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Colorado skier numbers down amid warm, dry winter

ASPEN – Early season visits to Colorado ski resorts are down between 11 and 13 percent compared with last year because of low snow conditions, operators reported. Colorado Ski Cou...

DATE: Jan 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Start planning your 2018 vacation now: Here are the best times to book flights

Congratulations, you survived another year of holiday travel. However, before you settle into your leather sectional and refuse to lift your “Complete Purchase” finger for another 316 days, ...

DATE: Jan 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Scientists seek U.S. backcountry skiers to measure snowpack

Citizen science project gathers valuable data

DATE: Jan 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Castles made of ice: Colorful festival in China is world’s largest

HARBIN, China – Ice sculptures of Moscow’s Red Square and Bangkok’s Temple of the Emerald Buddha are among landmarks featured in the world’s largest ice festival. The Harbin Inter...

DATE: Jan 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Experts tackle travelers’ questions

Travel insurance, families in flight

DATE: Jan 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

U.S. applies ‘do not travel’ warning to 5 Mexican states

MEXICO CITY – Five states in Mexico now have the sternest “do not travel” advisories under a revamped U.S. State Department system unveiled this week, putting them on the same level as war-t...

DATE: Jan 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Spain saw record number of visitors in 2017 despite scares

MADRID – Spain says it had a record number of international visitors in 2017 and that one in five tourists chose the restive Catalonia region as their main destination. Preliminar...

DATE: Jan 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

As Olympics approach, things to know about Pyeongchang

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – The Olympics are coming to one of the most remote, ruggedly beautiful parts of South Korea, an area known for icy winds, a collapsed mining industry, towering gran...

DATE: Jan 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

Snow, avalanche risks strand 13,000 tourists in Switzerland

GENEVA – Unusually heavy snowfall and a high risk of Alpine avalanches stranded some 13,000 tourists Tuesday in the Swiss resort of Zermatt at the base of the famed Matterhorn mountain. ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

New museums, destinations and openings around the US in 2018

For travelers, the new year opens up a whole new world of places to go and things to do. Here are a few notable openings and events scheduled for 2018 around the U.S. Notable in th...

DATE: Jan 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

When it’s cold out, embrace solitude in Yosemite

Revel in the park’s scenery without summer’s crowds

DATE: Jan 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel

As airline rules relax under Trump, a survival guide to flying in 2018

If you thought 2017 was a challenging year for airline passengers, just wait until you see what’s ahead. That’s the consensus of airline experts, consumer advocates and frequent t...

DATE: Jan 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter