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How to Pay for a Wedding
With most couples waiting to marry and three quarters of marriage partners living together first, many celebrants are paying at least part of their wedding bill.
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Royal Caribbean Plans New China Launch
WSJ.comBEIJING—Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is bringing another ship to the Chinese market in an attempt to win the country's ballooning number of travelers and buoy sluggish growth prospects after a competitor's deadly crash in the Mediterranean ...
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TSA, Under Fire, Wants to Upgrade Its Service; Despite Recent Mistakes, Agency's Head Says Training Programs, Checkpoint Changes Will Improve Process
WSJ.comAs anyone who travels regularly knows, airport screening has had its share of blunders, embarrassments and controversy. And the Transportation Security Administration is, once again, attempting to change that.
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Passage to India—and the Dalai Lama; A rare rendezvous with the Tibetan spiritual leader in his gorgeous, gritty land of exile
WSJ.comThe journey to enlightenment begins with a single step—or in my case, a steep hike to the Dalai Lama's house. We are in McLeod Ganj, also known as Upper Dharamsala, a colorful town in northern India. It is so early that the sun is just ...
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Nation Waits for Tourism to Rebound
WSJ.comGIZA, Egypt—Businesses relying on tourists visiting Egypt's ancient sites are counting on the post-revolution presidential elections later this month to calm political turbulence, allowing their companies to return to something resembling ...
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Cut travel costs with free gas; Hotels can help fund and fuel—a summer road trip
MarketWatchTravelers may find it easier to budget for summer road trips this year: Not only are gas prices falling, but many hotels are offering to fill up the tank.
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Insider's Guide to Philadelphia; With acclaimed restaurants, miles of green space and a brand new home for the Barnes collection, there is a lot to love
WSJ.comEVEN IN THE most historically significant of cities, the past can get a little…well, old. Despite being the home of Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, Philadelphia is managing to avoid that fusty, dusty state. Over the past several ...
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Czech Republic Has Its Answer to the Beverly Hills Star Tour; The Prague Crony Safari Bus Chronicles Lifestyles of the Rich and Infamous
WSJ.comPRAGUE—As the tour bus rolled to a stop across from a modern, concrete-and-glass house here, guide Justin Svoboda told his group: "This one's very interesting."
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Pricey Minibar Picks; The most expensive food items sold in the minibars at five U.S. luxury hotels (not including alcohol)
WSJ.comSan Francisco Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco 479 degree 'Fleur de Sel Caramel' popcorn $6 .00 Boston Four Seasons Hotel Boston Roasted, salted mixed nuts (almonds, cashews and pecans)
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100 Years of Attitude; Indulge in vintage feasts and secret peeks as three grand hotels mark very big birthdays
WSJ.comIn 1912, en suite bathrooms weren't a given in hotels, even at high-end properties. If you think spotty Wi-Fi is a hassle, you would really have been put out by the lack of a telephone in your room. Guests might have even needed a candle to ...
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Connecticut Aims For Revitalization
WSJ.comAfter allocating $27 million toward a soul-searching advertising campaign, Connecticut proclaimed that the state is "Still Revolutionary." That new tagline was unveiled on Monday by Gov. Dannel Malloy at Hartford's 18th-century Old ...
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The New Philadelphia
WSJ.comIsgro Pasticceria | You need to visit a bakery that smells like one and sends you home with your pastries in a cardboard box tied with cotton string. Isgro Pasticceria: 1009 Christian St., 215-923-3092
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The Ultimate Breathtaking Dive; Exploring the reef-filled waters off Honduras without a tank
WSJ.comIN 2010 an Austrian named Herbert Nitsch strapped on fins and a diving mask, took a deep breath and made an underwater round-trip to a depth of 409 feet.
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Visiting McLeod Ganj
WSJ.comSpinning yarn at the market A monk at the entrance to Chonor House, a hotel in McLeod Ganj, where Tibetan murals decorate each room. The entrance gate to the Dalai Lama's compound—a multileveled building that includes the Dalai Lama's ...
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Best Airlines for Redeeming Miles
WSJ.comReady to redeem your frequent-flier miles and reward points for a plane ticket? You'll probably get a seat on Southwest, but good luck with Delta, at least at the basic redemption level.
