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Using the art of ‘farecasting’ to save money on air travel

What’s the easiest way to get the lowest airfare? A handful of new and updated websites and apps…

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Florida’s natural springs are a place to cool off

As the mercury has risen this summer, Floridians have flocked to one of the many state parks where…

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On Alaska’s ferries, beloved bars no longer make the trip

For decades, the ferries of the Alaska Marine Highway System have been home to some of the most…

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New chip credit cards may not work while traveling quite yet

Soon, U.S. overseas travelers’ frustrations with credit cards could ease. Visa and MasterCard have issued an October deadline…

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Tenderloin Museum: a neighborhood in perspective

SAN FRANCISCO — Take a walk down Eddy Street. Resist the urge to walk fast with head down.…

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Explore Utah’s Canyonlands and Arches national parks

MOAB, Utah — It wasn’t the first time that official maps had failed to give us the information…

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When wine tasting becomes a party

About once a month since the Napa Valley Wine Train began chugging through California’s wine country in 1989,…

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One father, one son and 109 bars

There aren’t too many perfect days in Sault Ste. Marie. The second-biggest city in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, it’s…

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The jewel of Lake Washington

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Seattle’s back porch is Kirkland’s front door. As the Pacific Northwest’s largest city, Seattle extends…

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Otherworldly Cuba is poised to transform

HAVANA — Cliches about Cuba as frozen in time — with vintage cars, prestigious cigars and crumbling antiquities…

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