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8 gadgets to keep kids busy while traveling

Travel Kiddy Kids Travel Journal: Ages 5+ Older kids can personally document their journey with this customizable journal. With pages for maps, favorite places, daily activities, and favorite events kids can create their own unique souvenir of their adventure.... Full story

Europe travel: Best money-saving tips

How to identify any blossom

It doesn’t get much more beautiful than blossom season, and while cherry trees tend to get all the...

Travel tips for your destination wedding

If you’re a bride planning a destination wedding, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) suggests...

How to avoid that cramped seat

There you are, stuck in the middle seat again. This time you ended up in the row that doesn’t recline....

7 ways to score airport lounge access

When you’re waiting out a long airport layover, nothing seems more enticing than the airport lounge....

On Passport Day, no appointments necessary

Need a passport or some extra pages for the one you’ve got? To show up at most of the country’s 25 regional...

Step up to the world’s coolest staircases

It looks like any old roller coaster with curves and heart-stopping loops....

5 ways to cut down on rental car gas prices

The offer of a larger rental car at the same rate used to be a happy surprise....

Hike a national park without leaving home

No doubt you’re familiar with Street View, the Google Maps technology that lets you travel along city streets...