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Prisons might seem like solemn places, but they’re also the kind of tourist attraction just waiting for endless jokes about leaving the annoying tour group member behind, or for threatening your children if they misbehave. In Western Australia, the Fremantle Prison is a historic building yet was being used for high security prisoners right up […]

Sure, Hawaii wins the prize for the Western Hemisphere’s best stargazing. But it’s much easier to to glimpse those sparkly darts without all that pesky tropical foliage obstructing the view. Hunter S. Thompson was on to something when he sent his protagonists on a drug-fueled trip into the Nevada desert in Fear and Loathing in […]

We really like skiing and boarding. But that doesn’t mean we want to spend our whole vacation just getting to the mountain. Our Ski Areas Near Airports Map will help you maximize your time on the slopes.
If you don’t dawdle around, you could be at Timberline Lodge on Mount Hood within two hours of unlatching […]

OK, let me rephrase that. Fares to London, adjusted for inflation, aren’t that bad. I remember when I was a grad student at Oxford back in 1977-79 and I would come back to the US between terms and over the summer for $99 each way (back then, there was no such thing as fuel surcharges […]

United/Lufthansa have lowered fares to Germany (especially Munich and Frankfurt)  for Jan/Feb and early Mar travel. Some fares have gone down over $100. Oddly, some routes from the West Coast are lower than from certain East Coast cities, hovering around the low 300’s RT with tax. No telling how long these sales will last.
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Five islands, three ferry trips, a handful of inter-island flights and two trans-Pacific flights later, we are back to a shockingly cold and dark Seattle. On three separate occasions, I did not buy an 800 dollar ukulele. I also did not buy a number of bone fishhooks, a shell lei, a timeshare, or a dozen […]

This one is for off peak holiday travel, Dec 7-20; Dec 23-25, and Dec 31.
Book seven days in advance but no later than Dec 3, 2007.
We have everyone of these fares listed in the various city pages, so click on over to your city and take a look.
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Back when America was much smaller than it is now, and none of us had yet known the exquisite hell of airline travel, the city of Indianapolis was a major train hub known as “The Crossroads of America.” Which beats its 1960s reputation of “The City In Indiana That Was Not Named In A Song […]

Even though New Orleans won’t play host to a Republican presidential debate, the city does have a host of huge events on tap this winter, from the Sugar Bowl to the BCS National Championship Game to the NBA All-Star Game. (Not to mention Mardi Gras in February.) And when you head to the Crescent City, […]

This sale is for travel within Canada and between Canada and the US in both directions. Fares begin at $59 each way plus tax. See Westjet.com for details. Sale ends at end of the day Dec 2, and is for travel until Mar 5, 2008 for Canadian destinations and until Jan 7, 2008 for US […]