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China Dispute Threatens Philippine Industries
WSJ.comThe Philippines' dispute with China over territorial claims in the South China Sea is threatening to exact an economic toll on key Philippine industries, including its vital tourism and agricultural sectors.
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Three for the Road; New releases to inspire and inform your trip planning
WSJ.comTHE GUIDE An Atlas for Experiences Anyone can tell you that if you want to learn to tango, make a break for Buenos Aires. But if you need the primo places to rent a houseboat, dig for fossils or rent a private island, turn to the man who ...
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Will Hike for Cheese; The 105-mile Mont Blanc trail through Italy, France and Switzerland is a test of endurance and appetite
WSJ.com"LET'S TAKE THIS SHORTCUT!" my husband suggested in the first hour of the first hike of our lives. We were high in the Alps near Les Houches, France, and Ronnie was pointing across a hilly and inviting green pasture.
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The Many Ways to Catch Shut-Eye in the Sky; Airlines Adopt Different Layouts for Business-Class Beds; How to Avoid Climbing Over Sleeping Passengers
WSJ.comIn the plush world of bed-filled business-class cabins, seating isn't about aisle, window and middle. Instead, it's herringbone, V-shaped, staggered and even "yin yang."
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Visiting Charleston, S.C.
WSJ.com9 a.m. Saturday | Visit the Marion Square Farmers Market Marion Square Farmers Market 11 a.m. Saturday | Take a horse-drawn carriage ride King Street shopping district
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In the Mood for Thai; Designer Vicente Wolf travels the Silk Road to find practical wisdom and poetry in an eclectic Bangkok home
WSJ.comBORN IN CUBA, based in New York and a peripatetic globe-trotter, Vicente Wolf is known for his worldly style. His interiors mix pieces from different genres, eras and cultures—18th-century French next to African, Mies van der Rohe ...
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On the Runway, Ready for Takeoff
Barrons.comThe skies have been anything but friendly of late for United Continental Holdings (ticker: UAL), the world's largest airline. Two weeks ago, the carrier reported a hefty first-quarter loss of $448 million. Granted, some $162 million of that ...
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How Much to Escape From Heathrow? Let travelers with more money than time buy their way out of long passport-control lines.
WSJ.comBeen through London's Heathrow Airport lately? It's never been any sane traveler's idea of a fun place to visit. But purgatory-as-usual has recently morphed into pure hell, thanks in part to government budget cuts for passport-control ...
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What $1,000 a Night Gets You; Ski Valets, Few Neighbors and More Hotel Staff Per Guest Are Part of the New Standard Luxury Rate
WSJ.comGet ready for more luxury hotels to charge $1,000 a night for a room. Paying that price won't snare you a special suite—just an entry-level room. Several companies specializing in smaller, ultraluxury hotels with high-season rates nearing—or ...
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Pampering Yourself Is Newly Back in Fashion
WSJ.comIf American consumers seem to be carrying less stress in their shoulders, it could be because they're buying more back rubs and beauty treatments.
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Only In…Puebla; Four things culture hounds can do in a Mexican state overflowing with tradition
WSJ.com1. Visit a hipster village made from shipping containers. In the San Andrés district of the town of Cholula, in the shadow of Tlachihualtepetl pyramid, a group of young entrepreneurs has been channeling Brooklyn. Their 54,000-square-foot ...
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Rethinking the Lowly Boarding Pass
WSJ.comThe lowly airline boarding pass has gotten a makeover. Delta Air Lines Inc. is rolling out new passes that are less cluttered, with key information given prominence. Another noteworthy change: a pass that covers every leg of a flight.
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Take Monday Off: Charleston; Pack a week's worth of carriage rides, antebellum-home tours, bluegrass evenings and shrimp-and-grits feasts into one long South Carolina weekend
WSJ.comIt's said that in the late 18th century, nine of America's 10 wealthiest men lived in the Charleston area. This Southern city is no longer one of America's richest, but it may well be the most seductive. Horse-drawn carriages still roll ...
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Have Toddler, Will Travel (or At Least Try)
WSJ.comWE DIDN'T HAVE much money after we got married, but we had a lot of freedom. As writers and teachers, my husband and I worked mostly from home in Miami. We grabbed meals at odd hours, stayed up all night working and slept until noon. We ...
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Thomas Cook Secures Extended Financing
WSJ.comFRANKFURT—U.K. tour operator Thomas Cook PLC on Saturday said it secured an extension to existing credit facilities worth £1.4 billion ($2.26 billion), giving the debt-laden tourism company more time to work on a turnaround plan.
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Carnival Names New Costa Group Head
WSJ.comNEW YORK—Carnival Corp. named a new head of its Costa group—the operator of the Concordia vessel that ran aground off the coast of Italy in January—as the current chief neared retirement.
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Bird Watching in Paradise; Toucans, tyrants and tiny owls are starting to steal the spotlight from the world-famous falls on Argentina's border
WSJ.comI WAS CROUCHING on the forest floor among sun-speckled leaves when Fidel Ramírez began to hoot. Twisted liana vines and clusters of epiphytes coated the dense boughs of earpod and tropical cedar trees above. The forest around us buzzed with ...
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Stuck With a $10,000 Phone Bill; How Travelers Unwittingly Rack Up Roaming Charges; Tips for Cellular Service Abroad
WSJ.comFlight attendant Chuck Harris made a few calls home to New York so plumbers could fix a broken pipe while he was vacationing in the Dominican Republic. To his surprise, he got a bill for $400—not from the plumbers, from the phone company.
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All Aboard for Mongolia; Taking on Genghis Khan's land, with a journey on one of the world's most storied train lines
WSJ.comThe Trans-Mongolian Railway leaves in the dead of night. It departs from an ornate station in Irkutsk, Russia, where wooden houses built by exiled 19th-century intellectuals mingle with blocky Soviet-era buildings. It winds past Russia's ...
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GOP Blasts Obama for Travel Costs; Boehner Faults President for Taxpayer-Paid Visits to Swing-State Campuses; Election Law Hazy on When Campaigns Billed
WSJ.comRepublicans are escalating their attack on President Barack Obama for repeated trips to states that will be important in the fall election and asking for an investigation of taxpayer money spent on what they contend are really campaign ...
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Elephants Now Think Twice About Midnight Snacks in Tanzania; Farmers Find a Whiff of Chili Pepper Sends Pachyderms Packing and Saves Corn Crops
WSJ.comMIKUMI VILLAGE, Tanzania—Snap. Crack. Pop. That's the sound of an African elephant with a dangerous case of the munchies crashing through underbrush at 25 miles per hour.
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Why All the Locals Are Lounging in the Hotel Lobby
WSJ.comWhen Ted Copeland comes in for his coffee, the barista has his order (black, no sugar) ready. Then he sets up his laptop and lingers for a few hours over the caffeine and free Wi-Fi. Refills are free.
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Avant-Garde in Alabama; Design program Rural Studio has turned a pastoral swath of the South into an architectural mecca
WSJ.comI'd been told that the sky can turn green when tornadoes are afoot, but couldn't picture it until one night in Alabama in 2003. Driving across the state in sputtering rain, I had three things on my mind: the slick, dark road; the ...
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New on the Travel Scene
WSJ.comThe Perk Ferragamo Fix For a special opportunity to buy copies of the sparkling, ruby-red pumps that Marilyn Monroe wore in "Some Like It Hot" or a version of the first Ferragamo bag (right), get a room. Guests at the family's Lungarno ...
SmartMoney Magazine; Where the Vacation Industry Is Renovating; The travel industry is under construction, hoping to spiff up in time for summer vacation. What to expect when the sawdust settles.
SmartMoney.comTo kick off its $20 million dollar renovation, the Rancho Valencia, a resort outside San Diego, sent out an announcement enumerating the impressive tally of changes guests can expect when it reopens this summer. On the list: renovated ...
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Argentina's Green Corridor
WSJ.comA black-breasted plovercrest Bird watching at Yacutinga Lodge A close-up of a capybara Bufo paracnemis Brassavola tuberculata A Lycorea halia discreta butterfly
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The Big Flaws in Hotel Rankings
WSJ.comA Candlewood Suites hotel near Dallas Love Field airport is ranked No. 11 among Dallas hotels on TripAdvisor, a popular travel website of customer reviews. On Expedia, however, reviewers rank that Candlewood at No. 368.
