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Digital Savant: It's an app-user's world for some of the best travel helpers

As you might expect, some of the best apps out there for mobile devices like smart phones and tablets are all about being mobile. A well-designed travel app - one that doesn't require a lot of Internet connectivity on the road but that has lots of up-to-date information you can use - can mean the...

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Lookout at San Francisco's Lands End

Irrational, I know, but it bummed me out, in a breaking-the-spell sort of way, when two tour buses pulled up at the recently remodeled Lands End Lookout visitors center and dumped off a gaggle of slumping, weary tourists.
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Cruise Adventure Trends & Trips: Meet baseball legends aboard legendary riverboat

This summer, two beloved American pastimes and traditions come together when the 436-passenger American Queen hosts some of Major League Baseball's legends. MLB prankster Jay Johnstone, lefty pitcher Fritz Peterson, New York Yankee Ron Blomberg and 1969 World Champion Art Shamsky will bring their...
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The travel mechanic: Break from U.S. carriers lifts passenger spirits

Flying foreign airlines can be so much more pleasant than our domestic options. On a recent KLM flight to Amsterdam, the Dutch airline behaved as if it was in the customer-service industry, not merely transporting a bunch of people from one point to another.
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Travel dilemmas: Cards can go only so far

In last week's On the Spot column, letter writer N. Jones said she was going to London and expressed concern about whether her credit cards would work because they are not Chip and PIN (personal identification number). She said she didn't want to carry a load of cash. What should she do? It turned...
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Web Buzz: Springpad to a memorable trip

With this app, collect and organize vacation ideas before your trip, as well as digital memorabilia afterward.
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Craft-brewing boom changes Grand Rapids' culture, economy

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Greg Brown "can't claim to be a super connoisseur" of craft beers, but he does like to think he knows more than a little about the subject, and he has been a fan of Michigan brewers such as Founders Brewing and New Holland Brewing for a while now.
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A week's worth of South Florida summer fun

MIAMI - Summer is when the stream of tourists to South Florida slows, deterred by hot, wet weather and the threat of hurricanes. It's when rates at beachfront hotels plummet, spas and restaurants offer special deals, traffic eases and locals can enjoy discount staycations.
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Foreign correspondence: The allure of Provence brings visitors back again

What's it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit.
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Travel Q&A: Don't wait to use reward points to book hotel stays

Q: Is it true that you won't be able to use Marriott points to book hotel rooms anymore?
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Trade group predicts crowded airports and planes this summer

Airports will be crowded this summer and empty airline seats rare as Americans take to the skies in numbers that are expected to edge closer to the pre-recession peak.