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People Get Ready, There's a Train A'Comin': Reduced Fares, Both Public and Private

We've got two sales to tell you about, one for the masses and one decidedly more upscale.Whatever your opinion regarding our beleaguered national rail carrier, a sale's a sale and…

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Bike, Boat and Climb Your Way Through Costa Rica

You've read about Costa Rica Expeditions, that pace-setting outfit that was one of the first eco-tourism companies, in this space before. For the rest of the summer and into the fall…

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What's New in Europe

Here's where you'll find out what recently opened, what's changed, and what's hot for your trip in the year to come.

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Choo Choo Choose This Rail Pass to Follow the Royal Comings and Goings

All of 2002 is Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee, celebrating her 50 years on the British Throne, and she is visiting every region of the island at some point before December 31.…

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You'll Want to Give Thanks for these Budget Cottage Stays Across the Pond

Country Cottages, which has been providing vacations in the British Isles for many years now, has come up with a neat idea--spending the quintessentially American holiday of…

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Tips from the Publisher: Vacation Days in America

Americans get the shaft when it comes to vacation days.

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Tips from the Publisher: Grand Deal to the Grand Canyon

I just received information from Xanterra Parks and Resorts, operator of the lodges in Grand Canyon National Park, and wanted to share the good news with you.Xanterra is offering a…

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Callaway Celebrates 50 Years & Summer, Too

High on any list of the South's most beautiful gardens is Callaway, in Pine Mountain Georgia, which is adding to its allure this year by running a Summer Celebration Special. From now…

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Tips from the Publisher: Swinging into the National Pastime

Here's a deal well-heeled baseball fans won't want to miss: Roadtrips World Series is offering a package that guarantees tickets to the first or second game of the World series,…

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A Small Hit (to the Wallet) for Cooperstown Getaways

Cooperstown (where in 1839 Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball, it's claimed) likes to call itself "America's Most Perfect Village," and many who have gone there find that…

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Southwest Air Inaugurates Complete Disney World Packages

Starting today, Southwest Airlines ("the little airline that could") will begin offering complete vacation packages to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. The bargain airline that is…

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A Grand Ole Time in Nashville

This Tennessean city has grown into a new kind of cultural Mecca offering ancient and modern art, new hotels and, of course, the Grand Ole Opry.

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See Italy Like a VIP, Avoiding the Lines with Select Italy's Advance Tickets, Passes and Tours

While offering a whole menuof travel services and products, the best thing going for Select Italy is itsability to get you into where you want to be, whether it's a museum, the operaor…

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Two Weeks in Bifurcated Budapest Living in a Furnished Apartment, No Less, for Just $107 a Day

This is one of the best deals for travel to Europe this summer, and it's brought to by that smartoutfit, Untours. This package includes roundtrip airfare on British Air fromNYC, Newark…

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CityPasses Across the Pond to Save You Pence and Pounds

Over in England, you can buy a LondonPass for periods of 1, 2, 3 or 6 consecutive days, for adults from £25 or £30 ($36.25 to $43.50) for one day (that's with or without public…

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Stay at Home Abroad, Under $200 Per Night, With Air & Car, Kids Free

If you want to take thefamily abroad this summer or fall, but don't want to shell out chateau prices,then think small--think cottages. That's the message of Home at First,…

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New York's Finger Lakes Region: Glass, Wine and Scenery

Frommer's editor Liz Albertson takes you on a tour of Corning, NY--famous for its glassworks-- the Finger Lakes region.

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Tips from the Publisher: Family Vacations

A successful family trip is one that kids and parents feel equally passionate about; one that allows both their own spaces.

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Pittsburgh Loves Kids & the Arts, at Good Value Rates

Many might not think of Pittsburgh in connection with culture and the arts, or even for a "classic American" getaway perhaps, but nobody should contest the city's allure for kids. The…

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Space Camp Scholarships for Parent-Child Duos Could Be Yours for the Cost of an Essay

The With Arms Wide Open Foundation (WAWOF) is sponsoring a weekend of learning, exploration and re-connection at the US Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama--and all for the cost of a…

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Way, Way Downtown...New Theatre in Louisville, Kentucky

Kathleen Warnock, Editor, Frommer's Travel Guides, writes of her experience at the Humana Festival in Louisville.

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All-Inclusive Dominican Republic: Hurry for a Spring Break With Your Entire Family

If you can get up and go at the last minute, here is a deal for you! VacationKids is a great place to find bargains for family trips, and this spring is no exception. They have a last…

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Be the Swiss (or Irish or Norwegian) Family Robinson This Summer

Learning abroad can be for the whole family this summer if you take one of the packages offered by AHI International, an Illinois-based tour operator for over 40 years. Patterned after…