Five great travel booking sites

Five great travel booking sites
By Brad Tuttle (Budget Travel) -- The following five sites have proven the most consistently useful for the editors of Budget Travel, who do thousands of ...
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Travel habits prompt conflict of interest concerns

Travel habits prompt conflict of interest concerns
WASHINGTON — Pentagon employees have received millions of dollars in free travel and lodging from foreign countries, trade groups and companies with an ...
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Memorial Day weekend: travel advisories and tips

Memorial Day weekend: travel advisories and tips
Sticking around the Bay Area this Memorial Day weekend? Should be business-as-usual traffic-wise with no major road closures planned. ...
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Memorial Day weekend travel forecast to fall

Memorial Day weekend travel forecast to fall
A survey found that of those planning to travel during the holiday weekend this year, 83% will go by car. 2.3% fewer Southern Californians will be heading ...
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CDC Lifts Warning on Mexico Travel

CDC Lifts Warning on Mexico Travel
While the H1N1 influenza outbreak is believed to have started in Mexico the virus is now in most parts of the US so limiting travel to Mexico wouldn't slow ...
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AAA: Memorial Day to spur travel

AAA: Memorial Day to spur travel
Far lower gas prices coupled with deeply discounted hotel rates, should lead 32.4 million Americans to travel at least 50 miles from home over the holiday ...
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Vacation-phobia: Top 5 travel fears

Vacation-phobia: Top 5 travel fears
“When we called our online travel agency to cancel, they told us we'd lose almost half what we paid for the trip,” she says. “The news told everyone to ...
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Cuban American travel to Cuba on the rise

Cuban American travel to Cuba on the rise
Legislation lifting all travel restrictions on US citizens travelling to Cuba was introduced in Congress just over a month ago, and with a slight thaw in ...
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Swine flu and low travel may hurt Elizabeth Arden

Swine flu and low travel may hurt Elizabeth Arden
AP , 05.05.09, 02:57 PM EDT A decline in airline travel and the swine flu may hurt Elizabeth Arden's travel retail business, an analyst said on Tuesday, ...
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Airlines Seek to Reassure Passengers in Outbreak

PARIS — Lufthansa has placed a doctor on board each of its flights to Mexico; American Airlines has issued medical kits to cabin crews; British Airways is distributing face masks; and Alaska Airways is removing pillows as fears of a flu pandemic rattle the global aviation industry. More... Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Flight Tracker: Track Any flight - Priority Bags: No More Lost Luggage

Swine flu and travel plans: Stay informed on H1N1 virus

Because the situation with the H1N1 virus, commonly called swine flu, is fluid, travelers need as much information as possible before making travel decisions. Here's what you need to consider as you make or rearrange travel plans. Keep current. Go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Web page at www.cdc.gov/swineflu for basic information on symptoms and updates and latimes.com or other media outlets for breaking news. More... Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Flight Tracker: Track Any flight - Priority Bags: No More Lost Luggage

Airlines upset with Biden's suggestion to avoid air travel

Airlines upset with Biden's suggestion to avoid air travel because ...
Airlines are upset with Vice President Joseph Biden's suggestion Thursday to avoid air travel and mass transit systems, and to not visit places impacted by ...
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Feds see no current cause to avoid travel to US

Feds see no current cause to avoid travel to US
A top federal health official says he believe it is "premature" to urge people not to travel to the United States in the ...
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Premium Air Travel Keeps Declining

Premium Air Travel Keeps Declining
Wall Street Journal
By KAVERI NITHTHYANANTHAN LONDON -- Global premium air travel fell for the ninth straight month in February as passengers felt the pinch of the economic ...
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US to Lift Some Curbs on Travel to Cuba

US to Lift Some Curbs on Travel to Cuba
Wall Street Journal
The president has authority to loosen the restrictions on travel and remittances to Cuba on his own. The new rules will affect an estimated 1.5 million ...
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Ban on travel to Cuba may be lifted

A bipartisan group of senators predicted Tuesday that Congress was ready to pass legislation to allow all Americans to travel to Cuba.Removing the travel ban would produce a burst of tourism, create thousands of jobs and generate as much as $1.6 billion in business a year, an independent research group said. More... Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Flight Tracker: Track Any flight - Priority Bags: No More Lost Luggage

How to avoid travel fees

NEW YORK—Here are some common travel fees and charges you can look to cut out, potentially saving hundreds of dollars a year.
Ask hotels and resorts if they charge fees for amenities like fitness centers or pools when you make a reservation, and again when you check in, advises David Lytle, editorial director of Frommers.com. If you're not going to use certain facilities, negotiate with the hotel before you sign anything that allows them to bill your credit card, he advised. More... Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Flight Tracker: Track Any flight - Priority Bags: No More Lost Luggage

United Airlines Settles Porn Suit

A lawsuit by a former flight attendant against United Airlines has been settled out of court.
UPI reports Captain Lisa Stout complained to her superiors when she kept finding pornographic materials in the cockpits of airplanes on domestic airline flights. She claimed between 2004 and 2005, it happened 20 times... and furthermore, her complaints resulted in retaliation rather than appropriate measures to identify the individuals responsible. More... Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Flight Tracker: Track Any flight - Priority Bags: No More Lost Luggage

Airline Deals Are Soaring

With the U.S. recession raging, air fares sit at bargain-basement levels on many routes. Business travelers are being lured with double-mile promotions. And airlines are only deepening the discounts as they near the end of a dreadful winter quarter. In the past week, for example, a bevy of bargains has been unleashed: Qantas Airways (QAN.AX) is offering one-way fares between Australia and California for $299, and New York for $399. United Airlines (UAUA) is selling a new Moscow route for as low as $119 one way, before taxes and fees. American (AMR) has fares from Chicago to Dublin for $147. More... Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Flight Tracker: Track Any flight - Priority Bags: No More Lost Luggage

Add-on software apps make iPhone a great travel partner

Tech-savvy road warriors are enjoying a new era of handheld computing as more sophisticated smartphone software floods the market.
The iPhone, in particular, has amassed more than 900 applications targeting business or leisure travelers. Many applications are free, and others range from 99 cents to $19.99. More... Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Flight Tracker: Track Any flight - Priority Bags: No More Lost Luggage