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Cuba travel not slowed by federal warning for Durango-based Educational Adventures

Trump changes actually a boost to business

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business

Wandering Walden Pond: Thoreau’s retreat offers history lesson, recreation in all seasons

CONCORD, Mass. – Henry David Thoreau went to the woods because, as he famously put it, “I wished to live deliberately.” Two centuries after the Walden author’s birth, people are d...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Got a complaint about the travel industry? It’s got a complaint about you

“I’m weary of those entitled passengers who are continuously whining and complaining,” says Lisa Thomas, a veteran flight attendant based in Denver. “I feel like telling them, ‘Take some res...

DATE: Oct 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

1 of oldest Native American birch-bark canoes now on display

BRUNSWICK, Maine – One of the oldest-known examples of a Native American birch-bark canoe is on display at a museum in Maine, where indigenous tribes have used them for thousands of years. ...

DATE: Oct 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Can Halloween freak you out any more than the real world?

NEW YORK – In case the real world’s not scary enough, there are plenty of Halloween attractions out there designed to completely freak you out. One in New York called This Is Real promises t...

DATE: Oct 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Arkansas city hopes $100 million effort will restore glory

EL DORADO, Ark. – An oil and timber town that was Arkansas’ richest community nearly a century ago believes that building a $100 million arts district in its historic downtown will spark a “...

DATE: Oct 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

SpaceX: Rocket for moon, Mars and N.Y. to Shanghai in 39 minutes

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX chief Elon Musk’s elaborate plan for a mega-rocket to carry astronauts to Mars may have some down-to-Earth applications. At a conference in Australia...

DATE: Oct 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Can legislation eliminate unjust travel fees?

Imagine a world where your cruise line or airline pays you if it fails to keep its schedule, you aren’t penalized for a canceled reservation if your hotel is able to resell the room and tick...

DATE: Oct 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

In Mark Twain house, you can play live ‘Clue’ game

Novelty tours aim to generate repeat visits

DATE: Oct 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Stealthy, scarce and spectacular: Viewing tigers in India

A photographer goes on safari

DATE: Sep 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Climber: Rock fall strikes Yosemite for a second day

SAN FRANCISCO – A massive new rock fall hit Yosemite National Park on Thursday, cracking with a thundering roar off the iconic El Capitan rock formation and sending huge plumes of white dust...

DATE: Sep 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel

Smithsonian’s black history museum popular destination in D.C.

WASHINGTON – In its first year, the Smithsonian’s new black museum has become the nation’s top temple to blackness, an Afrocentric shrine on the National Mall where people of all races, colo...

DATE: Sep 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Travel