the country’s biggest volcano. Hoping to open up a side of North ...

DATE: Aug 31, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Quebec City’s enticing tableau beyond the wall

QUEBEC CITY (AP) – It’s what’s inside the historic wall of Quebec City that makes people want to visit. It’s what’s outside that makes people want to stay. To visit without ventur...

DATE: Aug 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Traveling alone helped me confront my fear of being by myself

After being laid off this past December, I booked a two-week trip to Paris. I already lived alone, went to dinner alone, sat in coffee shops alone and danced at weddings alone. But I had nev...

DATE: Aug 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

6 affordable, fun cities for frugal travelers

Almost every travel authority worth its salt has published a list of budget destinations, and in case you haven’t noticed, there’s not a lot of overlap among those lists. The reasons: Just a...

DATE: Aug 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Put down that lamp! What you can – and can’t – take from your hotel room

When Lynn Culver stays at a hotel, she helps herself to the soaps and shampoos in her room. If housekeeping replaces the items, she takes the new ones, too. Culver, a retired atto...

DATE: Aug 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter