15.05.2008 08:00 I haven't been to Paris since the city's smoking ban outlawed puffing in all public places, including restaurants and bars, as of January 2 (offices and public buildings have been...
13.05.2008 18:00 Life can be unsafe on the road. You could get robbed, shanghaied, or accidentally let a cockroach run up your nose. Warnings and safety tips are good things to read...
12.05.2008 05:00 Road trips are a time honored way to get summer's motor running, and it's time to start thinking about heading out on the highway -- where do you want to...
09.05.2008 01:00 Any time's a good time to call your mother, but Mother's Day (May 11) is an especially good occasion, even if the call is of the dialing for dollars nature....
09.05.2008 01:00 I've been watching with interest as Andy, the Hobo Traveler extraordinaire, has been compiling a list of worldwide wifi tips, tricks and passwords garnered from his considerable experience -- Andy...
07.05.2008 05:00 US travel giant AAA reported Friday that 25.1 million Americans are expected to be traveling internationally this summer, an increase over last summer's 24.5 million despite a weak US dollar;...
04.05.2008 02:00 Great post recently from Greg Watts at Following the Equator: in "Let's Go 1881," he likens some European Grand Tour travel advice unearthed from the New York Times' archives to...
30.04.2008 22:00 You should check out a piece posted from the UK Times Online ("Whatever Happened to Youth Hostels?") on YHA's newest London digs, the YHA London Central, in order to see...
28.04.2008 18:00 Buy a qualifying Eurail pass by July 15, 2008 and Rail Europe will give you a credit voucher good for 25 percent of the value of that pass, which can...
27.04.2008 05:00 I knew I'd spotted something recently from parent New York Times about international bar scenes and, in seeking it, also found a few other fun partying pieces for perusal, perfectly...
25.04.2008 13:00 Perennially popular with backpackers, Peru's Inca Trail has gotten a massive influx of more mainstream travelers over the last several years and earlier this century, the Peruvian government began limiting...
25.04.2008 13:00 Earth Day was April 22nd, and I must say I didn't do anything differently than normal, despite having read Larry West's "How One Person Can Change the World" -- I...
25.04.2008 13:00 If you've been longing to see London but the specter of how short your American dollar falls against the British pound (not to mention awfully expensive summer airfare) gives you...
23.04.2008 15:00 A few days, which is how long I just spent in San Miguel de Allende, may be too little time to make this judgment, but I think you can safely...
20.04.2008 03:00 Interesting new language study grant from the US Department of State, which is soliciting for the National Security Language Initiative-Youth (NSLI-Y) program: intended for US student recipients, grants (administered under...
16.04.2008 18:00 While down here in Mexico, I recently met up with some friends from home -- this was their first trip out of the country since the whole ongoing debacle of...
15.04.2008 04:00 I'm very pleased to report that I can make myself understood en Espanol better than ever before and, wildly enough, actually understand what people are saying to me, even if...
11.04.2008 15:00 Roadtrip Nation, three guys who love to hook up travelers and some of the wherewithal for said, have partnered with 100% Pure New Zealand for this summer's sizzlin'...
08.04.2008 09:00 I'm down Mexico way sussing out the Spanish schools that may help me improve my terrible grasp of that lingo, and I've concluded from my brief (thus far) research that...