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The Other European Crisis; Olympic-Sized Airfares to Many Summer Destinations; Hotel Room Rates Also Rise
WSJ.comSummer vacationers planning a trip across the pond are seeing sky-high prices in many European cities, with airfares 11% higher, on average, than 2011, according to searches on online travel agency Kayak.com.
7 Bargain Summer Destinations; Deal of the Day: We look for hotels and rentals for $100 a day.
SmartMoney.comMost years, waiting until late April to book your summer vacation meant missing out on the best deals. But this spring -- thanks to a glut of rentals and un-booked hotel rooms -- experts say it's still possible to score a cheap trip.
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Rent Home To Travelers
WSJ.comIf you're looking to make some extra cash this summer, try renting your house or apartment to vacationers for a few days. It could be a lucrative move for people living near the beach, popular attractions or in locales that are hosting a ...
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Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Titanic Business 100 Years Later; The Fascination Comes to a Head April 15; Rolling Out New Ways to Make Money
WSJ.comThe Titanic wasn't unsinkable, but there's no keeping down the marketing on the eve of its big day. This weekend marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, which slipped beneath the waves of the North Atlantic off ...
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Oops! iForgot My New iPad On the Plane; Now What?
WSJ.comThe plane lands, travelers grab their stuff, check their phones for email and voicemail and file past flight attendants for one last "buh-bye." But increasingly, harried passengers are leaving something behind: their iPads.
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Mexico's Secret Mountain-Biking Destination
WSJ.comEuan Wilson reaches the summit of Piedra Larga, a 10,761-foot lookout, at dawn while mountain biking in the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico. Lindsay Carruthers, Euan Wilson and Antonio del Rosal take in the sunrise from the top of Piedra ...
SmartMoney Magazine; Best New Travel Industry Upgrades; A look at some of the latest major renovations in the travel business.
SmartMoney.comTravelers planning a summer getaway may discover some luxe new amenities in their hotel rooms and cruise cabins this year. The travel industry is picking up in the aftermath of the recession and many of the biggest names in the business are ...
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In Ethiopia, Coffee, Crepes and Antipasto
WSJ.comMy wife, Gelila, grew up in Addis Ababa, moving to the U.S. when she was 16. She still has family living there, but I always told her, "You go to Ethiopia—and I'll go skiing." That is, until last January, when I made my first trip there, ...
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Checking In? Hidden Ways Hotels Court Guests Faster
WSJ.comHotels are amping up their efforts to make a good first impression. The goal: Dazzle guests during the first, crucial 15 minutes of their stay—or at least avoid annoying them.
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Why Airport Security Is Broken—And How To Fix It; Air travel would be safer if we allowed knives, lighters and liquids and focused on disrupting new terror plots. A former head of the Transportation Security Administration, Kip Hawley, on embracing risk.
WSJ.comAirport security in America is broken. I should know. For 3½ years—from my confirmation in July 2005 to President Barack Obama's inauguration in January 2009—I served as the head of the Transportation Security Administration.
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Pocket Protectors; Travel umbrellas that pack small but still stand up to showers
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Fancy a Farm Vacation? These upscale agro stays offer horses and hay without making you give up creature comforts
WSJ.comVACATIONING ON A working farm might be rewarding and educational…but luxurious? Yes, now that farms around the world are providing amenities that rival those at top hotels and resorts. Agriculture-themed getaways let you support ethical ...
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Summer Travel—Where the Deals Are…and Aren't
WSJ.comPlanning a summer trip? Prepare to pay up if you need to fly or drive there. Travelers are facing fare increases of Olympic proportion this summer even if they have no plans to watch Michael Phelps take the plunge in London. Rising fuel ...
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Starwood's Crystal Vision
WSJ.comTrying to tap into Manhattan's hot market for luxury apartments and high-end hotels, Starwood Capital Group's Baccarat Hotels and Resorts is launching a plan to develop a project across from the Museum of Modern Art.
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After the Earthquake, but Before the Flood
WSJ.comI ARRIVED IN PORT-AU-PRINCE last December to find my friends coughing, sniffling, hacking and struggling for breath amid the orange smog that hung over the city like a cloud of Cheetos dust. Soon Haiti would mark the second anniversary of ...
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Royal Caribbean Expects More Weakness
WSJ.comRoyal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. predicted another bottom-line decline in the current quarter, after first-quarter profit fell sharply on cost increases and demand pressure following a competitor's deadly crash.
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London Mayor Criticizes Lines at Heathrow
WSJ.comLONDON—London's mayor warned Monday that long delays for passengers arriving at the city's largest airport risk damaging Britain's reputation in the run-up to this summer's Olympic Games.
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Blazing Trails in Mexico; Mountain biking is rare in Oaxaca—but not for long
WSJ.comIT WAS EARLY. Hours from sunrise kind of early. My wimpy headlamp struggled to break through the predawn drizzle, and I could barely see my front tire or the trail ahead. Roots, rocks and stumps all seemed to be in cahoots, working together ...
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What's in Your Bag?
WSJ.comAs the founder, chairman and chief executive of Abercrombie & Kent, a luxury travel operator, the 69-year-old Mr. Kent travels about 250 days a year. While he usually checks a bag, Mr. Kent, who lives in Monaco with his wife, Otavia, ...
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Off Duty 25 for Spring
WSJ.comThe best things in life often come and go too quickly. Springtime, with its delicate buds and crisp sunshine, is no exception. Make the most of April and May with this breezy version of our seasonal guide, the Off Duty 50. Here, 25 of the ...
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The New Art of Hospitality; High-end hotels around the world want to help you indulge your inner collector—or watercolorist
WSJ.comArty hotels have long been the domain of bohemian travelers who were looking for value and character in their accommodations. But recently, luxury hot spots across the globe have been adding art to their offerings—in the form of rotating ...
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Slip Away; Wear these travel-friendly cozies in planes, trains or hotel rooms; just don't don them for the outdoors
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Finding the Soul of Discretion in Brussels; Playing on Its Racy Past, a Former Hotel Rendezvous Reopens as a Deluxe Belgian Hideaway
WSJ.comBrussels's hotel scene has plenty of options. The presence of European Union institutions means international chains in glass-and-steel edifices are well-represented, while the Grand Place and its chocolate shops have plenty of ...
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Brushing Up on Your Japanese on a Small Screen
WSJ.comAn upcoming trip to Japan recently motivated us to buff up our rusty Japanese. Though it wasn't our native language, we were far more fluent in it when we lived in Japan years ago.
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Towing Begins for Crippled Cruise Ship
WSJ.comNAIROBI, Kenya—A crippled Italian cruise ship being towed in the Indian Ocean with more than 1,000 people aboard and no air conditioning now won't reach land in the Seychelles until Thursday, officials said.
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Volunteer Vacays; Three ways to see the world while giving it a boost this spring and summer
WSJ.comRanger the Rain Forest in Ecuador Put your wildlife spotting skills to serious use with Earthwatch Institute's trips to Santa Lucia Cloud Forest, home to nearly 400 species of birds and the rare Andean spectacled bear. Volunteers help ...
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Discovering the Forgotten Holy Land; Overlooked Armenia is home to a complex culture and some of the world's greatest religious shrines
WSJ.comThe Armenian man let loose a single musical note. It ricocheted between the 1,000-year-old stone walls of Haghpat Monastery, echoes transforming his warm, lonely voice into a full symphony.
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Spiritual Meets Spectacle; Processions and Penitents Mark Holy Week in Spain, Bringing Together Local Communities
WSJ.comAlong the ancient Route of the Caliphs in the olive-producing city of Baena in southern Spain, white-robed children with palm fronds and solemn faces walk along a cobble-stone path that has been worn by thousands before them. The ...
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25 Ways to Make Travel Easier, Starting With a Single Shoe
WSJ.comLast December, my wife grudgingly agreed to take a "mileage run"—a cheap round-trip flight—to push her frequent-flier account into the lowest elite level. She spent a day flying to Los Angeles and back, collecting a double-mile bonus ...
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Your Own Island, on a Dime; Super-private retreats affordable enough for the rest of us
WSJ.com"Cheap" and "private island." Can those words possibly be used together by anyone whose net worth falls below eight figures? Turns out, you don't need a trust fund or an IPO to make like a pampered castaway; retreats are available around ...
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Book Early for Summer Travel Deals
WSJ.comLooking for great summer travel deals? The trick to finding vacation-season savings is to know where the deals are (think Florida and Spain) and to know when to find them (shop for tickets and fly midweek).
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Inland American Moves Up; Snags Five Hotels for $393.1 Million in a Sector Shift
WSJ.comInland American Real Estate Trust Inc. has purchased five upscale hotels for $393.1 million in a shift of its lodging portfolio closer to the high end.
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Mind Over Mountain? An extreme sports star's ski camp aims to make you a better skier—by making you a better person
WSJ.com"It is ungraspable," she said. "You can't understand it." Kristen Ulmer, extreme sports pioneer and former U.S. Ski Team member, was teaching us how to ski. Sort of.
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How to Run Up a $100K Cab Fare? Exit British Pub, Turn Left in Mumbai; Three College Buddies Girdle the Globe in Old Taxi, Smashing Record, Windshield
WSJ.comCaught in traffic in New York's Times Square, Paul Archer watched the taxi meter climb to more than $100,000. The tangle of cars and cabs and pushcarts was undaunting. "We've seen worse," says the 25-year-old from ...
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United Switchover Hits Bumps
WSJ.comUnited Continental Holdings Inc., which embarked on a complex computer migration Saturday morning, said the changeover from the old United Airlines system to the existing Continental Airlines system went as planned, joining the two ...
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A Rough in the Diamond; At a little-known baseball camp, major league coaches teach you everything you wish you'd learned growing up
WSJ.comThe ball left the pitcher's hand looking like it was headed straight for my face. I crumpled onto my backside just as it bent back over the plate for strike three.
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Luggage That Is More Than Meets the Eye; From weekend jaunt to morning commute, Tumi's new bags transform to the situation
WSJ.comIt's a universal travel problem: You come home with more stuff than you packed. Or, if you're the generous type, you return with less. Either way, the amount we carry with us on the road and even on a daily basis (do I have spin ...
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Looking for Love, Ending Up in a War
WSJ.comIf there is a hungrier year than the year one begins one's professional life, I have not lived it. How I came to find myself alone in a cave full of Afghan freedom fighters that year had everything to do with those hungers: for work, ...
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Destinations; A Last-Minute Dash for the Olympics; Where to find tickets and lodging for the London Games—just four months away
WSJ.comThinking about dropping in on this year's Summer Olympics in London? It isn't too late. Though the Games are right around the corner—they will be held July 27 through Aug. 12—lodging, airline seats and even tickets to certain events are ...
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In Search Of: The Best Dim Sum in Hong Kong; On the hunt for the plumpest dumplings, tastiest buns and sweetest spare ribs this Asian city offers up from a cart, basket or porcelain plate
WSJ.comCity Hall Maxim's Palace is a ballroom-like restaurant decorated with crystal chandeliers and white carved-wood screens—not the most obvious spot for breakfast, yet totally in character for dim sum. I arrived relatively early, hoping ...
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Seoul, Korea
WSJ.comSeoul changes so quickly that navigating it can be a serious challenge if your map is more than a year or so old. It's not uncommon for locals to get lost in areas they thought they knew.
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Destinations; Moving to Portugal; How a retired TV executive found a new life on the edge of Europe
WSJ.comThis is part of a series of travel stories in which retirees living overseas, full time or part time, profile their adopted locales. Send us your suggestions at next@wsj.com.
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The Best In... Destinations
WSJ.comSouthern Charms One of the most popular retirement destinations in the country is also home to one of the most popular performing-arts festivals. The 36th edition of Spoleto Festival USA runs from May 25 through June 10 in Charleston, S.C. ...
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Extended Meditations; Long isolated by Myanmar's xenophobic rulers, Bagan, the site of more than 2,000 ancient temples, is still unmolested by hordes of fanny-packers.
WSJ.comDhammayangyi Temple | Bagan's temples are surreal in their more-than-you'll-ever-be-able-to-digest-in-a-lifetime number and diversity, says Mr. Olaf-Jones.
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Southeast Asia in Pictures
WSJ.comRecently burnt out brown and deforested land, near Mae Chaem, northern Thailand. Smog and dust particle levels soared to the worst levels in five years, across six northern Thai provinces. Poor visibility has delayed aircraft. Traditional ...
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Expense-Account Tightwads Take the Road Less Expensive; Traveling on Business, They Seek Out Cheap Eats, Hotels, but Do Bosses Notice?
