Daily Deal: Online discount for London Eye tickets, day or night
The London Eye offers a 10% discount for those who buy tickets online in advance of their spin on the giant observation wheel along the Thames River. Night owls can enjoy the views of London from the...
View ArticleKate Middleton prepares to christen Royal Princess cruise ship
Set your clock for early Thursday to watch Kate Middleton, everyone’s favorite royal, christen a cruise ship in Britain. The duchess of Cambridge, due to deliver her first child next month, had been...
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5 Private Island Resorts for Honeymoons
Tweet Looking to get away with your extra-special somebody—and, preferably, nobody else? These five romantic private island resorts deliver sun, surf, sand, and seclusion, at off-the-path oases that...
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Long Weekend in Utah’s National Parks
Tweet The astounding desert landscapes of Southwestern Utah are almost overwhelming, not only for their beauty, but for the sheer sense of scale involved. Utah is home to an enviable five national...
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River-rafting trips go with the flow in the West
Despite the drought that plagued Southern California last winter, river rafters can still get their paddles wet: Parts of Northern California and other Western states got the rain and show that missed...
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Outlaw Run tops hottest new attractions at U.S. theme parks
I’ve visited many theme parks in the United States over the last few years as the theme park blogger for The Times’ Travel website, but this summer’s crop of rides already has me updating my bucket...
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4 Reasons to Go to Belgium
Tweet Bordered by France, Germany, and the Netherlands, little Belgium is often overlooked. Yet it manages to squeeze an amazing amount into a landmass that’s only about the size of Maryland. These...
View ArticleKate Middleton prepares to christen Royal Princess cruise ship
Set your clock for early Thursday to watch Kate Middleton, everyone’s favorite royal, christen a cruise ship in Britain. The duchess of Cambridge, due to deliver her first child next month, had been...
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Dog-friendly luxury hotels in Southern California go gourmet
Oh, the joy of being a dog. Especially a dog with wealthy parents, um, I mean owners. More than a decade has passed since luxury hotels began throwing welcome parties for platinum-card-carrying pet...
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Top 14 theme park rides for 2014: Most anticipated new rides
At first I thought it was too early to look ahead at the new attractions coming to U.S. theme parks in 2014, but then I realized a number of big rides have already been announced and many more are...
View ArticleLas Vegas: Wildfire grows, air quality advisory still in effect
The wildfire raging in the Spring Mountains, a popular recreational area northwest of Las Vegas, grew to 19,800 acres Tuesday afternoon, although air quality in the Las Vegas Valley has not worsened,...
View ArticleDaily Deal: Allegiant to start LAX-Honolulu service for $99 one way
Budget carrier Allegiant Air will operate between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Honolulu (HNL) starting Oct. 30 with $ 99 fares each way for a limited time. Some examples: Expect to pay...
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Sanctuary Retreats Builds New River Cruiser in Myanmar
Tweet Myanmar is standing at the precipice of great change. It is the country in Southeast Asia that has changed the least over the last 1,500 years but will likely change the most in the next five....
View ArticleDeath Valley: What the blazes? T-shirts, more mark 134-degree day
Just because you didn’t go to Death Valley National Park on Wednesday to celebrate the centennial of the World’s Hottest Air Temperature doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the cool anniversary...
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Knott’s Halloween Haunt 2013: Six new mazes and the return of Elvira
Knott’s Berry Farm will add six new haunted mazes for Halloween Haunt 2013 and bring back Elvira Mistress of the Dark for her first show at the Buena Park theme park in more than a decade. The 41st...
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6 Wildest Royal Baby Celebrations in London
Tweet Maybe you’re a fellow mom-to-be wary that the Duchess of Cambridge will steal your thunder or excited to share a due date with the incumbent Queen. Or maybe you’re just an enthusiastic onlooker,...
View ArticleTaking in the beauty of Spain’s Catalonia via a bike tour
MONELLS, Spain — Almost every year since 1996, I have organized a week-long, early summer bicycle tour in a foreign country for a group of friends. So far we’ve biked in 10 countries from New Zealand...
View ArticleTaking in the beauty of Spain’s Catalonia via a bike tour
MONELLS, Spain — Almost every year since 1996, I have organized a week-long, early summer bicycle tour in a foreign country for a group of friends. So far we’ve biked in 10 countries from New Zealand...
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4 Perfect Greek Isle Itineraries
Tweet A week or more in the Greek Islands—that would be pretty close to the perfect vacation, wouldn’t it? Famed for their sunny weather, crystalline water, white-washed architecture, millennia-old...
View ArticleTaking in the beauty of Spain’s Catalonia via a bike tour
MONELLS, Spain — Almost every year since 1996, I have organized a week-long, early summer bicycle tour in a foreign country for a group of friends. So far we’ve biked in 10 countries from New Zealand...
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