Rev up the search engine for these travel sites

10-15-2006

A host of excellent online-only e-zines and e-letters have sprung up to fan travel fantasies. Here's a short selection of sites of particular interest.
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Beware of buying duty-free liquor

10-08-2006

If you can't pack it in your checked bags, don't bother
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Use Web to rent a vacation home

10-01-2006

For many travelers, renting a house, cottage, condo or apartment by a beach, ski slope, resort or a major city can make an affordable, roomy alternative to spending a week or two in a hotel.
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Stranded at the airport

09-24-2006

It's a risk every air traveler faces. Maybe your return flight gets delayed for hours before being canceled; maybe you're on an incoming flight that arrives too late for you to make the last connection out; maybe a storm shuts down the airport.

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Flying on 9/11 was super-smooth

09-17-2006

 The traveling public seems to accept the need for the new rsecurity egulations and believes they do make air travel safer. Most would support stricter measures, including banning carry-on luggage entirely. At least, those were the findings of two recent opinion polls.
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How to avoid travel fraud online

09-10-2006

In the largely unregulated World Wide Web, the principle of caveat emptor (let the buyer beware) has never been more important. How do you separate the good sites from the bad?
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Appalachian Trail experience invigorates, empowers hiker

09-03-2006

On Aug. 20, Greg Baltus became this year's 133rd through-hiker to complete the trail's entire 2,174.6 miles.
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Ecotrips: 'Green' resorts offer choices that make a difference

08-27-2006

Too often labels such as "green" and "eco" are marketing tools for properties that only want to cash in on the traveling public's desire for ecological awareness.
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Separating needles from haystacks

08-20-2006

To provide passengers with some measure of protection, the TSA has approved special luggage locks distributed by two companies.
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What makes a great vacation?

08-13-2006

Maryland's Eastern Shore boasts upscale enclaves around St. Michaels, but the quiet but distinct charms of Kent County are a wonderful surprise.
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Rules for carry-on luggage tightened

08-11-2006

Anyone planning to fly anywhere in the near future should be aware of these baggage restrictions and pack accordingly.
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Best, worst airports for connections

07-30-2006

In air travel, as in life, it pays to have good connections.
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The knowledge of power

07-16-2006

Electricity is not served the same way everywhere. Whether you're packing a travel iron, a computer or an iPod, you must be aware that the type of current, voltage levels and wall plugs vary dramatically in different places. This can be frustrating, costly, even dangerous for the unprepared.
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Travel agents give virtuoso performance

07-09-2006

Even in this electronic age when anyone with an Internet connection can access computer systems worldwide to research destinations, compare travel options, make reservations and coordinate a host of other details from the comfort of home, most trips are still arranged by travel agents.
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A school for soaring

07-02-2006

The "College of Soaring Knowledge" is the oldest and most active gliding facility in the nation, with some 150 members. Located on a high brow on the range of hills that defines the Chemung River valley, the site provides a perfect launch point for sail planes.
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Storm warnings: Preparedness is the key in hurricane season

06-25-2006

Be prepared to deal with whichever way the wind blows.
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There's more than one way to fill a plane

06-18-2006

Airlines experiment with ways different from the familiar back-to-front system
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New airport services promises to pamper your car while you're away

06-18-2006

Starting on or about July 1, travelers who park at Pittsburgh International Airport can have a variety of car care and maintenance procedures performed while they're away.
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A safer form of plastic?

06-11-2006

With identity theft and credit card fraud making headlines these days, travelers are on high alert when it comes to financial transactions. Here's one way to relieve the stress: prepaid card accounts.
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'Professional' traveler Holman undertook adventures fearlessly

06-04-2006

'A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler' by Jason Roberts
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The School of Rocks

06-04-2006

On This fFixed climbing route in West Virginia, cables and carabiners helps the not-so-adventurous enjoy the sport of rock climbing.
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New dividends at US Airways

05-28-2006

US Airways has unveiled new looks for its Web site and Dividend Miles program, both of which reflect the influence of its merger with America West, even though both carriers will continue to function independently until next year.
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Getting the rail back into rail-trail

05-21-2006

A little train service would make this bike trail buzz. 
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Have mother, will travel

05-14-2006

Where does an interest in travel come from? The urge for exploring new places, strolling unfamiliar streets, sampling exotic cuisines, hearing different languages, filling in blank spaces on one's personal map of the world?

In my case, the answer is easy: I always credit my mother.

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Travel discounts drying up for senior citizens

05-14-2006

Many airlines have all but erased such terms as "senior citizen" and "golden-ager" from their lexicons.

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