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Catalina Island has a lot to offer

California sun sends shimmers of light across the choppy waves as I depart Long Beach and head out…

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Your next trip could help you meditate or get fit

The spa has left the building. Industry growth indicates those places that once dispensed pampering are expanding into…

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Explore the ancient wonders of Egypt

Let’s hope the “mummy’s curse” isn’t real. Because I’m sweatily crouching through a claustrophobic 125-foot-long tunnel inside Egypt’s…

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Destination Denver — a mile high, but down to earth

The silhouette of a massive construction crane loomed against the brilliant reds and purples of a Colorado sunset…

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After last year’s fires, Napa Valley still thrives

NAPA VALLEY, Calif. — As I floated 2,500 feet above this storied wine-producing valley in a hot air…

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In the Smokies, a bear might just break into your car

As we checked in and got directions to our mountain cabin, we were told we might encounter bears…

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Airbnb sets its sights on surfing

Surfing has become part of Airbnb in a big way: The home rental and travel company recently introduced…

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Is hotel butler service really worth the price?

Can a butler really make a hotel stay that much more extraordinary? Yes, say a growing number of…

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San Antonio food scene has been evolving from Tex-Mex to Tex-Next

SAN ANTONIO — My good friends Ariela and Elliot are longtime New Yorkers who fled the Big Apple…

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A traveler’s starter kit to beautiful, complicated Bogotá

“So, where are you going in Colombia?” someone, usually Colombian, would ask me with anticipation. “Medellín? Cartagena?” “No,…

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