Tagged: travel

Vancouver Counts the Days Until the Olympics

On a big clock in the courtyard of the Vancouver Art Gallery, locals are busy counting the days -- as well as the minutes and seconds -- until the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics…

7 House Rental Agencies That Make Disney Feel Like Home

In most guidebooks, the home rental option is relegated to a single box or a few wan paragraphs. That makes zero sense to me. For value, renting a home is quite simply the best way to…

Tips for Choosing Hotels when Traveling with Infants & Toddlers

My two-and-a-half year old daughter is a hotel veteran, having slept at numerous properties around the world -- from five stars to no stars and everything in between. But with the…

Romance & Shopping in Montréal

Yes, romance and shopping can go together -- especially in a place like Montréal. Up front I must disclose that my husband proposed to me in Montréal so I am particularly partial, but…

Summit County Skiing Basics, Mountain by Mountain

First, the bad news: Summit County is not the most pristine part of the Rockies. In the heart of the county, a large reservoir stalls water before diverting it to Denver via a tunnel…

Travel Health & Safety: Can I Drink the Water?

"Is it safe to drink the water here?" These were the first words uttered by a young American tourist appearing at my door in London when I lived there some years ago. Well-traveled…

Like a Good Meal? Four Global Gourmet Adventures

"As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are, otherwise you will miss most of your life." -- Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha).Food and travel are two of life's greatest passions and…

Skip New England for Leaf-Peeping, Japanese Style

View Larger Map br> Coming from Australia, a country that really doesn't have the colors of fall (i.e. most trees are evergreen), my first encounter with the hues of autumn leaves…

Walk the Rhine: Basel from Cobblestones to Contemporary Art

View Larger Map There are two rail stations in Basel, one practically on the French border, the other not far from the German border, each on opposite sides of the Rhine. The 170,000…

Greek Island Prices Go Down After the Summer Sun Sets

Cast you mind back to that schmaltzy 1980's chick flick Summer Lovers (www.summer-lovers.net) -- you know the one -- set in idyllic Santorini, in the heat of a passionate summer with…

Washington, D.C.: The City as Outdoor Sculpture Garden

If you want to honor a national leader or hero with a statue, where do you put it? In Washington, D.C., of course. As a result, the city is bedecked with statuary, so many in fact,…

Lito's Tech Tip: A Snowboarding Primer

Few things are as humbling or as stimulating to a good skier as abandoning the security of a sport already mastered to become, once again, an awkward beginner. This is true on…

Cruise U: Setting Your Mind Adrift with a Purpose

It's safe to assume St. Augustine, who said "The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page," would have approved of The Scholar Ship (www.thescholarship.com).…

24 Hours at the Cheapest Four Seasons in the World

I really did have only one night in Bangkok. We arrived in the city around noon, after a two-hour taxi ride from the port of Laem Chabang, where we just wrapped up a cruise to Vietnam…

Exploring Yosemite National Park with Your Kids

You can't avoid being impressed by Yosemite Valley. On the valley floor, you might get caught up in the everyday world of buses and campgrounds, but then a patch of light will catch…

Travel Company Jet-A-Way Jets Away -- But Doesn't Completely Abandon Its Customers

Here's a rarity: a travel company that does right by its customers as it's going out of business. Relatively so. On August 1, Jet-A-Way Holidays, a well-known specialty tour operator…

Park of the Week: California's Channel Islands

The five islands of the Channel Islands National Park off the California coast are only 30 or so miles from Santa Barbara, even less from Ventura, but they are not easy to get to.…

Trading Spaces: The Park Service Turns Over the Presidio to Private Parties

If you've ever had to fix up an old house you'll know that they are difficult to manage: wood rots out and needs to be replaced, foundations must be patched, and wires for…

Leaf Peeping Beyond New England: The Country is Bursting with Fall Foliage

Traditionally, we think of New England and the northeast when we think of fall, but the seasons change throughout the country, albeit less dramatically in some parts of the United…

Hop-a-long to Honduras for Diving, Rainforests and Mayan Marvels

Seemingly tucked away in the middle of Central America is the picture-perfect nation of Honduras -- a country known for its clear turquoise waters, world-class scuba diving sites,…

Get an Education in ... Las Vegas?

Care to know how the residents of Las Vegas live? How they learn their trades, hone their skills, pursue their ambitions, and kick back? In a city as weird as this one, those subjects…

Favorite Small Museums from 9 Travel Experts

There's nothing quite like walking into the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or the Louvre, or the Vatican Museum. The kinds of museums that have row upon row of masterful works of art…

The 10 Best Ways to Explore Chicago with the Family

Chicago has made vast strides in beautifying the city and developing visitor-friendly attractions. Millennium Park, a world-class destination on 25 acres near Michigan Avenue and the…

Park of the Week: Bryce Canyon National Park

Established in 1928, Bryce Canyon National Park was named for an early Mormon pioneer, sent to this remote part of Utah in the 1870s to develop what was then known as Deseret. (The…

How to Have a Home Away from Home in Europe

For anyone who has opted for a vacation rental rather than staying at a hotel, I am preaching to the converted -- but novices should begin considering alternate accommodation when…