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Prices Stripped for the Strip: You Can Chip in Less for Trips to Vegas

Vegas's 100th birthday celebrations continue with more exciting and tempting ways to get you to Sin City. It appears that practically every travel provider is currently offering…

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(Happy) Birthday Suit! Shed More Than Just Your Cares at Naturist Camps This Summer

The idea of attending a nudist camp feels so risqué, vaguely European and possibly outdated. But according to the results of a recent opinion survey, one out of seven people say…

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All the State's a Stage: Massachusetts Summer Theater

Besides being the birthplace of summer stock theater, Massachusetts hosts what is arguably the country's richest concentration of progressive summer performance programs. Whether your…

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The Early Bird Gets the European Worm This Fall

It's never too early to start planning a fall European vacation, in fact if you book now, the savings will give you a lot more spending money in your pocket when you arrive. Paying in…

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Discounts on Cruises as Deep as the Deep Blue Sea

Pack Your Bags . . . NOW!If you've got nothing to do next week or the week after, Windjammer Barefoot Cruises (tel. 800/327- 2601; www.windjammer.com) is offering 5-night cruises…

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I Got the Blues So Bad, Feelin' Like I Wanna Music Cruise

Yeah I got the blues so bad, feelin' like I wanna cruise. My baby he done left me, so now it's time to drink some booze.Oh, sorry, where was I? Oh, right, talking about cruises. But…

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Freedom of the Seas: Big as a House, and then Some

A Cadillac Escalade is big. A 24-ounce porterhouse steak is big. Kirstie Ally was really big.But Freedom of the Seas? There's nothing in Webster's to even describe it.Let's just go…

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Cruise Industry Report: Ten Big (and not so big) Items

QE2 Celebrates 36th Birthday while QM2 Keeps on Truckin'On May 2, Cunard's (tel. 800/5-CUNARD; www.cunard.com) legendary Queen Elizabeth 2 sailed into her homeport at Southampton, UK,…

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Frommer's Port Report: Docking at Bora Bora

Because of its fame and beauty, little Bora Bora is a playground for the well-to-do, the occasional celeb, and honeymooners blowing a wad. Though some travel industry professionals…

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Medieval Masterpieces: The Walled Cities of Tuscany

Tuscany is famed as one of the most picturesque regions of Italy, renowned for its rolling green countryside, world-class wines and historic landmarks like the Leaning Tower of Pisa…

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Eating on the Fly: A Survey of Airport Food

Used to be eating at the airport meant food courts, candy bars and maybe a sorry piece of last minute fruit. With current airport security measures requiring travelers to arrive a…

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Personal Guides to WWI Battle Fields in Europe

With Memorial Day approaching, history buffs and descendants of the American soldiers stationed in France and Belgium during World War I may be interested to learn of the growing…

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Memorial Day Getaways to Scenes of Historical Significance Across America

Since Americans began observing Memorial Day, during the Civil War, few characterizations of the holiday have rivaled Abraham Lincoln's, in his commemoration of the more than 43,000…

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Miami Nice: Cheap Off-Season Kicks off with Three Nights and Air from $299

As spring begins, so ends Miami's high season. Gone are the trendy Europeans and South Americans dancing the night away in area clubs and eating breakfast at 3:30pm. Gone are the…

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Start your European Trip with a Star: Eurostar Train Travel

When the concept of creating a tunnel under the English Channel was first proposed, skeptics questioned how two countries (England and France) that had been at war for hundreds of…

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Boutique Luxury and Bountiful Pleasures in Bali

Bali, the jewel of the Indonesian archipelago is an island with two faces. One is the discount package-deal vacation destination, the place where Australians and New Zealanders go for…

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Air France Offers A Warm Blanket of Savings for Early Purchases for Fall and Winter Fares

To celebrate its one-year anniversary as a publicly held company on the New York Stock Exchange, Air France (tel. 800/237-2747; www.airfrance.us) is having a doozy of a sale. The…

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Transit Navigators Get You There Without Driving

For tourists to unfamiliar with urban areas, bus routes especially can seem impossibly arcane and difficult to decipher. Enter the transit navigator: a great website breed that helps…

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Culture, Counterculture: A Variety of Events in San Francisco

Tony Bennett may have famously sung that he left his heart in this city on the bay, but my father more aptly says, "I left my wallet in San Francisco." Rents climbed sky high, rivaling…

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On the Fly: Top Spots for Trout Fishing Across the Country

Rich with lore, the allure of cold-water trout fishing transcends the mere hunter-gatherer drive for animal protein. Inspiring everything from fiction like Richard Brautigan's classic…

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Prime Time in Provence and the Riviera: Short Getaways from $699

In May, cinema elite and a constellation of stars hit Cannes for the biggest, most glamorous film festival of the year. The new fashions hit the Croissette. The casinos of nearby Monte…

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Made in America: A Summer of Odd Events and Festivals

There must be something about the temperature rising that makes regular Americans do some pretty weird things during the summer months. Here is a selection of some of the most unique…

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What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Sweden

GothenburgSwedish culture on the global scale is now permanently on exhibition. The Museum of World Culture, Södra vägen 54 (tel. 46/31-632730; www.varldskulturmuseet.se), has been…

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What's New: An Online Update for Frommer's Vienna

Vienna now boasts all new train services because of the unbearable amount of travelers from the airports to other cities in Europe. It now takes only 16 minutes to get from downtown…

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May's Prize: Trip for Two to Las Vegas!

Frommers.com and MGM Mirage are sending one lucky winner & a guest to Las Vegas! Register now to win this vacation!