WSJ.comWhen Boris Siperstein travels for work from his home in Austin, Texas, he often does so with a folding bicycle tucked under his arm. He expensed the $180 Dahon model, bought on sale, to his private-equity firm, but biking to meetings in such ...
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Myanmar, All Mine; Bicycling in Bagan, the site of more than 2,000 ancient temples and approximately zero tourists
WSJ.comManuha Temple had a simple whitewashed exterior, a small door and a surprise: Ducking through the entry, we found ourselves staring into the lap of a three-story-high Buddha that filled the space like a ship in a bottle, smiling ...
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Editor's Note
WSJ.comAs recently as the early 1990s, decisions about when to retire were relatively straightforward: When a husband retired, his wife did the same. Even if she was working outside the home, her job typically paid less, or she hadn't been ...
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To Tweet From 30,000 Feet: Picking Planes Wired for Wi-Fi
WSJ.comMore passengers are downloading books, sending Tweets and updating their Facebook pages in the middle of a flight—even as they complain about steep prices.
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Hotel Hits the Market
WSJ.comDubai Investment Group is putting up for sale the Jumeirah Essex House, an 81-year-old Midtown Manhattan hotel and the crown jewel of the Middle East investor's U.S. real estate portfolio.
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Into the Wild West; A suburban family's thrilling, chilling, life-changing trip through the beyonds of the Sierra Nevada
WSJ.comIt wasn't until we reached the summit of Mono Pass, a spectacular trail carved 12,150 feet up in California's Sierra Nevada, that my maternal alarm bells went off.
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Sometimes, Hell Is a Five-Star Hotel
WSJ.comIt was one of those book tours. The travel all day, sign copies all evening, talk nonstop ones where you spend every night in a different city.
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Sites & Sightings
WSJ.comVacation is often an excuse to order the fettuccine carbonara or finish off the chocolate cake. But for travelers with food allergies or special diets, eating away from home can be a source of stress—and a health risk. Now, hotels and ...
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Advantage: Yours; Tennis getaways for grown-ups offer fresh air, intensive instruction and a little healthy competition
WSJ.comOK, you're too old to be the next Rafael Nadal or Maria Sharapova. That doesn't mean you need to let your middling tennis game stay that way. A monthly matchup with your college roommate probably won't get you to the top of ...
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Where to Get Far Away
WSJ.comWhen it comes to getting away from it all, nothing compares to jetting off to your own private isle. Until recently, the extremely rich were the only ones who could experience it. But now, private-island resorts are making dreams come true ...
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Hotels Try Harder to Woo Business Customers; With Corporate Accountants Querying Every Spend, Business Travellers are Expecting More for Less
WSJ.com"The customer is always" right may be a cliché, but it has never been truer than it is now, especially when it comes to frequent travelers. Hotels in the world's business cities are so keen to attract the corporate pound, ...
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'Turn Off All Electronic Devices:' And What Happens if You Don't
WSJ.comIt happens on just about every flight now, say flight attendants. The plane's door closes and it's time to turn off personal electronic devices.
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Lots of Perks At the Parks
WSJ.comRising gas prices may be making you leery of a road trip this spring. But you can take advantage of free or discounted entry to national parks and historic sites the week of April 21 to 29.
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A City Old and Buried—but Far From Dead
WSJ.comThe first thing I saw was the horse. It was made from wood and as tall as a three-story house. A ladder stuck out of its belly, and there were portholes cut in its back so you could wave to your friends below. It wouldn't have fooled ...
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How to Pay for a Wedding
With most couples waiting to marry and three quarters of marriage partners living together first, many celebrants are paying at least part of their wedding bill.
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How to Teach Kids about Money
It’s never too early to start talking dollars...and sense.
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How to Manage Your Grocery Bill
Your grocery bill is your biggest weekly household expense, so keeping a lid on it will go far to stretch your dollar.
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10 Things Hollywood Won't Tell You
Now playing: sequels, 3-D reruns and long ads.
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Wedding Crashers: Saying 'I Do' in Public
A new wedding trend trades "walking down the aisle" for a walk on the wild side.
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The Reignited Tech Sector
Technology stocks have rebounded and are once again the darling of the market. Can the resurgence last?
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Why a 'Balanced' Portfolio May Not Work
Arends: That 60/40 portfolio of stocks and bonds your adviser is pushing might not work.